The invention relates to an external turret assembly (1) for mooring a floating vessel (2) to a seabed comprising an extension construction (3) with a turntable (12), a turret (4) rotatably secured within the turntable (12) via a bearing assembly (5, 6) and provided at its lower end with a chaintable (11), the bearing assembly (5, 6) comprising a first bearing means (5) near the upper end of the turret (4) for transfer of axial mooring forces and second bearing means (6) for transfer of radial mooring forces, wherein the distance along the turret axis (X) between the first bearing means (5) and the second bearing means (6) is smaller than the diameter of the second bearing means (6), and the first bearing means (5) comprises bogie wheels (28), wherein the second bearing means (6) is arranged 5-20 m below the first bearing means (5).
External turret having bogie wheels
2019-02-21
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS |
BOGIE WHEELSET HAVING STEERABLE RUBBER WHEELS, AND RUBBER-TIRED BOGIE
European Patent Office | 2021
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