FLYMCA Expands Submarine Cable Machinery Projects Worldwide

In recent years, FLYMCA has been focusing on the design and construction of specialised and customised machinery for large-scale stranding, cabling, screening and armouring purposes, with an emphasis on machinery for very special cables such as submarine, offshore and umbilical cables.

 

The efforts of the company have been motivated by the noticeable worldwide increase in demand for submarine cable production in recent years.

 

Armouring lines are being realised in two different configurations:

• Large tubular stranders for multiple steel wires with bullhead, for fibre optic submarine cables. The last tubular strander produced by FLYMCA features 36 bobbins, Ø630 mm.
• Large planetary armouring lines for heavy power transmission cables produced on huge, large and heavy-duty machines with a high number of steel wires, based on single or double wire-layer design, with configurations of up to 214 wires. These systems are used through a single or a dual planetary cage working in tandem. Additionally, these machines incorporate automatic bobbin-loading systems prepared to minimise the downtime associated with bobbin changeovers.

 

In response to the rising need for submarine cables, there is a significant demand for robust cross-sectional conductors manufactured in rigid stranding lines using up to 133 wires or more. These stranding machines are equipped with automatic bobbin-loading systems.

 

The machines are prepared for round and trapezoidal wire sections. They have substantial compacting systems and devices for applying water-blocking by yarns and powder. The automatic bobbin-loading system allows significant downtime reduction, increased productivity and improved operator safety on the line.

 

FLYMCA is also concluding the production of 6 tubular stranders at the same time, all of them designed for the ACSR market. These 1+8 tubular stranders can rotate at 1000 rpm and are excellent for aerial cables.

 

FLYMCA achieved a great milestone with its largest project to date. After loading the final truck carrying a 40-T caterpillar with four gripping contacts in an 8-metre length, the company has finished four fully integrated solutions delivered as one:

• 2x Rigid stranders (176 & 140 wires Bob. Ø800 mm)
  · 2x Planetary armouring lines (up to 208 steel wires + FO)
  · 28x reversible caterpillars ensuring full cable handling across the plant.

 

It is not only a challenging project in terms of engineering, but also in terms of the scale of execution:

• 158 trucks
  · Over 2,260-T delivered
  · Close to 340,000 hours spent on engineering, fabrication and assembly

 

With this final delivery, the supply of machinery for the expansion of what will be the world’s largest plant for the manufacture of submarine power cables is completed.

 

FLYMCA was present at the Düsseldorf fair in April and also at the Milwaukee fair during May this year.

 

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