Geo Space, LP Cable

When Quality Matters
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EO SPACE, LP Cable Operations designs and builds Electro-Mechanical and Electro-Hydraulic Cable Products for the Geophysical, Marine and other related markets. The company operates out of 50,000 square feet in Houston Texas and employs more than 80 people. With an Engineering Department of over 30 years combined experience and a manufacturing staff from around the country and around the world, the Cable Operation is well poised to provide the highest quality of cable product, whether from customer supplied designs or designed by our in-house team.

Supporting our technical capabilities is a manufacturing facility containing 5 Davis Standard extrusion lines, each with its own coordinated laser measuring and data logging hardware. Our lines regularly insulate wire as small as #28 AWG for telemetry and signal products all the way to #6 AWG to meet the power needs of today's cable market.

Post insulation GEO SPACE has a fleet of single twist and double twist machines for pairing, in conjunction with 2 cablers that offer the possibility of up to 128 pairs cables in a non-neutralized assembly or up to 8 active components supported by a neutralized payoff. GEO SPACE is also proud to announce their most recent purchase of a Trafalgar 6+1 Strander with 52" bobbin capacity. This new line should be operational by Spring 2002. This line will allow GEO SPACE to provide top quality, long-length cables for our various markets.

For jacketing, the Cable Shop relies on a 3 1/2" Davis Standard jacketing line with full dancer control and non-contact measuring equipment, paying off to 102" portal style take-up. GEO SPACE regularly runs Polyurethane and Polyethylene in all its jacketing lines and EPC's, Polypropylenes and similar materials in its insulation lines.

After jacketing, GEO SPACE is fortunate to have one of the most advanced armoring lines in the U.S. The line, having 54 bobbins with 22" reel capacity, maintains individual AV vector drives on each of the cradles, feeding back critical tension and cradle information to a comprehensive PLC/CPU control system. GEO SPACE has been very successful in the armoring of high tensile GIPS wire and is ready to meet the most difficult of armoring challenges.

All GEO SPACE Cable Products are manufactured to the company's quality plan, supported by the onsite QA Manager and a team of over 4 inspectors. Fully equipped with all key pieces of test equipment such as OTDR's, TDR's, Mega's and of course the HP-4100 series Gain Phase Analyzer, our Quality team can supply the information you need to be assured that the cable meets or exceeds the required electrical characteristics.

his is a shot of the forward bay and pre-forming head in action running .079 diameter GIPS wire on a 4 x #6awg with fiber optics cable, jacketed in PUR. The pre-form head and closing die assembly is critical in building a truly torque-balanced and placid cable for the dynamic cable market. GEOSPACE has both large and smaller pre-form heads from Cabelle and Wittels Albert and is capable of armoring with high tensile wire below 1.0 mm diameter to larger diameters of 3.0 mm.

ooking to the end of the line from the pre-forming head, you see the dual wheel capstan in action, feeding onto the portal style take-up rated at 15,000 kg and able to handle reels over 100".

he pay-off end of the line is also a portal style, able to handle up to 96" reels. Integrated with the armor line for tension control, the pay-off is also equipped with a slip ring assembly allowing real time monitoring of cable assemblies during armoring, assuring the best in quality control.

his photo gives a better view of the overall set-up of the armor line with its safety cages, overhead crane loading system and the 2 bays. In this photo one can see the Wire Bridge between the two bays for running all 56 bobbins in one pass.

For Information On Our Cable Operation, Please Contact:

Lisa Medeiros, Director Offshore Projects at:

lmedeiros@geospacetech.com