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Wireless Sensor Systems For Safe Offshore Structures – CoMoBelt®

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Presenters: Dr Lars Schubert and Dr Bianca Weihnacht

With its CoMoBelt® sensor ring, IKTS has developed a measuring system that is installed permanently for example on the foundation structure of offshore wind turbines to monitor their integrity. Continuously reducing the need for cost-intensive on-site operations, and thus cutting down on maintenance costs. Like a ring, the CoMoBelt®is attached directly and permanently to heavily loaded areas of foundation structures, such as welded seams. This minimizes the influence of external biomaterial growth on the areas to be tested and eliminates the need for tedious and time-consuming manual cleaning of the measuring points by divers.


Ultrasonic transducers are integrated in the CoMoBelt® monitoring system and act alternately as sensors or actuators. To be able to permanently measure under water, the sensor ring withstands the harsh environmental conditions. Energy supply for the piezoceramic transducers and read-out of the data measured with the CoMoBelt® is no longer done by divers, but by “Remote Operating Vehicles” (ROV) – underwater robots controlled remotely by cable. Using suitable wireless near-field communication, the data is transferred from the sensor ring to the diagnostic device on the robot and then via cable to the technicians on the ship. This new technology eliminates the need for plug connections on the measurement system, which contributes significantly to reliability offshore and allows the CoMoBelt® system to be operated with a longer service life and less susceptibility to fail.

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When

Tuesday, 17 June 2025

3 pm - 4 pm  (AWST)

Where

Online

Cost

Free

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