OFFSHORE STRUCTURE MATING SYSTEM AND INSTALLATION METHOD

A system and method for mating equipment offshore to a spar buoy secured to a foundation without the use of a crane barge. The system comprises a floating vessel having a pair of forks defining a slot. A gimbal table, defining an opening, is positioned within the slot and connected to the vessel and...

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Hauptverfasser:	LINDBLADE, Stephen P, NATARAJAN, Ananth
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	BLASTING EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS FOUNDATIONS HEATING HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING LIGHTING MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS MECHANICAL ENGINEERING OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR PERFORMING OPERATIONS PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER RELATED EQUIPMENT SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS SOIL SHIFTING TRANSPORTING WEAPONS WIND MOTORS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS MOTORS
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Zusammenfassung:	A system and method for mating equipment offshore to a spar buoy secured to a foundation without the use of a crane barge. The system comprises a floating vessel having a pair of forks defining a slot. A gimbal table, defining an opening, is positioned within the slot and connected to the vessel and a locking collar is mounted to the gimbal table. A mating member is attached to the spar buoy. The vessel is maneuvered to bring the spar buoy within the gimbal table opening. With the spar buoy positioned within the gimbal table opening, the locking collar is arranged and designed to releasably attach to the mating member of the spar buoy and restrict relative vertical motion between the spar buoy and the vessel while the gimbal table allows the floating vessel to roll and pitch without driving these motions into the spar buoy.