RESOURCES - Taurus Plough System

RESOURCES - Taurus Plough System

The Plough System is a well proven, high quality burial plough, manufactured by Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd. It is operated and maintained by Elettra and normally is supported by one of the Elettra’s cableships (C/S Pertinacia, Teliri or Certamen).

SPECIFICATION:

Burial system:
Minimum pull, passive blade temporarily lifting a soil wedge for trenchless burial with minimum soil disturbance and thus best cable protection.

Operation:
Pulled by tow rope from surface vessel.

Burial depth:
Maximum possible cutting depth to underside of cable 1500 mm in favourable conditions.
MAIN CHARACTERISTICS
Dimensions 9.4 m long - 4.7 m high - 4.6 m wide
Weight 16.0 t in air -13 t in water (approx)
Operating depth 1500 m maximum
Towing forces Normal (1500 mm deep) 10 - 50 t
Cable/repeater size  Cables 17- 150 mm dia. Repeaters up to 380 mm dia.
Repeater burial depth 500 mm
Cable bend radius 1.5 m minimum along the cable path during normal ploughing.
Soil capabilities Any, with good rock ripping capability. Soft mud 5 kPa min
Ploughing speed 1 m/s depending on seabed conditions
Control and instrumentation Plough and cable information
Surveillance Equipment  3 monochrome SIT cameras, Sonar Mesotech MS 900
Telemetry system CEGELEC GEM.80