Flotation Technologies

In subsea field design, it can be advantageous to combine buoyancy and bend restriction. Our Flex-Lok™ buoyant bend restrictors are engineered to support, decouple load, and prevent over bending of umbilicals, flying leads and other flexibles in deepwater. The buoyancy elements are manufactured from an impact-resistant grade of Flotec™ syntactic foam. Maximum service depths can be specified to 4000m and beyond. These elements are then fastened around a high-performance polyurethane elastomer inner core that is bolted around the flexible.

Each element is cast as a half shell allowing the product to be fitted at any stage of deployment. As with standard bend restriction, each module is allowed to move a small angular distance forming a locking radius preventing over bending.

• 
  Houston
• 
  Rio
• 
  Aberdeen
• 
  Singapore