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Holding a device against the sea
A wave device is only as good as what holds it down. The tripod spreads the load to three piles.
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Seabed tripods that hold wave energy devices: a rolled central node, tubular legs and braces, pile sleeves with shear rings, mudmats, padeyes and a bolted device flange.
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A wave device is only as good as what holds it down. The tripod spreads the load to three piles.
Scroll to see how it is built · drag to turn it round
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A rolled can with conical transitions, where the legs are welded in with full-penetration welds.
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Tubulars cut and profiled so they meet the node and each other cleanly.
Used here for: Legs and braces
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Sleeves with shear rings for the grout, and mudmats that carry the tripod before it is piled.
Used here for: Sleeves and mudmats
In 2024 we were the only buyer of Deratech’s 20 kW, 12 m laser.
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A machined, drilled flange for the device and padeyes for the anchor lines.
Used here for: Device flange and padeyes
Heavy profiles that need precise holes, where plasma cannot do the job: the lower structure and panel borders of a ground flare, and every bolted PEB and multi-storey frame.
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Node, legs, braces, sleeves, flange and mudmats.
We fabricate to your drawings and prove the fit in our own bay before anything ships. Open any line for the detail.
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