NEWS & EVENTS
ROTAFLOW COMPLETES LOADING ARM JOB FOR WILHELMSEN
As a swivel joint specialist, Derbyshire-based
Rotaflow are often called in to find solutions
to problems that lie beyond the expertise of
many engineering companies.
One such example involved the design
and manufacture of a bespoke swivel joint
complex for Wilhelmsen.
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operations of the ships. This would
require multiple swivel joints on the arm
to give several degrees of freedom in
motion.
The boat and crane ends had been
designed by different companies,
so Rotaflow had to design and
manufacture a solution that allowed
two completely different designs to
work together.
Rotaflow were called in to design articulated
pipework to supply water for a fire
suppression system on the crane booms on
two bulk carrying vessels. The crane had to
be able to swing over 90 degrees in both
directions, as well as up and down whilst
allowing water to travel along its length. The
system had to be retrofitted around existing
equipment, meaning that spatial constraints
provided a design headache. In writing, these issues seem easy enough
to deal with, but when you consider the
Rotaflow engineers had to design a solution
that allowed a crane to extend to over 16 feet
in length, but had to retract to less than 8
feet between connection points in a crowded
deck space, the realities of the issue become
clearer.
Innovative solutions to complex problems
are what Rotaflow do best, so the design
team set to work. As the hose supplies a fire suppression
system, reliability is paramount – there’s no
room for sub-par engineering.
There were two major issues the engineers
working on the project had to overcome… The design and manufacture had to be
perfect.
Rotaflow had plenty of experience of
dealing with this from previous projects, but
the added dimension of making the hose
articulate at a number of points added a level
of complexity many other companies just
weren’t willing to deal with.
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The limited space in which the crane
had to operate – it had to be long
enough to satisfy its own operational
needs, but be able to fold away into a
small enough space to allow normal
The solution wasn’t an easy one – numerous
iterations of the design were created and
computer-modelled but each one had issues.
The final design is constructed from stainless
steel with a total of five swivel joints. It can
extend to facilitate the crane’s full range
of motion yet fold down to a small space
allowing normal day-to-day operations of
the ship.
After building and extensive in-house testing,
the design was sent off for installation on
the ships, under the supervision of Rotaflow
engineers. Thankfully the hard work was
rewarded with a very successful integration
of the parts.
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