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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. | Laura Lombardi – Usha Martin Italia |
| 09:15 – 09:30 | Introduction to IMCA LR001 – IMCA’s RP for wire ropes. | Mark Ford – IMCA |
| Session one: Offshore Wire Ropes – Operators’ Experience | ||
| 09:30 – 09:50 | Subsea construction – collective team effort. | Russell Craig – TechnipFMC |
| 09:50 – 10:10 | Monopile installation. | Speaker TBC – 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 | Workshop one: How often do you change your high-value ropes? | |
| 10:50 – 11:15 | Networking coffee break | |
| Session two: Rope Interaction with Equipment – Rope Suppliers | ||
| 11:15 – 11:35 | Rope performance in Sheeves and winches (drums and capstans). | Ralph Eisinger – Stuttgart Uni |
| 11:35 – 11:55 | Rope fatigue and lubrication. | Laura Lombardi – Usha Martin Italia |
| 11:55 – 12:15 | Rope lifetime prediction for floating offshore wind installation. | Christoph Ruffing – Bridon Bekaert Group |
| 12:15 – 13:00 | Workshop two: What don’t we know? What are the drivers in discard criteria? | |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Networking lunch | |
| Session three: NDE of Wire Ropes – Tooling and Equipment Suppliers | ||
| 14:00 – 14:25 | Crane utilisation, inspection, and maintenance – How can they dance together? | Martijn Reissenweber & Robin van Nieuwerk Huisman |
| 14:25 – 14:50 | The effect of fatigue on wire rope degradation and how to determine it using MRT equipment. | Maciej Martyna – LRM-NDE |
| 14:50 – 15:15 | Continuous rope monitoring systems. | Bruno Vusini – AMC |
| 15:15 – 15:40 | Networking coffee break | |
| 15:40 – 16:05 | Panel discussion: Topic and speakers TBC. | |
| 16:05 – 16:25 | Workshop three: Topic and speakers TBC. | |
| Session four: Advancing Rope Technology | ||
| 16:25 – 16:50 | Prolonging rope service life: Evaluating plastic coated ropes in Multi-layer spooling Applications. | Max Stok – Clausthal University |
| 16:50 – 17:15 | Summary and closing remarks. | |
| 17:15 | Close |