Linear Pipe Tensioner

Quality Crafted in PDI’s full Service Design and Manufacturing Center located within Stennis Space Center Mississippi.

50 KIP, 80 KIP, 100 KIP and 200 KIP PIPE TENSIONERS can be designed, engineered and manufactured to Clients performance specifications.

Pipe lay track tensioner designs date back to the late 1960s when track machines first started replacing the original wheel designs. Tensioners are the key element of pipe lay systems and are used onboard pipe lay vessels to keep tension on the pipeline while it is being lowered onto the seabed.

PDI designed, engineered and manufactured tensioner products offer significant improvements in productivity and safety while achieving maximum work flow efficiency. PDI Tensioners are custom built to our client’s needs and performance specifications.

• Design Type: Vertical Enclosed
• Maximum Linear Tension: 100,000 lbs.
• Maximum Lay Speed: 0-80 feet per minute recovery & 0-90 feet per minute pay-out
• Number of Tracks: 2
• Pipe Size Range: 4 – 40 inches (40 inches includes coating)
• Nominal Tensioner Opening: 56 inches wide x 56 inches high
• Pipe Contact Length: 150 inches
• Maximum Clamp: 200,000 lbs.
• Maximum Clamp per Foot: 16,000 lbs. per foot
• Pipe B.O.P.: 56 15/16 inches
• Controls: Electronic Digital
• Operation Weight: 55,090 lbs.
• Height: 173 9/16 inches (14 feet-5 9/16 inches)
• Width: 103 ¼ inches (8 feet-7 ¼ inches)
• Length: 245 7/16 inches  (20 feet -5 7/16inches)

Along with tensioners and their control systems, PDI offers a full turnkey package of handling equipment that includes HPUs, pipe handling equipment, line-up systems, pipe transfer carts and winches.  In addition, our Engineers are continuously researching new techniques and applications to offer our clients the most efficient equipment in the market.