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Hydro Bond
Engineering
Hydro
Group
Hydro
Cable
Systems
Hydro
Group Asia
Hydro Group specialises in the design and manufacture of subsea electrical
and optical connectors, penetrators, cable assemblies and terminations.
With over 30 years experience we are at the forefront in the development of
subsea interconnect technology.
Involvement from prototype concept through to design and manufacture
enables us to provide solutions, including umbilical cables electrical and
optical connection systems for data, power and signal transmission.
We provide solutions to:
Defence
Oil & Gas
Oceanographic
Diving
Marine Renewable Energies
• Operational 5 tons
• Pull test 40 tons
• Destruct 48 tons
Towed sonar
Heavy body tow cable
The 660m long steel wire armour heavy tow body sonar cable was designed to be
towed behind a war ship hunting for submarines.
The hairy fairing on the outer of the umbilical is used for reducing the vortex and
increasing coefficients whilst being towed at 20 knots plus.
The swimmer detection system is able to detect and
locate swimmers and divers at ranges exceeding 800
metres .
Cerberus can be deployed as a single unit to provide
360° cover for ship protection by being slung from the
side of the vessel or built into the vessel’s hull.
Atlas Cerberus
Swimmer detection system
Kongsberg Acoustic range
Cable & connector harness
•62.5/125 Multi Mode system @ 1350 nm
•6 optical paths & 4 power circuit hybrid design
•Typical optical losses < 0.5 dB insertion loss per
optical path.
•Maximum cable length 6,200 metres
HDM optic & electrical
JB Norfolk, USA
San Diego, USA
San Diego bay, USA
San Diego bay, USA
• Connector Design
• Composite Connection
Interfaces (Electrical, RF and
Fibre Optic)
• Moulding design
• Fabrication
• Qualification
Astute submarine
Thales non-penetrative
optronic mast
Launch Astute submarine
•Optical, coaxial and electrical
assemblies
•Hybrid connectors HYB and special
deck mate connectors SDM
Special hybrid deck mate connector
Aerostat Umbilical Tether
Aerostat envelope
4000 feet long communication cable
Three year R & D project between Hydro
Group and the Korean aerospace research
institute. The aerostat envelope required a
lightweight cable and connectors for an
operational height of 4000 ft.
The lightweight cable consisted of an aramid braid
for strength, fibre optics for data and camera
systems. The 10 ton breaking snatch load on a small
diameter lightweight cable made it very difficult to
manufacture.
TERMINATION &
MOULDING
CONNECTORS
CABLE
Started in 1988
Full Design & Manufacturing Services
Standard & Bespoke Cables
Over 4000 variations of cable design
Fibre Optics a speciality
Range cables
HV cables
Composite
Strain bearing
Armoured
ROV tethers
Flat Power
Fibre optic
Started in 1982
Full Design & Manufacturing Services
Wet & Dry Mate Connectors
Optical & Electrical Penetrators
Hybrid Connectors for Fibre, Power & Signal
Cable termination & moulding
•Hybrid connectors
•Penetrators
•Sonar systems
•DDC, TUP, Diving bells
•Mil spec compliant
•Fibre Link
• Partial discharge quite
•Fibre Optics
• Exotic materials
•Up to 110 way connectors
• Bulkhead or panel mount
as standard
•Termination options
Panel Mount HRS
Fibre Link Penetrator
110 Way Connector
Exotic Materials
HRS underwater mateable
HDM Deck Mateable
PD quiet HV connector
HMK underwater mateable
Hybrid Electrical & Optical
Penetrators
Fibre optic connectors
Watertight Bulkhead
•Low insertion loss
•Multi & Single mode
•Corrosion resistant
Pressure hull gland
Power connectors
•Full pressure block
•Shock & vibration tested
•Explosion proof
•High integrity field proven
•Ease of connection
•Non magnetic
Cable Testing
• Umbilical testing
• Tether cable assessment
• Fibre optic testing
• Fault finding
Termination
• Fibre optic cable termination and splicing
• Strain terminated cable
• IP rated enclosures & assemblies
Moulding
• Cable moulding
• Splicing
• Encapsulation
Repair & Maintenance
• On and off site repair works
• Cable repair
• Cable re-termination
On-site Support
• Cable termination
• Cable moulding
• Cable splicing
• Emergency cable splicing & moulding repairs
•Experienced design engineers
•Mechanical / Electrical / Fibre
optic qualified
•Cable and connector design
UK
Norway
France
Internal training and development
Finland
•30 – 40 % bespoke
Poland
New design simulation
Italy
USA
•Product innovation
China
•Project management
S. Korea Japan
•Research & Development
India
Design Tools:
Singapore
• Optem
– Cable Design
• Comsol – Multi physics, FEA
• Inventor – 3D Modelling & FEA
• Orcaflex – (via design partner)
Australia
Knowledge transfer through
experience
Engineering calculations
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Connector Design
Composite Connection Interfaces (Electrical, RF and Fibre Optic)
Strain Termination
Moulding design
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Cable Design
Cable Analysis
Composite Cable Assembly
Specialist Fairing Design and Manufacture
• >15 years supply of all Magnetic Range Cables to Ultra Magnetics for use on UK and
European Ranges including Teredo navalis worm protected cables for warm waters.
• 20+ years supply of cables to Aeronautic and General Instrumentation for use in
NATO naval surface ship Speed Data Loggers.
Design, Development and supply contracts:
• All US DoD Range Cables, Connectors and Terminations.
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(replaced US domestic product failing due to mystery water ingress (Teredo navalis
worm), no reported failures to date since our product was introduced.)
• Floating cable system for “surface” Submarine Ranging System to STE Singapore.
• Astute outboard cables compliant to NES517 for BAe/Ametek.
• Power, Comms and Video cables (and connectorised harnesses) within all Thales
Non-Hull Penetrating Optronics Mast System.
• Harness assemblies for Astute Thin Flank Array system toThales.
• BAE prime DDQ contract for Through Hull Penetrators – Successor Programme.
• Fibre optic qualified
electrical engineers
• Onsite installation &
Termination and repair
repair
• Wave and tidal devices
• Submarine platforms
• Defence ranges
• Offshore
Pressure test facility
3,250 psi = 3000msw depth
• Hydrostatic pressure vessels 2,200 / 3,250 / 10,000 psi
• Pressure cycles over a 24 hour period
• Helium test vessel 2,200 psi
• Lloyds, DNV, ABS & Mil spec
ISO9001: 2008
ISO14001
DNV
ABS
LRS
SC21
Track record built over 30 years
Focus on engineering excellence
Commitment to innovation & product
development
Testing & Qualification to meet customer’s
standards
ISO 9001:2008
Total solution provider
Ambition for Development
www.hydrogroupplc.com
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Tel. +44 (0) 1224 822996