• DocumentCode
    2016243
  • Title

    The use of ROVS for subsea cable maintenance

  • Author

    Bannon, R.T.

  • Author_Institution
    Underwater Cable Syst. Oper. & Maintenance Div., AT&T, Morristown, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    6-9 Oct 1997
  • Firstpage
    177
  • Abstract
    The number of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), as well as their potential uses, have increased over the years since they were first conceptualized. As the number of installed subsea cables continue to increase, the potential for external aggression relating to these cables increases. Today, it is essential that each cable through its associated maintenance agreement have access to a remotely operated vehicle to ensure repairs on buried sections of cables. With SCARAB vehicles, it is possible to bury and rebury (post repair) these cables to minimize future faults and service disruption. Underwater optical fiber cables are considered in particular
  • Keywords
    maintenance engineering; marine systems; optical cables; submarine cables; telecontrol; ROVS; SCARAB vehicles; external aggression; faults; remotely operated vehicles; repairs; service disruption; subsea cable maintenance; Automotive engineering; Communication cables; Marine technology; Optical fiber cables; Potential well; Preventive maintenance; Protection; Remotely operated vehicles; Sea measurements; Underwater cables;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    OCEANS '97. MTS/IEEE Conference Proceedings
  • Conference_Location
    Halifax, NS
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-4108-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OCEANS.1997.634357
  • Filename
    634357