A bend restrictor is a submarine cable protection limiter, also known as a polyurethane submarine cable protection tube. It has a certain flexibility and each vertebra has a certain mobility. When the bending limit value is reached, it will no longer bend to protect the cable from excessive bending.
Polyurethane vertebrae bend restrictor applications
Typical applications include support of a flexible pipe/cable over free spans, protection of lines around other rigid structures such as PLETs, wellheads, cable joints and J/I-tube exits. Polyurethane vertebrae bend restrictor only protects once the line has achieved a particular bend radius.
Key benefits
Significantly extend the service life of your equipment
Drastically decrease your downtime for repairs
Considerably cut your maintenance costs
Substantially increase your operation’s productivity
Philson has a good deal of existing available tools that can quickly and reliably manufacture bend restrictors for fast-track projects. In addition, our in-house test centre enables us to perform extensive full-scale testing.
