Excerpt from Offshore Magazine:

Lifting tool combines capability with safety

By Judy Maksoud
International Editor

As exploration and production move into deeper water, subsea equipment be-comes increasingly more difficult to retrieve and reposition. This difficulty is addressed by the ZipLIFT load connector, which provides a way to robotically connect and disconnect heavy loads to lifting devices, allowing placement or retrieval from the sea floor.

“All good product development is user-driven,” explained George Sturdevant, president of Fastorq Bolting Systems, which designed and manufactures the ZipLIFT connector. Operators need to be able to efficiently maneuver and recover valuable components such as subsea trees, valves, and flanges. The ZipLIFT makes these operations safe and simple because it can be remotely operated and is not depth limited, Sturdevant says…

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