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Since 1975 · Onshore · Offshore

Engineered, built and tested.

Steel reels, marine equipment and custom accessories for the cable, oil and gas, and marine industries.

Solutions

Three lines, one engineering team

From cable reels to modular barges, every piece of equipment is sized for the customer's application.

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Steel reels

For steel wire rope, electrical cable, umbilicals and flexible pipe, from DIN-standard reels to large offshore reels.

  • up to 350 t
  • ASME · AWS
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Marine and accessories

Modular barges, tugboat hulls, D-rings, spreader bars and custom load-handling accessories.

  • D-rings up to 50 t
  • Spreader bars up to 700 t
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Engineering and testing

On-demand engineering with CAD, 3D and FEA, special equipment and instrumented load testing.

  • Testing up to 700 t
  • CAD · 3D · FEA
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On-demand engineering

From design to load test

Every piece of equipment goes through in-house engineering: CAD and 3D modeling, finite element analysis, fabrication to the applicable standards and testing with equipment calibrated to INMETRO requirements.

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[A CONFIRMAR] Steps to be confirmed

  1. 01

    Design

    CAD and 3D modeling based on the customer's specification.

  2. 02

    Simulation

    Finite element analysis (FEA) to validate the structure before fabrication.

  3. 03

    Fabrication

    Fabrication and welding to the standards that apply to each design.

  4. 04

    Testing

    Load, lifting, rolling and break tests, witnessed by our technical team, the customer and a certification body.

Industries

Where our equipment works

Cable manufacturers, offshore operators and shipyards, with equipment sized for each application.

  • Cable and flexible pipe

    Reels for steel wire rope, electrical cable, umbilicals and flexible pipe.

  • Offshore oil and gas

    Large reels for transport and platforms, fabricated to ASME and AWS.

  • Marine

    Modular barges, tugboat hulls and load-handling accessories.

History

Five decades of fabrication

About the company
  1. 1975

    Founded

    Carbogás is founded in Brazil to manufacture industrial equipment and develop engineering solutions.

  2. 1990s

    Onshore and offshore

    Entry into the onshore and offshore markets, serving the energy, oil and gas and marine industries.

  3. Today

    Engineering and fabrication

    Steel reels, marine equipment, on-demand engineering and load testing up to 700 t.

Plant and capacity

Built for heavy equipment

In-house fabrication, from boilermaking and welding to load testing. Reels up to 40 ft and 350 t, spreader bars for 700 t and testing up to 700 t.

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Let's size your equipment

Send the application, quantity, standard and lead time. The more detail, the more accurate the proposal.

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