Engineering Services
VMi’s fatigue test bench allows destructive fatigue testing within the 105 to 106 cycle regime providing valuable input to assess the residual fatigue capacity of degraded mooring chains and connectors.
A 40.000 kN test bench located at sister company Vicinay Sestao allows us to undertake strength tests on large mooring chains and connectors, either new or retrieved from the field, and thereby determine their actual strength capacity.
VMi delivers quality Engineering Services to de Oil&Gas and Floating Wind industries, throughout the Mooring Integrity Management (MIM) lifecycle, i.e. from Design, Construction, Installation, in-service Inspection, and fitness-for-service or life extension assessments.
Management of ageing mooring systems becomes fundamental especially when assets approach their design lifetime. Degradation phenomena of certain parts above design criteria is not unusual, and it is important to identify, quantify and assess the condition of mooring systems to understand the risk of mooring failure.
We use state-of-the art inspection, lab testing, full-scale testing and software, to carry out comprehensive engineering studies to deliver expert judgment to allow our customers make appropriate decisions regarding life completion, life extension, or need for intervention.
