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Rotaflow Project: Umbilical Reeler

At Rotaflow we specialise in bespoke engineering solutions to client problems. Here is a recent project we completed with Subsea 7.

Subsea 7 came to us aware of our ability to work at high pressures and in the subsea environment. They had a niche problem that one of our rotating swivel joints could solve.

Umbilical Reeler Subsea 7

The issue they had was that as one of their hoses was being reeled off from the central reel, it was twisting.

Potentially this twisting could lead to various threaded connections becoming disconnected. Integrating a Swivel Joint in to the line relieves the twisting and avoids torsional loads on the connections.

Following a consultation process with our in-house design team, we managed to find a solution to the customers’ on going twist issue problem. Once the design was approved, the rotating swivel joint was manufactured at our Whaley Bridge facility.

rotating swivel joint

Our design and manufacturing teams are in the same building, meaning our turnaround time on jobs is significantly faster than most. Our joined-up approach to working on projects means that a job can go from drawing to finished product very quickly.

Technical changes can be made with minimal fuss and because we own the process from start to finish, each and every job is designed and manufactured to exacting standards. From materials to manufacture and finally packing, we’re in control the whole way.

Nothing leaves the Rotaflow plant until it satisfies design and manufacture standards. We even have the ability to pressure-test in house thanks to our purpose-built hyperbaric chamber, so we can ensure with absolute certainty that our products are fit for the purpose with which they are intended.

Our ability to produce high quality solutions to in-the-field engineering problems means we are a trusted partner to engineers all over the world.

Working with Rotaflow

If you’d like to work with Rotaflow or have a subsea engineering problem, don’t hesitate to get in touch via enquiries@rotaflow.com.

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Rotaflow design and manufacture to design standards including PED, API 6A, API 17D, ASME and DNV OS E101, E201, ABS CDS. We are regularly audited and have attained ISO certification ISO 9001:2015 and PED module H. Certificate ISO 2024-2027 … [Read More]

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Not sure which range would best suit your requirements? Let us do the hard work, simply fill in an enquiry sheet and we’ll get back to you with the optimum swivel joint for your needs. Please download, … Read More

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2024 Rotaflow have been designing and in-house manufacturing Swivels for 40 years!!! 2022 Taken on our first apprentice linked with Macclesfield College: Engineering fitter (level 3) 2021 Along with PED, the new PESR certifications updated and … [Read More]

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