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TRELLINE hoses
Catalogue 2012
Trelleborg group, leader of elastomers
Trelleborg is a global industrial group whose leading positions are based on advanced polymer technology and in-depth
applications know-how.
Trelleborg develops high-performance solutions that seal, damp and protect in demanding industrial environments.
The Trelleborg Group had annual sales 2011 of just over SEK 29 billion (EUR 3.3 billion), with around 21,000 employees in over
40 countries.
The Trelleborg share has been listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange since 1964 and is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Nordic
List, Large Cap. www.trelleborg.com.

The Group comprises 3 business areas:

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Trelleborg Engineered Systems

Trelleborg Wheel Systems

Trelleborg Oil & Marine Hoses

Trelleborg Oil & Marine is the leading supplier of innovative and field-
proven large-bore flexible bonded hoses for crude oil, chemicals, and One team, two world class
LPG/LNG offshore transfer applications. factories, in France and
Trelleborg Oil & Marine provides full service worldwide through global life cycle Brazil, serving the global Oil
– engineering studies, delivery of complete solutions (hoses and ancillary & Gas transfer and offloading
equipments), on-site supervision, and recommendations for installation,
business
maintenance and repairs.
Trelleborg Oil & Marine is a technology and innovation driven company that makes
flexible bonded hoses with unrivalled and undisputed performance. Our products
are designed and built with cutting edge solutions used in tire and aerospace
industry, with high resistance to extreme operating environments and severe fatigue
conditions.
The acquisition of a Brazilian company in 2011 in Sao Paulo enlarged and
completed the range of products and technologies. In Brazil, the business focuses
on specially designed oil hoses for floating and submarine applications in order to
answer the strongly growing local offshore oil and gas extraction industry.
 Trelleborg
 Oil & Marine provides a wide range of products
specifically designed for demanding applications with long service
São Paulo, Brazil
life and high level of reliability:
 KLELINE hoses – GMPHOM 2009 certified
 SEALINE hoses – OCIMF 1991 certified
 REELINE hoses – GMPHOM 2009 and API 17K certified
 TRELLINE hoses – GMPHOM 2009 and API 17K certified
 FLEXIBLE WATER INTAKE hoses – API 17K certified
 CRYOLINE LPG/LNG hoses

Clermont-Ferrand, France
TRELLINE [Pazflor OOL installation]
TRELLINE hoses

TRELLINE system has been originally jointly developed by Trelleborg and SBM
Offshore in the 2000's for specific deepwater offloading applications.
TRELLINE is a bonded flexible hose for dedicated made-to-measure project,
adapted to a large range of applications: OOL (oil offloading line/deep offshore),
flowline, shallow water, CALM buoy.
This system, for long service operation, from 10 to 25 years and in diameters up to
36", pioneers the use of bonded hoses to provide the cargo transfer link.
For most deepwater applications, TRELLINE system renders the use of rigid steel
pipelines or flexible unbonded long length systems obsolete. It is economic and
easily installed, requiring minimal equipment.
As of today Trelleborg has built over 1000 TRELLINE hoses and executed several
API 17K certified projects all over the world.

Diameter Cost
Whereas the maximal inner diameter for usual unbonded The combination of capital,
hoses is 16” or 24”, the inner diameter of TRELLINE transportation and installation costs
bonded hoses can be extended up to 36” if required with makes TRELLINE solutions commercially very attractive
significant impact on the pressure drops and the number compared to competitive systems.
of lines. This is especially the case if the overall oil offloading
terminal is optimized ‘around’ TRELLINE solution.
Pressure drop
Due to its smooth bore, the pressure drop in TRELLINE Delivery
hoses is minimal and therefore the booster pump The delivery time of TRELLINE hoses can be shorter than
capacity on the FPSO can be reduced or removed. other systems.

Transportability Service life

TRELLINE hose sections can be transported using TRELLINE solution is designed on request for a long
conventional transport means, as opposed to large service life, i.e. from 10 to 25 years.
carrousels required for unbonded flexible lines.
Performance
Installation TRELLINE hoses have been qualified according to
TRELLINE assembling operation is possible onshore demanding requirements of API 17K standard leading to
or directly offshore, horizontally (rotating trolleys) or dedicated products with undisputed performances.
vertically (specific platform), requiring light installation
●● High resistance to fatigue.
means in any case. TRELLINE hose sections are easily
inspectable and replaceable. ●● High thermal insulation properties.
Onshore or offshore, there is no need of specific, ●● Corrosion free solution.
expensive or heavy equipments.
Design pressure
Offshore repair The structure is designed according to environmental
Due to the fact that TRELLINE system consists of hose conditions and configuration.
sections, offshore repair is both practicable and cost
efficient.

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 Innovative technology

TRELLINE
Reinforced flange

TRELLINE is a reinforced bonded flexible hose made of rubber, steel ring reinforcement,
integrated bending stiffener and steel armor cables reinforcement, end-fitted with a unique
integrated gasket flange system.
TRELLINE comes in sections of usually 12 meters, which are bolted together in situ, either in
horizontal or vertical assembly configuration.
TRELLINE hose is available in submarine or floating configuration and meets the most stringent
requirements of API 17K specification.

