Dit integrale valpijpsysteem (kogelvormige en dubbele bajonetkoppeling, sluitings-mechanisme, opbouwsysteem, ophangsysteem) is door DEME gepatenteerd.
Dit valpijpsysteem is bestemd voor het valpijpschip “Flintstone” (19.000 ton draagvermogen), dat volledig ontworpen werd – zowel zijn valpijpsysteem als zijn R.O.V. (Remote Operated Vehicle) – om efficiënt te werken op superdieptes tot 2000 m. The rockdump module is built by Huisman Equipment B.V..
D.P. Fall Pipe Vessel "Flintstone" Main data: Length overall: 154.6 m Breadth moulded: 32.2 m Draught loaded: 7.74 m Loading capacity approx.: 20,000 tons Working depth max: 2,000 m Propulsion thruster: 2 x 4,600 kW Swing up thruster: 2 x 1,800 kW Bow thruster: 2 x 900 kW Cruising speed: 15kts Dynamic Positioning System Class 2 with Auto Track, Auto Heading and Follow ROV Mode Fall Pipe Manufactured from high graded aluminum with innovative patented couplings. Diameter: 650mm ROV Active heave compensated Remotely Operated Vehicle with state of the art survey equipment and 200kW Mass Flow Excavation tool for removal of various seabed materials Stone Dumping Unit: New design for safe and high workability EP Lloyd´s Register issued Environment Protection notation for minimizing effect on environment, covering emissions from engines exhausts and discharges to sea and air Classification: LR +100A1, DP(AA), +LMC, UMS, NAV-1, CAC3, EP (A,B,G,N,O,R,P), ICE CLASS 1C