American Burea of Shipping (ABS) Approved Compression Seal Fittings for Use on Sealing Semi Rigid Jacketed Cables for Off Shore Drill Rig Applications

The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has certified Conax compression seal fittings for use on off shore platforms sealing of semi rigid jacketed cables.

Case Study:

 

Application: A Conax customer required a leak-tight compression sealing gland of semi-rigid jacketed seismic cable with internal electrical conductors and pressure tubes without severely pinching the cable and damaging the internal conductors.

Conax Solution: Conax developed a double sealant-double angle combination packing gland assembly to minimize the deformation of the semi-rigid cable while maintaining the pressure rating. Pictured above is an actual test fixture. Note the reduced compression on the semi-rigid cable using the double sealant design. The design advantage of this gland is that there is an equal seal capability on an extended length of the cable so that each seal requires less compression while offering equal or greater pressure retaining capabilities.

In-house tests on the double sealant-double angel combination packing gland assembly demonstrated that a conventional Conax Single Sealant Packing Gland (PG) performed equally to Conax's new PG Soft Cable-Double Sealant Gland.