The Raptor Load Test Frame & Control System is another important part of the overall capability package, and really focuses on validation and proving performance.
Alongside the installation systems themselves, there’s a requirement to properly verify anchor performance under real offshore loading conditions, particularly for floating wind, tidal, and other high-energy marine environments.
This load test frame and control system has been specifically developed to carry out full-scale anchor testing, including tensioning, maximum load, and fatigue testing, allowing us to simulate long-term offshore operational conditions.
What’s important here is that it’s not simply about installing anchors — it’s about being able to validate performance, collect reliable engineering data, and provide confidence around long-term integrity and operational capability.
The system incorporates advanced monitoring, instrumentation, and control capability, enabling detailed real-time recording of load, displacement, and system behaviour throughout testing, with:
It also supports a much faster development cycle, because systems can be validated, refined, and demonstrated more efficiently before large-scale deployment. So while this may appear to be a testing system, in reality it becomes a key enabling technology for scaling future offshore renewable infrastructure safely and efficiently.
| Load Frame | 150 te uplift capacity ULS |
| HPU | 18.5 kW EHPU |
| SCADA System | High frequency logging |
| Sensor Beams | Two no. frames |
| Load Links | Two sets |
| Transport | 2 no. 20 ft ISO containers |
| Lateral Link | 150 te capacity cylinder |
| Documentation | Full engineering pack |
| Material | Steel |
| Weight | 5.20 te |
| Setup for testing | |
| Length | 5.88 m |
| Width | 5.15 m |
| Height | 2.94 m |
| Stowed for transport | |
| Length | 4.03 m |
| Width | 2.01 m |
| Height | 1.81 m |
| Test Types | ULS & FLS |
| Load Outputs | Dual load cylinders |
| Rated Pull Ram Pull | 150 te |
| Three Phase Input | 400 V @ 50 Hz |
| Cooling | Air |
| HPU Power | 18.5 kW |
| HPU Pressure | 320 bar |
| HPU Flow | 28 lpm |
| Oil Type | Panolin S4 HLP Synth 32 |
| Frame & HPU Sensors | Full safety ops suite |
| Logging Inputs | Up to 32 total |
| Type | Cabinets with AC |
| Safety | Interlocks & shutdowns |
| E-Stops | Multiple on system |
| Displacement | 6 no. |
| Inclination | 3 no. |
| Load Cell | 2 no. 150 te pins in links |
| 1 no. 100 te annular |
A key enabling technology for scaling offshore renewable infrastructure safely.
