Salunda, a UK-headquartered firm specializing in red-zone safety monitoring technology, has launched an updated version of its monitoring device aimed at improving safety during pipe handling and preventing dropped objects incidents on offshore drilling platforms.
As described by Salunda, just like its predecessor, the Latch Hawk 2 monitoring device notifies drillers of unsafe fingerboard latch conditions within the control system interface and triggers alarms to prevent dropped object incidents.
Launched in 2017, the first generation of Latch Hawk wireless technology represented what Salunda describes as a technological breakthrough for fingerboard management, removing the need for spotters and cameras to conduct visual inspections…