Electro-Hydraulic Systems Specialists
Thursday 21 April 2011
In March 2011, some of FHP's engineers went over to Naples, Italy, to assist in the loading of cable into the 7000Te carousel FHP manufactured for GMSL the previous year.
The basic specification of the carousel and other deck equipment are as follows:

• Carousel unladen weight 600te
• Basket Capacity 7000te
• Rotating Basket 26m Diameter x 5m High x 6m Dia core.
• Cable Handling to 300mm Dia Power and telecom Cables
• Linear Speed 0-1000m/Hour
• Synchronised loading with tower linear cable engine and deck mounted 29t tracked tensioner (PLC controlled with full multifunction Display)
• Loading Tower with articulating loading Arm and System Control Cab
• 20’ISO Containerised HPU. • DNV Design Approval
Daniel Fraser