Lifting and Rigging Seminar Programme
Thursday 12 September 2024
Steigenberger Airport Hotel, Schiphol, Amsterdam
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Registration, tea & coffee | |
| 09:00 – 09:15 | Introductions and welcome. Welcome from the IMCA Lifting & Rigging Seminar chair. | David Cannell – TechnipFMC |
| 09:15 – 09:30 | Introduction to IMCA LR001– IMCA’s recommended practice for wire ropes. Mark explores our recommended practice on wire rope integrity management for vessels in the offshore industry. | Mark Ford – IMCA |
| Offshore wire ropes – Operators’ experience | ||
| 09:30 – 09:50 | Subsea construction – Collective team effort. | Russell Craig – TechnipFMC |
| 09:50 – 10:10 | Life of a wire rope – From specification to discard. | Yoeri Brouwers – Heerema |
| 10:10 – 10:30 | Crane utilisation – Traditional and current utilisation of HLV crane (in the offshore wind industry). | Jack Spaan – Boskalis |
| 10:30 – 10:50 | Wire rope integrity management policy – The importance of having it. | Marco Pedroso – SBM |
| 10:50 – 11:00 | Workshop one – Areas of concern, how often do you change your high-value ropes? Delegates will come together to explore high-value ropes discussing challenges such as: crushing and spooling, lubrication, fatigue evaluation, choosing the right rope, maintenance and inspection and discard criteria. | Group discussions |
| 11:00 – 11:20 | Coffee | |
| Rope interaction with equipment | ||
| 11:20 – 11:45 | Comparison of permanent magnetic testing with automatic evaluation to individual magnetic tests with manual evaluation. Ralf will explore the advantages and disadvantages of both automatic and manual evaluation, the differences between permanent magnetic measurement and individual measurement, and share examples of automatic evaluation. | Ralf Eisinger – Stuttgart Uni |
| 11:45 – 12:05 | What you have to know about wire ropes lubrication. Laura will present an overview of existing lubricant types and modes, explore the effects on fatigue life, and share experiences from the field. | Laura Lombardi – Usha Martin Italia |
| 12:05 – 13:00 | Workshop two – Drivers in discard criteria. Delegates will come together to explore challenges such as: internal condition, spooling, and when to lubricate. | Group discussions |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch | |
| NDE of wire ropes | ||
| 14:00 – 14:25 | Rope lifetime prediction and considerations for offshore renewable installations. | Dr Christoph Ruffing – Bridon Bekaert Group |
| 14:25 – 14:50 | Crane utilisation and inspection & maintenance, how can they dance together? Martijn and Robin will focus on experiences in the offshore wind industry and their latest digitalisation developments. | Martijn Reissenweber & Robin van Nieuwkerk – Huisman |
| 14:50 – 15:15 | Fatigue broken wires as a major threat for the safety of crane wire ropes – Prioritisation of MRT inspections. | Maciej Martyna – LRM-NDE |
| 15:15 – 15:40 | Continuous rope monitoring systems. | Bruno Vusini – AMC |
| 15:40 – 16:05 | Coffee | |
| 16:05 – 16:30 | NDE Panel Discussion. | |
| Advancing rope technology | ||
| 16:30 – 16:55 | Prolonging rope service life: Evaluating plastic coated ropes in multi-layer spooling applications. | Max Stok – Clausthal University |
| 16:55 – 17:15 | Review of the day and closing remarks. Seminar chiar summarises the day’s discussions. | David Cannell – TechnipFMC |
| 17:15 | Seminar closes. |