Case Study
What is a fast oil containment boom system for harbour and coastal use?
Background:
The client is an international spill responder with an extensive customer base and portfolio. They demand very high standards when it comes to selecting Oil Spill Response products and they were looking to offer their customers a durable easy to use boom system for coastal and harbour duties, each boom system was to be 250mtrs in length.
Objective:
The brief from the customer was to supply a fast deployment boom system that could be operated from a Jetty, Quay or Vessel with limited deck space. The boom was to be durable and deployed and recovered easily with 2 or 3 operators in the minimal amount of time.
Portability of the equipment using a forklift with capacity limited to 2000kgs was also a key objective, the boom was required for coastal and harbour work with an overall height requirement of 6-700mm.
Solution:
Super Hi Sprint system was offered as it met and bettered all of the key objectives of the customer.
This neoprene boom system covered all the strength and durability requirements, with carefully added features to meet the very specific requirements given to us by the client, so the system was offered with the following:-
Vikoma's low profile booms valves, the unique design ensures deployment and recovery speeds were maximised to the full. A complete Alumnium Alloy boom containment reel and support frame along with a remote powerpack and inflation system ensured we met the weight restriction imposed.
The Patented fill from the reel with coanda device supports and enhances the boom system and this allows the air inflation device to be shut down as soon as the boom is deployed.
The Vikoma low profile valves fitted to each 3.00 mtr air chamber allow deflation deviceto be used to vacuum the air from each individual chamber to improve the boom recovery rate.
The system also incorporates options on how the boom was inflated, Single Point Inflation from the reel. Single Point Inflation from the deployment vessel of via filling Individual Air Chambers.
