ADDNODE GROUP
Business area: Design Management
“FOR US IT HAS BEEN
VALUABLE TO HAVE A SOUNDING
BOARD FOR IDEAS – SOMEONE
WHO IS NOT AFRAID TO POINT
OUT THINGS THAT WE HAVE NOT
NOTICED INTERNALLY.”
Magnus Rahm,
technical director, Hexicon
Strength testing
cooperation with Cad-Q
Advanced strength calculations are of critical
importance for Hexicon, a company that develops
solutions for offshore wind power platforms. With the
help of Cad-Q, Hexicon has developed a design that
can withstand the most demanding conditions.
“Large steel constructions like these are subjected to
extreme forces from waves, wind and currents,” explains
Magnus Rahm, Technical Director at Hexicon. “There is
always a risk of corrosion in salt water environments, plus the
force of the wind is transferred from the actual wind power
turbine to the foundation. A failure would be devastating – it
just can’t happen – and therefore it is extremely important to
perform precise strength calculations beforehand.”
The cooperation between Hexicon and Cad-Q has been
excellent, Rahm says.
“Among other things, we have been assisted by a calculation
engineer who has visited us