Offshore staff
HOUSTON — U.K.-based Aquatec received two awards at the 2022 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) last week.
The first was the Small Business Spotlight on New Technology Award for the company’s KINEKtron retrofit subsea strain measurement system, which measures and relays strain levels on structural tubular members, pipelines and other load-bearing infrastructure.
The technology also won ASME’s (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Woelfel Best Mechanical Engineering Achievement Award. This recognizes equipment shown at OTC for its innovation and practical use of mechanical engineering in solving problems, improving design or maximizing performance.
Tony Mekky, engineering manager with Aquatec, said KINEKtron combines a technique for precise strain transfer with high speed, extended endurance datalogging, optical and acoustic communications, and advances in attachment, installation and activation—all in one device.
Main applications are retrofit subsea strain monitoring, mooring, pipelay and wind turbine monopole strain monitoring.
05.11.2022
