Modular Floating Work Platform
Modular Floating Work Platform
Amphibious Jack-up Platform, also called as Jack-up Rig, Jack-up Barge or Jack-up Work Platform, this is a very special and powerful marine engineering equipment, combining the features of a ship, a platform, and an amphibious vehicle. Its core features can be summarized as follows: it can float on the water, land on the bottom in shallow water or on mudflats, and use retractable legs to lift the platform out of the water to form a stable operating base.
Specifications of Modular Floating Work Platform
Key Features & Functions
1.Amphibious walking
Core Function: This is where the name “jack-up” comes from. The platform is typically equipped with three or four (sometimes more) massive legs.
Operational Method: After reaching the target location, the legs are lowered or placed on the seabed via a hydraulic or electric gear system. The massive platform body is then lifted upward along the legs, completely out of the water.
Purpose: To create a completely stable working surface unaffected by waves, just like on land.
2.Adaptable to soft mud
Core Function: This is where the name “amphibious” comes from. The platform can float in deep waters as well as operate in extremely shallow waters, intertidal zones, and even flat mudflats.
Operational Method:
Floating Mode: During transfers or navigation, the legs are raised, allowing the platform to float on the water like a boat.
Bottom-Sit Mode: In shallow waters, the platform’s tracks can land directly on the solid seabed, providing a walking surface.
Jump-Up Mode: In deeper waters or on soft seabeds, the legs are used to raise the platform.
3.Low ground pressure
Features: A vast, open deck space with a strong carrying capacity. Its dimensions can be customized to meet personnel, equipment, and payload requirements.
Purpose: It can accommodate large amounts of materials and equipment (such as drilling rigs, diesel engine sets, and other exploration equipment), or serve as living quarters and work areas. It is essentially a mobile “offshore construction site” or “temporary island.”
Applications of Modular Floating Work Platform
Offshore Wind Farm Construction and Maintenance
Offshore Wind Farm Construction and Maintenance
Transporting and hoisting oversized components like towers, nacelles, and blades, providing a stable deck as a construction base.
Construction of Cross-Sea Bridges and Subsea Tunnels
Construction of Cross-Sea Bridges and Subsea Tunnels
Serving as a stable working platform for pier construction, piling, and component installation, especially in shallow waters.
Port and Coastal Infrastructure Projects
Port and Coastal Infrastructure Projects
Used for wharf expansion, breakwater construction, and dredging support, capable of working in intertidal zones.
Special design of Modular Floating Work Platform
Our Lightweight Design was developed by our construction team’s over 15 years of experience in water projects, which means the pontoon buoyancy is less than the total machine weight (the upper structure and undercarriage of the excavator). By doing so, the amphibious excavator can work in shallow water and gain better flexibility under 1.8 meters (depending on the model).
∗ Specialized Track Shoes Material
As the most essential wear part, the track shoe cleats we produce are of China WISCO’s super high strength welding structure steel HG785D whose yield strength is 685MPa and tensile strength is 785MPa. Its impact energy under -20℃ is above 47J, and it enjoys good weldability and formability. The same material is selected for reinforcing the conjunction part of the pontoon’s side plate and top plate which is one of the key parts deciding the framework’s firmness. We choose stronger material than any other competitors around the world to effectively avoid the pontoon structure from deformation, and wins exceedingly high comments from customers about our track shoe cleats’ wearability and durability.
∗ Steel Plate Shearing & Bending
All the plate bending is done by China’s top brand NC press brake machine which ensures high accuracy and unified bending curves. While thick steel plates are cut by plasma cutting machine, thin plate cutting is done by laser cutting machine, both quick and accurate with the cutting edge in good order without any iron scurf.
