Cable Quality Assurance Services

Fault-free operations require highest quality and respectively quality control during manufacturing and installation. The highest cable-specific requirements on quality measurements are set by ISO 13628-5, design and operation of Subsea Umbilical’s. Measurements are required for the following steps:

• At Cable Manufacturer:
  - components acceptance test
  - condition control
• At Umbilical Manufacturer:
  - post umbilical manufacture
  - condition control
  - umbilical final acceptance test (FAT)
  - condition control
• At Loadout to Installation Vessel:
  - pre loadout test
  - post loadout test
• Transport & Installation:
  - integrity monitoring during lay
• Post Installation
  - condition control
• Trenching & Rockdumping:
  - pre & post condition control
• Pre Connection (connection is typically performed some time after installation):
  - condition control
• Post Connection:
  - condition control
• During Operation:
  - monitoring
  - regular condition control 

Our Cable Quality Assurance Services performed with LIRA® Technology will ensure highest quality from the first moment, as LIRA® can detect all deteriorations and their severity which might have been induced during manufacturing and installation.
All measurements data will be stored like a fingerprint for future use e.g. for introduction of condition based maintenance (CMB) based on regular assessments for even online condition monitoring.
 
Your benefits at a glance

• With LIRA® Cable Fault Locations Services, the grid operator can minimize the recovery time and establish promptly and effectively the necessary corrective measures.
• LIRA® offers fault location with the best accuracy compared with alternative technologies.
• Hence, LIRA® can reduce significantly the risk for post-connection fault recovery.
• Cable reports provide a database for future condition based maintenance strategies. 
• LIRA® is a wear-free location methodology with only 5V white noise. 

The benefits apply to

• Transmission & Distribution grids
• On- and Offshore wind parks
• Process Industry
• Oil- and Gas Industry - Topside and submarine cables (incl. umbilical)
• (Nuclear) Power Plants – I&C and Power cables
• Cable Manufacturers – Reference measurements – Quality control

Features

• Best-in-class cable diagnostic system.
• Sensitive to small degradation and defects.
• Accurate Hot-Spots and deviations location.
• Non-intrusive and non-destructive.
• Applicable on multi-segment systems with different cable types.
• Pre-study/simulation of cable data and defects.
• LIRA® performs a power spectrum analysis of impedance phase and amplitude – an advanced detection method of abnormal conditions.
• Fast and simple connection to test object.
• Only one access point needed for measuring.
• LIRA® provides possibility to zoom in on the blind zone at the near end termination. This feature enables detailed, high resolution measurements in the cable end close to the connection point.
• For all voltage levels from control cables to high voltage cables.