SURVEY ENGINEERING · EQUIPMENT HIRE · UK
Survey engineering solutions, and the kit ready to hire.
Cross Subsea Services operates towed survey systems, supports mobilisations with engineering and fabrication, and hires out a fibre-optic towing winch, Sonardyne Mini-Ranger 2 USBL and WSM 6+ beacons.
FIBRE-OPTIC TOWING WINCH
READY FOR HIRE
Survey engineering
Towed system operations, mobilisation, engineering and fabrication.
Equipment hire
Fibre-optic towing winch, Sonardyne Mini-Ranger 2 USBL and WSM 6+ beacons.
Connectors and umbilicals
SubConn connectors, and umbilicals sourced to suit your project.
01 / ENGINEERING
Survey engineering solutions.
Operating towed systems, mobilising survey equipment, and the engineering and fabrication work that goes with them.
Towed system operations
Operating towed survey systems offshore, from deployment through to recovery.
Survey equipment mobilisation
Support with mobilisations: getting survey equipment installed and set up on the vessel.
Engineering and fabrication
Engineering and fabrication work to suit the vessel and the job.
02 / EQUIPMENT
Kit ready for hire.
Hire the hardware on its own, or with engineering support to mobilise and run it.
WINCH
Aluminium fibre-optic towing winch
Compact electric winch system for survey, towfish and small-vessel operations.
A lightweight aluminium winch package suited to small boats as well as larger offshore vessels, combining a compact footprint, powered levelwind, Scantrol controls and offshore-ready cable handling.
▪ Lightweight aluminium construction
▪ Compact deck footprint
▪ Powered levelwind
▪ Remote control capable
▪ Sheave wheel supplied
▪ 3D CAD model available on request
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Fibre-optic towing winch
SWL
500 kg
LINE PULL
500 kg at core
LINE SPEED
60 m/min at core
WEIGHT
Approx. 900 kg
DIMENSIONS
1800 × 1556 × 1431 mm
CONSTRUCTION
Aluminium
MAIN DRIVE
5 kW electric drive with VFD
LEVELWIND
Independent electric levelwind
CONTROLS
Local panel, control room HMI, remote control
POWER SUPPLY
Configured for 240 V single phase; can be reconfigured for 440 V three phase
SLIP RING
TX4849: 4 electrical rings rated 5 A, 600 V, plus 1 single-pass SM fibre rotary joint
DIMENSIONS (MM)
CABLE CAPACITY
1000 m of 9.2 mm umbilical, or 100 m of 40 mm umbilical
INSTALLED CABLE
800 m of 9.8 mm (± 0.3 mm) armoured fibre and conductor cable
FAIRING
200 m of hairy fairing fitted, to reduce drag during towing
Also ready for hire
CABLE AND CONNECTORS
Connectors and umbilicals
SubConn connectors in various types, and umbilicals sourced to suit your project.
03 / ABOUT
Engineer-led, hands-on.
Cross Subsea Services is led by Justin Cross, an engineer with hands-on offshore experience in towed survey systems, survey equipment mobilisation, and engineering and fabrication.
Extensive experience in UXO surveys with the EIVA ScanFish Katria and Kraken SeaKite, and in cable depth-of-burial surveys with Kraken SBI and EdgeTech eBOSS systems.
04 / CONTACT
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