AES provides a range of custom connector and clamping sizes per application requirements for offshore and subsea applications.

 

All AES connector designs are in compliance with the ASME Section VIII Div I rules and ABS Rules for Building and Classing Underwater Vehicles, Systems and Hyperbaric Facilities. Quality certification tests and ABS certifications can be provided upon customer requirements.

AES has unique know-how and expertise in ABS approved pressure vessel connectors, clamping systems, pressurized flexible manways to meet the requirements of harsh operational sea state conditions. Please consult with us for your coupling and clamping application.

Experience with commercial and government projects show that the design rules of the ASME Pressure Code are generally adequate for the design of special flanges with gaskets located inside the bolts for service under internal pressure only at static installations. For flanges having a full face gasket or for any design which permits the development of a counter moment reaction outside the bolt circle in a dynamic operational conditions such as flanges installed between vessels on a vessel of opportunity at sea state conditions, there is no recognized standard design approach.

Experience with commercial and government projects show that the design rules of the ASME Pressure Code are generally adequate for the design of special flanges with gaskets located inside the bolts for service under internal pressure only at static installations. For flanges having a full face gasket or for any design which permits the development of a counter moment reaction outside the bolt circle in a dynamic operational conditions such as flanges installed between vessels on a vessel of opportunity at sea state conditions, there is no recognized standard design approach.

For clamping applications it is necessary to consider the effect of other loadings in combination with the internal pressure. External loads and bending forces due to the dynamic loading of the systems are an inevitable part of any pipe connector. In addition to the internal operating pressure external loads result in high stresses being placed on pipe and flange joints. AES can provide detailed design, engineering and manufacturing of offshore and subsea connectors to withstand considerable bending moments/forces and axial loading under pressure with self-energized seals.