Balmoral Subsea Test Centre
The Balmoral Subsea Test Centre offers a comprehensive range of test procedures including hydrostatic, mechanical and laboratory testing. Although predominantly used for in-house testing and development work these facilities and services are offered for use to external customers.
Hydrostatic testing
Balmoral Offshore Engineering’s Subsea Test Centre operates a comprehensive suite of hydrostatic pressure vessels to meet in-house development and production testing demands.
These test facilities are also available to provide a hydrostatic pressure testing service for external clients. Testing can be performed at pressures up to and including 7000msw equivalent.
Mechanical testing
Large scale load testing equipment is available to perform a diverse range of tests including slip testing of clamping systems, flexure testing of buoyancy modules and load testing of bend limitation devices such as restrictors and stiffeners.
Development laboratory
Balmoral Offshore Engineering’s development laboratory is equipped with all necessary testing equipment required to ensure the highest standards of quality and performance are achieved by BOE products.
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