Device for determining tension on anchoring lines

A device for determining tension on anchoring lines, characterized in that comprises:

• an upper bar (1), comprising a first plate (11) which has rigidly connected near each of its ends:
• a first pin (E1) and a second pin (E2) and, in its central region, an anti-slip lock (T);
• and a second plate (12) which, in the same regions of the pins (E1, E2) and of the lock (T), has holes (F) so that the pins and the lock can be fixed, serving as a first tension supporting point, acting on a portion between the anchoring line (LA) and a floating platform;
• a solid lower bar (2) which comprises a first and second indentation (21) near a periphery of the lower bar with holes (F) in which are fixed a third pin (E3) and a fourth pin (E4), serving as a second tension supporting point acting on a portion between the anchoring line (LA) and a seabed;
• a hydraulic cylinder (CH1) which is linked by a pad eye plate (O) integrated in its body to the first pin (E1) of the upper bar (1), and by an end of the hydraulic cylinder rod (3) to the third pin (E3) of the lower bar (2), and has also the function that, when activated, retracts its rod (3) and, by reading a calibrated hydraulic pressure, recording the tension force acting on the anchoring line (LA) while it is acting as a momentum transmission element between the horizontal bars (1 and 2);
• a vertical bar (4) with length lower than that of the hydraulic cylinder (CH1), connected by its ends to the second pin (E2) of the upper bar (1) and to the fourth pin (E4) of the lower bar (2), which serves as a reacting element to the momentum transmitted by the hydraulic cylinder (CH1) by being positioned between these horizontal bars (1 and 2);
• the said vertical bar (4) comprising a configuration selected from the group consisting of:
• i) a solid vertical bar (4);
• ii) a solid vertical bar (4) with an extensometer (ST) connected to it and electrically connected to the floating platform, wherein extensometer signals (ST) are monitored by a panel on the floating platform;
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• iii) a second hydraulic cylinder (CH2);
• a hydraulic power unit (5) located on the floating platform is responsible for providing, maintaining and reading the hydraulic pressure which feeds the one or more hydraulic cylinders (CH1, CH2), which are connected to it by oil supply lines (LO).