3 Wheel Pair Cable Engine for Hauling and Laying

 

The 3-wheel pair cable engine can be used to haul cable for loading on to a vessel and recovery of cable from the seabed.

 

The unit will also act as a hydraulic brake to maintain the correct amount of speed and residual tension for laying cable on to the seabed.

 

The unit comprises six pneumatic rubber tyred wheels driven directly off six hydraulic motors. The wheels are vertically opposed and moved towards one another using hydraulic cylinders to maintain the required amount of grip pressure onto the cable running between them. Adjustable vertical guide rollers are provided to maintain the cable on the centre line of the wheel treads. The hydraulic circuit incorporates flow dividers splitting the flow equally to each wheel motor, thereby maintaining the same rotational speed on each wheel, it is complete with operators panel with electronic controls and hydraulic pilot operated control valves. The unit incorporates speed, distance and tension measurement readouts.

 

The unit is driven using a separate electro/hydraulic power pack.

 

For further information, contact our customer services team.