Bury based international safety seal manufacturer Roxtec has agreed another major deal in the wind farm sector with specialist crane manufacturer Granada Material Handling (GMH) to supply the Gwynt y Mor wind farm in the Irish Sea.
Swedish owned Roxtec will deliver a bespoke cable seal solution for more than 164 cranes at the wind farm which is under construction 18 miles off the North Wales coast and is expected to supply power to 400,000 UK homes once completed.
Roxtec’s UK managing director Graham O’Hare said Roxtec has now been used in every offshore wind farm in Europe.
“The wind farm sector is a key growth market for us,” he said. “Our depth of experience and expertise means we are now becoming a wind industry standard. We are determined to build on this and really grow in the sector over the next decade as billions of pounds of investment is ploughed into it in the UK and across the world.
“We have worked closely with GMH’s design team to develop a cable seal solution to comply with all safety requirements of the project. Two Roxtec seal kits will be installed on each one of the 164 Granada Python Foundation Cranes – sealing multi cable transit openings and thereby protecting the equipment. Our product comes with an IP67 rating promising operational reliability. And critically for this industry it offers protection from dust ingress and immersion in water between 15cm and 1m depth.”
Mr O’Hare added: “The GMH cranes have to conform to BS EN 13852 and Lloyds Register for lifting appliances in a marine environment. We offer our knowledge and skills to ensure they operate to the highest safety standards.”