ITW Wind Group: Latest innovation in offshore grouting equipment has proven its benefits

Based upon a partnership approach and an analysis of customer needs ITW Polymers Europe has developed a solution, which eliminates issues which can occur on vessels during grouting, and meets the latest requirements in European HSE regulations.

By fully encapsulating mixing and pumping operations, ITW Polymers Europe found a way to eliminate spillage and splashes during the process and to minimize the cleaning necessity after grouting is completed. The well-defined requirements for a compact deck layout lead to the development of a scalable and flexible solution, which is a sustainable advantage on vessel decks.

“When minimizing the splashes of liquid grout and stopping it from running on surface of vessels, it is possible to reduce potential risk for vessel crew and damages of equipment on board of a vessel. That is why encapsulation of mixing and pumping operation brings significant improvement to health and safety issues during the offshore grouting. Finally the encapsulated mixing and pumping operations leaves a minimum of cleaning when the grouting equipment is removed from the vessel”, says Peter Gorlitz, Business Development Manager - Europe, ITW WindGroup.

Even though the equipment is brand new it has already been installed and used for two large projects – Westemost Rough and Borkum Riffgrund.

You have the opportunity to hear more about the new equipment at WindEnergy in Hamburg where ITW Windgroup is exhibiting at Stand 329.

During the past 20 years, ITW Polymers Europe (previously Densit) has specialized in the production and installation of especially developed ultrahigh performance cementitious based Densit® material for grouting offshore wind turbine connections.