Tensioned Netting Systems (TNS)
Netting Systems can provide an innovative access solution for industrial applications
As part of the ongoing development of Hi-Rope and the services that are offered by the company, we have added another specialised access system to our capabilities.
Complementary to our rope access service and lightweight cradle systems, we are introducing tensioned netting systems (TNS) to our portfolio of access techniques. These innovative systems, which have been subject to extensive trials, provide rapid and unrestricted access previously provided by extensive scaffold systems.
Details of the TNS being applied to live situations can be viewed on Tom Martin's, Tay Rail Bridge Disaster website where Hi-Rope's system has been referred to in connection with detailed detailed bridge examinations.
System Application
Netting Systems provide an effective means of access to a diverse range of onshore and offshore structures. Comprising heavy gauge netting independently supported by tensioned steel cables, each system is designed to suit each specific application. Netting systems can be erected for a few square feet to several thousand square feet at any particular location.
Grit Blast Preparation
The highly flexible nature of tension netting allows each system to easily take account of access problems. These can vary from complex piping obstructions on a typical platform to the smooth featureless expanse of the underside of a jack-up drilling rig. Tension Netting Systems are highly adaptable and ideally suited to underdeck applications.
Providing Access
Once installed, Netting Systems provide direct, unhindered and stable support for multiple personnel and their equipment. With an already proven track record in both offshore and civil industrial applications, inspection, fabric maintenance and mechanical work has been successfully completed by our personnel, ahead of schedule and substantially below budget.
Grit Blasting Underdeck - Providing Safety Support
In addition to providing a means of access, Tension Netting Systems can also be utilised to provide additional safety back-up. Netting systems can be designed for fall protection, spanning void spaces and providing additional safety for personnel working in areas where there is a of risk of falling.
Net designs and specifications can also be varied to provide dropped object protection from above.
Airless Spray Application - System Installation
Compared to traditional access systems such as scaffolding, tension netting is quick and relatively easy to install. Each system can be installed using a small team of trained personnel with rigging experience. A typical installation would require a team of three according to location of the worksite.
Airless Spray Application
Extremely strong yet lightweight and transportable, the system is modular by design and can easily be handled on site without the need for cranes or heavy lifting equipment. It can also be transported to site quickly and easily by road, sea or air and requires little storage space when not deployed.
Furthermore, because each system is a fraction of the weight of scaffolding, structural loading is significantly reduced.
Largely unaffected by the weather, netting systems are ideally suited to the offshore industry, and can be safely left in place when work may be halted because of hostile conditions. Wind loading is minimal.
The system is tried and tested following extensive field trials and technical audits which were carried out, including consultation with the H&SE.
System Benefits
Compared to traditional access methods Netting Systems can provide the following additional benefits:
- Additional safety margin
- Cost-effective and rapid access
- Fall protection and dropped object protection
- Reduced installation time and manpower
- Reduced stress and loading
- Reduced weight, portable and transportable
- Minimal storage requirements
- Total Flexibility, dimension and loading capacity
- Unaffected by weather, minimum wind loading
If you would like further information on tensioned net systems or access systems in general, please feel free to contact us.