Evaluation Report of Swordfish Iron Oxide Cutting Electrode

Evaluation Report of Swordfish Iron Oxide Cutting Electrode
This evaluation of our Swordfish Cutting Electrode was conducted by Shell and published in April 2004. The report has been split into two sections for downloading. You should be aware that section 1 which contains the Evaluation Report is just over 1mb and that Section 2 which contains the Swordfish User Manual is just over 2mb. These will take some time to download over slower connections.
Contents	Page No.
Section 1 Document Control and Administration	4
1.1 Document Revision Information	4
1.2 References	4
1.2.1 Internal References:	4
1.2.2 External References:	4
Section 2 Project Background	5
2.1 Introduction	5
2.2 Objective	5
2.3 Overview	5
Section 3 Management Plan	6
3.1 Plan the Project	6
3.1.1 Project Safety	6
3.1.2 Risk Assessment	7
3.1.3 Technical Specifications and Calculations	12
3.1.4 Training Needs Analysis	13
3.2 Implement the Project	14
3.2.1 Phase 1 – Project Scoping and Planning	14
3.2.2 Phase 2 – Surface Evaluation and Identification of Training Requirements	16
3.2.3 Phase 3 – In Water Evaluation 0 – 10M	21
3.2.4 Project Engineer Summary	22
3.2.5 Phase 4 – Quality Control – Collation and Summary of Feedback/Reports	22
3.3 Conclusions	27
3.3.1 Swordfish Specific Conclusions	27
3.3.2 General Underwater Cutting Conclusions	27
Annex A:   Cause and Effects of Underwater Explosions Report	29
List of Illustrations	32
Executive Summary	33
1 Technical Discussion	34
2 Powergen Gas Analysis	45
3 Methane as an Explosive Hazard	46
4 Conclusions	48
5 References	49
Annex B:   Materials Health, Safety Environmental Data Sheet	50
Annex C:   Gas Analysis Results	52
Annex D:   Supervisor’s Check List	56
Annex E:   Swordfish™ Non Exothermic Cutting Electrode User Manual	57
Chapter 1 Introduction	61
Chapter 2 General Description	62
Chapter 3 System Operation	65
Chapter 4 Maintenance	90
Chapter 5 Troubleshooting	91
Chapter 6 Limited Warranty	92
Chapter 7 Quality Control	93
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