For Cadeler, Mocean gave design support for the deck handling of the hydraulic hoses and umbilical that ran to a pile hammer during monopile installation.
OrcaFlex models of the deck equipment covered the hammer in its saddle, crane slewing and luffing, and a test matrix of operational states. The weights of the piling tools and the hose properties were used as input to the models. The modelling showed how the hoses and umbilical behaved through each stage of handling and fed directly into Cadeler’s installation design iterations. A follow-up scope continued this support, and a further analysis supported the deck handling choices for the vibro-hammer hoses at Hornsea 3.