APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY DISCONNECTION OF A LOAD

摘要

For immediate disconnection of a load connected to a vessel by a wire, cable, chain or the like (1) which is run on an upper side of an adapted part of an open vessel deck (2), a disconnecting apparatus (100), a wire cutter apparatus with a plurality of disconnecting apparatuses, and a vessel with a disconnecting apparatus or a wire cutter apparatus installed in or under the adapted part of the vessel deck. The disconnecting apparatus comprises an elongate and, in its longitudinal direction, essentially rectilinear outer housing (10) which houses an elongate and, in its longitudinal direction, essentially rectilinear explosive member (40) which comprises at least one explosive unit formed as a directed charge with an ejection side, and coupling area on the ejection side for coupling the elongate outer housing to the vessel deck in or under the adapted part of the vessel deck.