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Review of Cabling Techniques and Environmental Effects Applicable

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Advanced cable ploughs<br />

Cable types <strong>and</strong> installation techniques<br />

The category <strong>of</strong> Advanced Cable Ploughs covers the new generation <strong>of</strong> cable<br />

ploughs which have been designed to achieve increased burial depth for subsea<br />

cables <strong>of</strong> up to depths <strong>of</strong> 3.0m. Table 3.7 below lists a number <strong>of</strong> Advanced<br />

Cable Plough types.<br />

One type <strong>of</strong> Advanced Cable Plough system utilises a number <strong>of</strong> water jets<br />

fitted within the plough share to fluidise material at the leading edge <strong>of</strong> the<br />

share which in return reduces the required tow force <strong>and</strong> allows the plough<br />

share to penetrate deeper into the seabed. These new multi-depth ploughs have<br />

the ability to bury cables up to 3.0m deep. The water jets are most effective in<br />

s<strong>and</strong>s, gravels <strong>and</strong> weaker clay conditions <strong>and</strong> have limited use in harder seabed<br />

conditions.<br />

An alternative Advanced Cable Plough type is the Sea Stallion cable plough. This<br />

large cable plough can bury cables up to 3.0m deep by using a plough share<br />

with a unique geometry to allow this deeper cable burial. Figure 3.15 shows<br />

a Sea Stallion cable plough on the quayside with the double cutting plough<br />

shoe design <strong>and</strong> Figure 3.16 shows the same plough about to commence burial<br />

operations from the beach.<br />

Table 3.7: Advanced Cable Plough Systems.<br />

PLOUGH ADVANCED CABLE PLOUGHS<br />

Type Maximum Burial Depth Operator Manufacturer<br />

MD3 – jet assisted plough 3.0m CTC Marine Projects SMD Hydrovision Ltd<br />

Advanced cable plough – deep<br />

burial plough<br />

Hi – Ploughs – st<strong>and</strong>ard share or<br />

injector share<br />

Up to 3.7m CTC Marine Projects SMD Hydrovision Ltd<br />

2.0m st<strong>and</strong>ard share<br />

3.25m injector share<br />

Global Marine SMD Hydrovision Ltd<br />

Advanced Sea Stallion Up to 3.0m Various The Engineering<br />

Business Ltd<br />

Sea Plan 8 Up to 1.5m Tyco Submarine<br />

Systems Ltd<br />

Perry Slingsby<br />

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