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Flymca is offering its customers all
types of customised solutions to their
stranding and cabling requirements,
since the standard machinery for special
equipment is adapted to the customer’s
requirements.
The company has many years’ experience
and the necessary facilities to study
such projects with 3D designs and finite
element analysis of parts and frames,
as well as modern machinery for parts
fabrication and testing equipment.
Each year investment is growing in order
to deliver higher quality at competitive
prices.
Many things have happened in the last
three years since the inauguration of its
new manufacturing facilities, including
growth in the production capacity and
turnover, which have both reached an
additional 30 per cent each year.
The company has been able to manage
90 per cent of its own production by
itself, investing in new machinery,
designing through new procedures as
well as educating its own specialists in
new and modern techniques.
This means that the company controls
every step of the production process
with minimum sub-contracting.
There has been a growth of 15 per cent
in the traditional cabling and stranding
machines while special machines
suppose a growth over 55 per cent.
During the last year, the power field has
been the most important area where
Flymca machines are delivered, and this
has accounted for up to 70 per cent of
the company’s production.
This year has seen a strong increase in
the manufacturing of machinery for steel
ropes.
Flyro also deals with all types of used
machinery for the production of electric
wires and cables, as well as steel wires
and ropes, thus also giving its customers
possible solutions to their requirements
or projects. Machines can be sold ‘as is’,
checked or reconditioned.
Combinations of used and new machines
can be arranged when required by
customers.
Flymca and Flyro – Spain
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Customised solutions from Flymca and Flyro
▲ ▲ Investment at Flymca and Flyro is growing each year
The European marine energy centre (EMEC) and the Crown
Estate have published a report on the performance of
subsea cabling in high energy environments to support the
development of commercial wave and tidal energy sites.
The key aim of the subsea cable lifecycle study is to improve
the industry’s understanding of how best to specify and
manage subsea cables for wave and tidal energy projects, by
investigating how the cables installed at the EMEC test sites in
Orkney have performed since installation.
With its first cables installed over ten years ago, EMEC has
collected considerable data from numerous routine ROV and
inshore dive surveys undertaken to examine structural integrity,
as well as electrical cable testing.
During the study, this data was reviewed in relation to
installation methods, faults and operational life of the cables.
Matthew Finn, senior business development manager, explains:
“EMEC has built up a colossal amount of data since we set up the
test centre 12 years ago.
“We’re delighted to see our data put to use across other projects
that will support the development of the nascent marine
renewables industry.”
The report concludes that in sites with high tidal flow the
greatest risk to subsea cables is the effect of cable strumming
(vibration) caused by the flow of water past the cable.
Key recommendations include calculations to assess the risk of
strumming at an early stage; detailed site surveys and optimising
the cable route to avoid key risks; and protecting the cables with
armouring in high energy environments.
European Marine Energy Centre – UK
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Marine centre and Crown Estate performance report on subsea cabling