FEATURE
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A STEPCHANGE IN CAPABILITY
An Overview of Parkburn’s Contributions to the Cable Lay Market BY ROB CASH
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arkburn Precision Handling Systems Limited is a privately owned, engineering company that specialises in the design, manufacture, installation, and service of product handling systems. The Parkburn group was originally established in Hamilton, Scotland in 1989. Expanding significantly since its beginning, following an acquisition in 2002 of Dowty Precision Handling Systems; a new company, Parkburn Precision Handling Systems Ltd was formed.
CABLE LAY TECHNOLOGY
Parkburn have been at the forefront of the evolution of
Linear Cable Engines (LCE’s) and Cable Drum Engines (CDE’s) since the late 1960’s after the company was approached by the British Post Office to assist with the design and manufacture of a fast, safe and efficient method of deploying a recovering subsea telephone communications cables with large modules (repeater nodes). In 1970 the first Linear Cable Engine (LCE) (and supporting equipment) was built, tested, and supplied for the vessel CS Alert. Continuous product development is part of Parkburn’s DNA and has led to many improvements and refinements of both LCE and CDE technologies. The intro-
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