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    Ampelmann Offshore Personnel Transfers

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    Ampelmann Operations is a high-tech offshore company focusing on development, construction and lease of offshore access solutions. The company was founded in 2008 as a spin-off of the Delft University of Technology. The core technology is the Ampelmann system, a motion compensation platform that allows easy, fast and safe access from a moving vessel to offshore structures, even in high wave conditions. With a doubling of the fleet every year since 2008, Ampelmann currently operates 20 systems world-wide transferring offshore crew from various types of vessels to offshore oil & gas platforms, offshore turbines, FPSO’s and all other fixed and floating structures at sea. Source: http://www.ampelmann.nl

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    Ampelmann Operations is a high-tech offshore company focusing on development, construction and lease of offshore access solutions. The company was founded in 2008 as a spin-off of the Delft University of Technology. The core technology is the Ampelmann system, a motion compensation platform that allows easy, fast and safe access from a moving vessel to offshore structures, even in high wave conditions. With a doubling of the fleet every year since 2008, Ampelmann currently operates 20 systems world-wide transferring offshore crew from various types of vessels to offshore oil & gas platforms, offshore turbines, FPSO’s and all other fixed and floating structures at sea. Source: http://www.ampelmann.nl

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    Ampelmann Operations is a high-tech offshore company focusing on development, construction and lease of offshore access solutions. The company was founded in 2008 as a spin-off of the Delft University of Technology. The core technology is the Ampelmann system, a motion compensation platform that allows easy, fast and safe access from a moving vessel to offshore structures, even in high wave conditions. With a doubling of the fleet every year since 2008, Ampelmann currently operates 20 systems world-wide transferring offshore crew from various types of vessels to offshore oil & gas platforms, offshore turbines, FPSO’s and all other fixed and floating structures at sea. Source: http://www.ampelmann.nl

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    Ampelmann Offshore Personnel Transfers

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    Romano Groenewoud
    Ampelmann Operations is a high-tech offshore company focusing on development, construction and lease of offshore access solutions. The company was founded in 2008 as a spin-off of the Delft University of Technology. The core technology is the Ampelmann system, a motion compensation platform that allows easy, fast and safe access from a moving vessel to offshore structures, even in high wave conditions. With a doubling of the fleet every year since 2008, Ampelmann currently operates 20 systems world-wide transferring offshore crew from various types of vessels to offshore oil & gas platforms, offshore turbines, FPSO’s and all other fixed and floating structures at sea. Source: http://www.ampelmann.nl

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    Offshore Access

    As easy as crossing the street


    Professional Offshore Personnel Transfers by Ampelmann

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    The Problem

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    The Problem

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    Offshore Access
    Offshore access is difficult Turbine maintenance = important New model wind turbines Wind farms farther offshore Offshore access = big issue!

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    Offshore Access
    Horns Rev access by boat: 1st winter: 5/7 days 2nd winter: 1/7 days Limited to calm weather conditions

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    Offshore Access

    Expensive!

    Costly, and requires deck

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    Ampelmann
    Solution based on the problem: Ship is moving, structure is NOT

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    Ampelmann
    Solution based on the problem: Ship is moving, structure is NOT

    Active motion compensation

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    Ampelmann
    Invented by 2 TU Delft PhD students Wind Energy Conference, Berlin 2002 Code name Ampelmann
    As easy as crossing the street

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    Applications
    Maintenance on Offshore Wind Farms Transfer of people Transfer of spare parts
    Does it work?

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    Proof of Concept

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    Proof of Concept

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    Proof of Concept

    The concept works!

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    Proof of Concept
    Show that it works offshore & full-scale Prove that the system is safe Test the capabilities of the system
    Build a prototype!

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    Project

    Jan van der Tempel - CEO - inventor Frederik Gerner - R & D Hydraulics - Finance Jillis Koch - Sales & Marketing

    David Cerda Salzmann -R&D - PhD Ampelmann

    Arjan Gbel - R & D Control

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    Team
    Jan van der Tempel - CEO - inventor Frederik Gerner - R & D Hydraulics - Finance Jillis Koch -Safety - Sales & Marketing

    David Cerda Salzmann -R&D - PhD Ampelmann

    Arjan Gbel - R & D Control

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    Design Requirements
    Cylinder stroke 2 meter Foot print 6 x 6 meter 50 meter vessel Hs = 2.5 m (workability 93%)

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    Ampelmann Requirements
    High workability through design No modification to structure Personnel & spare parts Heavy loads

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    Design
    Payloads:

    Gangway:

    2 ton

    Central load: 10 ton

    Central load: 4 ton

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    Safety

    Fail-operational philosophy Redundant system

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    Planning

    R & D Shell, Smit, Heerema Finance Prototype Design

    Interest clients Demo Safety & certification Construct Onshore testing Offshore testing

    Start company

    Order components

    Sept 2006

    Sept. 2007

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    Planning

    R & D Shell, Smit, Heerema Finance Prototype Design

    Interest clients Demo Safety & certification Construct Onshore testing Offshore testing

    Start company

    Order components

    Sept 2006

    Components in fabrication Safety system in development Programming control system Lloyd's Certification

    Sept. 2007

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    Planning

    R & D Shell, Smit, Heerema Finance Prototype Design

    Interest clients Demo Safety & certification Construct Onshore testing Offshore testing

    Start company

    Order components

    Sept 2006

    Sept. 2007

    Testing this summer

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    Planning

    R & D Shell, Smit, Heerema Finance Prototype Design

    Interest clients Demo Safety & certification Construct Onshore testing Offshore testing

    Start company

    Order components

    Sept 2006

    Sept. 2007

    Commercialize after successful demo

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    Motion Platform

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    Gangway
    Length: Yaw: Pitch: 9-16 meter 2 x 180 degrees +/- 20

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    Components

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    Offshore Testing

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    Ampelmann System

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    Film

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