Steel ring reinforcement

Integrated bending stiffener

Reinforced flange

Steel armor cables reinforcement:

reinforcement carcass
main carcass

Outer cover

Continuous inner liner and integrated gasket

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Reinforced flange and The reinforcement carcass is made of steel cable layers
overlaying a thick rubber filling, increases the resistance to
integrated bending stiffener tension loads and protects the main carcass from eventual
excessive loads.
(IBS)
Nippleless flange design, the reinforced flange associated Steel ring reinforcement
to the integrated bending stiffener give a perfect For a better resistance to tension loads, high external
bending stiffener decreasing, avoiding loads and stress differential pressures or extreme bending loads, steel ring
concentration and consequently reducing the fatigue and reinforcements are incorporated within the two carcasses.
increasing the service life of the hose. These rings are made of high strength steel allowing them
to retain their original body shape even when hoses are
Continuous inner liner and subject to extreme stresses.
integrated gasket Outer cover
The continuous rubber inner liner and the integrated
The outer cover is made of high abrasion resistance
internal and external gaskets at both ends offer a full
rubber and incorporated nylon breaker.
sealing solution, allowing no migration of the product in
the hose body. This structure prevents the hoses from cut propagation in
case of accidental damage.
In addition to this gasket technology advantages (no risk
of bad positioning during installation, no influence of the
bolt tension, no risk of gasket extruding), flanges steel
Collars
Collars permit to add buoyancy modules and to adjust the
parts are protected with bonded rubber to prevent contact
configuration of the submarine offloading line.
with conveyed fluid and sea water.

Steel armor cables Collars

reinforcement
TRELLINE hoses exclusively use steel cables layers
derived from truck and plane tire technology.
The hose reinforcement steel cables are directly linked
within the flanges and each flange is embedded inside an
integrated bending stiffener.
The main carcass is made of steel cable layers wounded at
the angle of equilibrium and withstands normal pressure
rating.
Permanent elongation is nil, providing evidence of the
excellent elasticity of the hose body, and resulting in
highest resistance to fatigue.

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 Design methodology

OCIMF vs API 17K Main interests of the standard

OCIMF has been issued by oil companies to provide
technical requirements to ensure the satisfactory API 17K
performance of flexible bonded hoses commonly used at Materials properties and performances have been
offshore moorings. measured and documented including fatigue behaviour
(SN curves).
OCIMF is based on technical recommendations and tests
and is therefore not suitable to study the capability of a Complete design methodology for computation of
hose system to withstand the static and dynamic loads stresses/strains inside the hose structure has been
that occur on offshore terminals. qualified through full scale destructive testing including
fatigue.
API 17K (specification for bonded flexible pipe) has been
issued to introduce new requirements regarding: Process mastery from raw material purchasing to the final
product acceptance test is guaranteed thanks to internal
●● design methodology,
quality standards.
●● characterisation of the materials,
Complete methodology to demonstrate the reliability
●● hydrodynamic and fatigue analysis. of a bonded flexible hose solution on a marine
configuration has been qualified by Bureau Veritas.

OOL mid-water self suspended

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As oil offloading lines require longer service life and experience higher
tension loading and deepwater depth (i.e. higher differential pressure), it was
compulsory to go from OCIMF requirements to API 17K certification process.
A design methodology has been therefore defined including a fatigue analysis
and its review for approval by a third party. A comprehensive qualification
test program has been carried out in order to obtain API 17K certification by
Bureau Veritas for a full field design life.
The API 17K Type Approval Certificate has been delivered for TRELLINE
system from 6” to 26” and design pressure up to 100 barg.

Methodology principle
The design methodology applied is conform to the API 17K specification
requirements.
Hoses resistance and internal components stresses/strains are assessed
by both analytical formulas for simple loads and by complex finite element
models (FEM) for combined loads. These numerical tools have been
extensively checked and validated trough full scale static, dynamic and
fatigue tests.

Hose Configuration

►
Material properties
Design definition
characterisation
►

Global environment
Finite elements
Internal fluid parameters (pressure,
temperature, fluid composition, flow modeling (FEM)
►

rate, etc.)

External environments (location,

water depth, seawater data, air
temperature, wave and wind datas, Finite elements analysis
etc.) (FEA)
►
►

System description (configuration,

►

corrosion, interface, thermal

insulation, installation requirements,
connection and interface, etc.) Hose properties and
performances ► Hydrodynamic analysis
(Static/Dynamic/Extreme)
Service life

Design load case definition

Design accidental events

► Fatigue analysis
Stress and strain
Design criteria database

Analysis parameters (hydrodynamic

coefficients, structural parameters,
damping models, wave models, etc.)

Regulatory authority functional

requirements

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 Tests/Accessories

TRELLINE optional tests

On request, additional tests can be performed:

Test Objective Example: results for

PAZFLOR 18" OOL
Ageing The objective is to age the hoses in normal service conditions (type of oil, Equivalent to 20 years
temperature, etc.) prior to the destructive tests.
Tensile The tensile (at break) test result shall be above the minimal guaranteed Performed on aged hose:
design value. 4200 kN
This test can be performed on aged hose.
Collapse The collapse test result shall be above the minimal guaranteed design Performed on aged hose:
value. 24 barg
This test can be performed on aged hose.
Fatigue The fatigue test result shall be above the minimal guaranteed service life Performed on aged hose:
with safety factor. > 600 years of equivalent
This test can be performed on aged hose. service
Burst The burst test result shall be above the minimal guaranteed design value. Performed on aged hoses
This test can be performed on aged hose and after another destructive and after other tests:
testing (this is possible due to the decoupling of the function in TRELLINE > 176 barg
structure design).

TRELLINE specific accessories

Buoyancy module

Buoyancy module are specifically designed and made for

each project according to environmental conditions of use
(depth, etc.).

Bolting
The bolting is fully calculated and checked to guarantee the
tightening torque during all the service life of the system.
A specific coating has been specially developed for TRELLINE
connections.
Additional protection caps can be used to provide a perfect
sealing solution.

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TRELLINE [Pazflor OOL's Gimble table installation]
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