Patent ID: 6769840
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: B63B,F16L

Abstract:
A deployment apparatus for deployment of an object in a fluid, e.g. the sea, by means of at least a first and a second cable, such as a load carrying cable and a data-end-power umbilical, to be connected to the object, the apparatus comprising first and second winch means for respectively reeling in and out the first and second cable in order to allow movement of the object with respect to the apparatus, the winch means being connected to a heave compensating system, in order to control the movement of the load with respect to the seabed during deployment thereof,wherein the first and second winch means are provided with control means which cooperate in order to synchronize the cable speed of both first and second cable and wherein the apparatus is provided with a bundling apparatus for bundling the cables, when reeled out, in order to provide a single cable assembly between the apparatus and the object during deployment, the bundling apparatus being provided with sensor means for measuring the speed of the cables with respect to the bundling apparatus, the sensor means being connected to the bundling apparatus by means of processing means, such as a computer, for controlling the bundling apparatus dependent on the speed of the cables.