Marine breakaway coupling types Archive
10 Nov 2015
Marine Breakaway Couplings
Marine breakaway couplings are a life and asset saving technology used during offshore oil and ship to ship product transfers. Used between two strings of hose, they are designed to break-away only with inline pulling action. It is similar to a standard industrial coupling; however, it’s been designed with extra resistance to torsion and bending,
10 Nov 2015
Underbuoy Breakaway Couplings
Gall Thomson is recognised as a global authority when it comes to the design, supply and application of Marine Breakaway Couplings (abbreviated as MBC). Their range of products has set the benchmark for performance reliability and it is the industry standard among the most demanding of environments and applications. Gall Thomson?s recently launched range of
10 Nov 2015
Flip-Flap Valve Type Marine Breakaway Coupling
In a world ever more concerned about environmental damage caused by oil, petroleum, liquid gases and crude light oil spills, engineers are continuously working to improve and update existing safety measures, and invent new ones. Not only does the environment suffer in the event of a major oil spill but company reputations can be badly
10 Nov 2015
Petal Valve Marine Breakaway Coupling
The Petal Valve Marine Breakaway Coupling (also abbreviated as MBC) cuts down oil spills during offshore hose transfer caused by incidents of internal pressure surge or tanker breakout. The mechanism was developed specifically to assist in the safe transfer of heavy fuel oil, crude oil and similar products. MBC provides a safe parting point during
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