Free hanging monopile installation test
FREE HANGING MONOPILE INSTALLATION TEST IN THE NETHERLANDS
In 2018, the CAPE VLT-320 Tandem was used to upend and install a 6.5 meter diameter monopile with a length of 30.4 meter at the Maasvlakte 2 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
The pile was successfully upended and driven to final penetration. The pile needed to be stable for a test of a new type of impact hammer which would have needed a special installation frame otherwise.
Free hanging from the Matador 3 from Bonn & Mees the CAPE VLT only needed a net driving time of 15 mins to get the 330 tonnes weighing monopile to a penetration depth of 24 meter.
Without any other tool, gripper or installation frame the pile ended up at 0.05° verticality which was well within the set tolerance. This project showed how the verticality could still be corrected even at final penetration.
Application details
Monopile installation
Monopiles
24m
PILE DETAILS
Monopiles
30.4m
330t
60mm
6.5m
1
PROJECT DETAILS
2018
The Netherlands
Maasvlakte 2, Rotterdam
Offshore Renewables
Test pile
Fistuca
Fistuca
Floating sheerleg
Matador 3, Bonn & Mees
Anchors
Main Reasons for solution choice
CAPE VLT-320
CAPE VLT-320 Tandem
640kgm
1,000t
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