The story of Bezinox®

Today, the offshore industry faces challenging demands, with significant pressure to reduce the CAPEX not only for power cables but for the entire offshore supply chain. To overcome this challenge, new and often unproven solutions are being developed. They can cause even more potential risks and result in higher expenses and installation time.

With decades of experience in providing coating solutions, we understand the impact of the harsh marine environment on cable armour. Our Bezinox® armouring wires are made of galvanized stainless steel. We have innovated traditional armouring solutions by using zinc coating, a conventional and long-term proven solution, to provide even more value for our customers.

Play it cool cut your losses

Bezinox® solution to reduce armoring losses and total cost by providing austenitic stainless steel with superior hot dip galvanized coating

Eliminates armoring losses through lower permeability values
Design option to increase the ampacity of the power cable
Hot dip galvanized coating eliminates crevice and pitting corrosion and offers cathodic corrosion protection
No equipotential differences between low carbon steel wire and stainless-steel wire, eliminating corrosion between 2 different surfaces
Good processability of wire (smooth surface) and reliable welding procedure

Challenge for the armouring of the cable

Crevice corrosion is a dangerous form of local corrosion that often occurs on passive materials. It is particularly severe inside small crevices, where the exchange of electrolytes is limited, leading to worsening corrosion over time. The most common cause of failure of 316L stainless steel in the marine environment is pitting and crevice corrosion, despite its low general corrosion rate.

Using uncoated stainless steel might lead to local crevice corrosion, affecting armouring wire and the properties of the cable itself. This can cause rapid corrosion of armouring wires and result in a malfunction of armouring properties.

To learn more about crevice corrosion watch the explanatory video below:

Reducing Environmental impact

Power cables emit electromagnetic fields (EMFs) that can interact with natural geomagnetic EMFs, potentially disrupting cues used by electromagnetic- sensitive species. Many marine species rely upon natural EMFs to detect prey, avoid predators, find mates, orientate and migrate.

By choosing Bezinox® wire as the armoring solution of the cable, the project owners can eliminate the impact on marine species and thus contribute to protecting the marine environment which we all (in the end) depend on.

Bezinox non - magnetic armouring wire

The story of Bezinox®

Play it cool cut your losses

Bezinox® solution to reduce armoring losses and total cost by providing austenitic stainless steel with superior hot dip galvanized coating

Challenge for the armouring of the cable

Reducing Environmental impact

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