SPS Technology’s Sandwich Plate System, or SPS ®, is a permanent, Class-approved structural composite comprised of two steel layers and an elastomer core. SPS is used for the permanent repair, strengthening and protection of vessels and assets.
Successfully used for 25 years, SPS offers simplified, more robust structures with little or no welding, less labour and less material. SPS utilises existing, corroded steel plating as the bottom face plate to form the sandwich composite. The resulting composite bond produces a stronger, flatter surface, with equal or greater than as-built strength. The reduction in fatigue and corrosion-prone details increases service life and reduces maintenance costs. SPS can be used for both large and small-scale repairs.
SPS applications can be undertaken while the vessel or asset is in service, eliminating hot work and dry dock visits.
Typical repair and reinstatement applications include:
Pontoon Reinstatement on semi-submersibles
Deck Reinstatement on all platforms or vessels
Tank top reinstatement
Side impact protection on FPSOs
Helideck, pipe deck & landing area strengthening
Sound and vibration deadening
Jack-up spud can reinforcement
Blast wall upgrades
Ice class upgrades
Port Infrastructure upgrades.
Typical new build applications include:
Control room blast protection
Anti-piracy citadel access protection
Dropped object protection.
The SPS COLD WORK solution combines onshore fabrication with offshore installation and eliminates hot work on board. This no-hot-work repair keeps assets in service and personnel safe while offering unrivalled sustainability compared to traditional crop and renew repairs.
Proprietary SPS is only delivered by trained SPS Technology partners.
STRUCTURES COMPOSITES
Engineered for the 21st Century
The world’s leading class-approved structural repair solution
At the forefront of structural engineering, SPS Technology introduces a revolutionary solution - the Sandwich Plate System (SPS). This proprietarie structural composite material, compresed of two metal plates bonded by ElastocoreT, become a hallmark of safed, speed, durability, and strength in construction.
MARITIME
When it comes to strength, quality and permanence for vessel and asset repairs in the maritime industry, nothing compares to SPS.
OFFSHORE
SPS Technology and our Network Partners deliver the world’s leading Class-approved structural composite Cold Work solution for offshore repair and new builds.
SPS – the sustainable solution for Maritime and Offshore.
Structural composites such as SPS®, Sandwich Plate System, for
structural reinstatements and reinforcements are forward-looking,
progressive and genuinely reinforce environmental sustainability.
Conventional 'crop & renew' creates a lot of waste: the corroded
surface is completely removed and scrapped. Pipe runs and
tanks beneath the corroded area may need to be removed or
cleaned to commence a repair. Crop and renew is almost always
undertaken in drydock or requires complex arrangements that
add travel, expense and downtime costs.
With SPS, the corroded surface can stay in place and be used to
form one side of the structural composite repair.
TRADITIONAL CROP AND RENEW:
Requires up to 90% more labor
Is up to 11 more expensive than SPS
Projects are 3x slower compared with SPS
Might need dive boats and underwater cofferdams
Does not allow work in adjacent areas to continue in parallel
Lengthens project schedules if services need dismantling
ALL OF WHICH ADDS UP TO A LOT OF CARBON EMISSIONS.
For cost-effective maritime repairs and modifications, the clear choice is SPS.
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