Cortland's tether cables provide services when weight and buoyancy are important. For instance, whether ROV’s make excursions from the TMS or the surface directly, our cables minimize cable weight and drag. Electrical & optical signal, electrical power and mechanical strength can again be custom designed into a suitable cable package by Cortland.
ROV tethers can significantly affect vehicle performance, so are invariably required to be highly flexible and robust while being lightweight enough to offer minimum drag. Small diameter is crucial, and neutral-to-positive buoyancy is frequently an indispensable requirement. In tough conditions, Cortland has it covered.
Benefits / Features
Combination options of power, signal and optic layout/sizing
Choice of component configurations including singles, pairs or quads
Choice of optical fibres with various MM SM options
Thin wall insulation offering smaller diameter cables
Choice of high modulus fibre strength layers saving on wire armoured variants
Vectran fibre rather than aramid offers high strength, less self abrasion and longer service life
Low density sheath materials for the lightest weight tether variants