CUSTOMER:
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc.
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Oil Drilling Rig
APPLICATION
Self-Propelled, Semi-Submersible Drilling Rigs
BACKGROUND
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc operates three large, self-propelled, semi-submersible drilling rigs that are each equipped with four 7 MW (9,390 hp) electrically driven Mermaid Pod propulsion units, two on each pontoon. Two of the drilling platforms, the Sedco Express and the Sedco Energy, were built by DCN in France. PPL Shipyard in Singapore built the third rig, the Cajun Express. Each propulsion pod uses a Dellner Bubenzer disc brake to stop and hold the propeller when maintenance is needed.
SUMMARY
Each brake system consists of a Dellner Bubenzer type SKD 2x100 hydraulic pressure applied disc brake working on an 1160 mm (45.7 in) diameter disc and a pressure intensifier system. The brakes are actuated with up to 150 bar (2,180 psi) of hydraulic pressure that is generated through a pneumatic to hydraulic pressure intensifier system with a pressure increase ratio of 1:25. The brake system produces up to 47 kNm (416,000 lbf-in) of braking torque.
Offshore
