• Formulation of Enhanced Water-Glycol Lubricants for Offshore Components - The Influence of Thickeners in Environmentally Acceptable Lubricants on the Wear of a Steel Piston Cylinder 

      Iversen, Jostein (Master thesis, 2016)
      The service life of offshore stainless steel cylinders used for riser tensioner systems is lower than expected. This is due to the complex degradation mechanisms, like corrosion, wear and fatigue, that take place under the ...
    • Hydrogen Induced Stress Cracking Resistance of Nickel Alloy ATI 830 

      Heimsæter, Martin (Master thesis, 2018)
      The following activities shall be included in the project: ATI 830 1. Document microstructure and mechanical properties for the received alloy. 2. Execute the test program given in Attachment 1. 3. Execute a literature ...
    • Industrialisering av robotisert bøying av PVC-rør 

      Jørgensen, Ole Jørgen (Master thesis, 2016)
      Masteroppgaven er tilknyttet et forskningsarbeid hvor SINTEF Raufoss Manufacturing og Pipelife Norge AS er partnere. Forskningsprosjektets overordnende mål er å effektivisere og automatisere produksjon av PVC rør-bend. Det ...
    • Predictive Maintenance for an Industrial Application - Contribution to Maintenance Modelling Utilizing Petri Nets with Predicates 

      Sigmundstad, Jone Nicolai (Master thesis, 2018)
      In the current industrial scenario, maintenance activities are recognized as a strategic issue. With the increasing demands of the maintenance organizations, maintenance policies have to ensure that physical assets will ...
    • Properties of thermal sprayed coatings for internal use in pipes and bends 

      Sunde, André (Master thesis, 2015)
      NTNU/SINTEF are participating in a research project called Smooth Surfaces , financed by Norsk Forskningsråd, and with Brunvoll, Triplex, Omya Hustadmarmor and Aquamarine as industry partners in the project. One of the ...
    • Reliability assessment of subsea BOP control systems 

      Sætre, Øyvind (Master thesis, 2015)
      The subsea blowout preventer (BOP) and the BOP control system were the most important contributors to the Macondo accident in April 2010. A BOP is a large valve system used during the drilling phase; to seal, control, and ...
    • Reliability assessment of subsea BOP shear ram preventers 

      Klingsheim, Jarand F (Master thesis, 2015)
      The objective of this report is to assess the reliability of blind shear rams (BSRs). The BSR's failure to seal off and secure the well in the Macondo incident proved the necessity of reevaluating the abilities of current ...
    • Reliability Assessment of Subsea X-mas Tree Configurations 

      Wanvik, Petter Gullhav (Master thesis, 2015)
      The focus of this thesis is to provide input for choosing the optimal X-mas Tree (XT) configuration for a subsea production system. The subsea XT is used to direct, regulate, and stop the flow from a well. These functions ...
    • Reliability of subsea blowout preventer systems - A study of the emergency disconnect function 

      Jonassen, Fredrik (Master thesis, 2015)
      The Deepwater Horizon accident in 2010 emphasizes the significance of safety in offshore drilling. The drilling rig was considered to be reliable and safe, but the blowout in the Gulf of Mexico costed eleven lives and the ...
    • Risk-Based Inspection of a Fish Feed Factory. 

      Frøland, Jon Stjernløf (Master thesis, 2018)
      Production equipment is always subject to corrosion and material degradation, e.g. wear and fatigue, when in operation. The extent of deterioration depends on several parameters such as material selection, operating ...
    • Robot vision for automatic inspection of Permanent-magnets 

      Helland, Thomas (Master thesis, 2016)
      This project has been performed in cooperation with Rolls-Royce Marine. They have a new electric motor soon hitting the masses, and there is a hope that the magnets used in this motor can be automatically quality controlled ...
    • Robotic Assembly Using 3D and 2D Computer Vision 

      Larsen, Kristoffer; Bjørkedal, Asgeir (Master thesis, 2016)
      The content of this thesis concerns the development and evaluation of a robotic cell used for automated assembly. The automated assembly is made possible by a combination of an eye-inhand 2D camera and a stationary 3D ...
    • Robotic Assembly Using a 3D Camera 

      Tysse, Geir Ole; Morland, Martin (Master thesis, 2015)
      In this thesis we explain how two parts from the automotive industry can be assembled using an RGB-D camera providing colour (RGB) and depth (D) as a combined RGB-D image, and two KUKA Agilus manipulators with six revolute ...
    • Robotic Cleaning System for Salmon Slaughterhouses 

      Bjørlykhaug, Emil Dale (Master thesis, 2016)
      The purpose of this Master's thesis is to look at possible designs for a robotic cleaning solution for salmon slaughterhouses due to the daily need for cleaning and thus high labor costs, and simulate these solutions. In ...
    • Robotic Welding of Steel Casing for Electrodes used in Silicon Production 

      Milak, Haris (Master thesis, 2017)
      Robotic welding systems are today frequently used in various types of manufacturing applications. This master's thesis examines the possibilities for implementing robotic welding in limited space at the smelting factories ...
    • Soft wing impactor for testing of aviation masts 

      Eidem, Hans Erik; Krogsæter, Kim Andre (Master thesis, 2016)
      Due to the imminent danger of colliding into aviation aids located with close proximity to runways or taxiways, ICAO was in the early 80 s specifically assigned to develop specifications for frangible lighting structures. ...
    • Subsea Condition Monitoring 

      Marhaug, Andreas (Master thesis, 2015)
      Subsea developments have the later years been increasingly popular. Subsea developments pose some major challenges towards safety, operation and maintenance. The study is focused on how condition monitoring can be used ...
    • Subsea Gas Boosting Laboratory: Design and Construction 

      Flatlandsmo, Eivind; Bordal, Mari Brænden; Medby, John-Haakon Krøke (Master thesis, 2016)
      Enhanced oil recovery has been a major focus area for the oil and gas industry over the past years. The need for more and better recovery methods has increased as many of the major oil and gas fields are entering the last ...
    • The Compact Separation Laboratory - Design and Engineering of Phase 2 

      Hjørnevik, Daniel Børsheim; Fotland, Sindre Nordås (Master thesis, 2017)
      Increased oil and gas production over the past decades have claimed most of the easily accessible offshore reservoirs. Developing new reservoirs in remote environments and at large water depths are challenging for topside ...
    • The effect of Ni-contents above 1% in low alloy steels (LAS) on the susceptibility to hydrogen embrittlement (HE) 

      Wagstaff, Philip Haakon (Master thesis, 2017)
      Low alloy ferrite-pearlite steels with 0, 1, 2, and 3 wt% Ni were tested to evaluate the effect of exceeding the 1 wt% Ni (Nickel) restriction in ISO 15156:2. A literature survey was conducted to document the history of ...