Dynacon Launch and Recovery Systems (LARS)

FET’s Dynacon product line specializes in the custom design and manufacture of winches and launch and recovery systems.  All of our LARS systems can be modified to suit a variety of ROV launch and recovery specifications for our clients. Our product line features winches, umbilical handling systems, levelwinds, remote operated vehicle (ROV) launch/recovery systems, cable engines, overboarding sheaves, hydraulic power systems, and other related products. We also offer D.C. electric drive drum winches for oceanographic applications, and electro-hydraulic and diesel-hydraulic traction winch systems with motion-compensated cranes for deep-water and retrieval of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), towed bodies, oceanographic instrumentation, autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and other payloads.

Formed in 1986, Dynacon’s 85,000 square feet of manufacturing space services all aspects of the production process including in-house design, engineering, fabrication, assembly, and testing are accomplished at our Bryan, Texas facility.

Dynacon winches and handling systems can be designed and built to meet certification requirements of the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), Det Norske Veritas (DNV), Lloyd’s Registry of Shipping, the U.S. Coast Guard, NAVSEA SS800-AG-MAN-010/P-9290 or other certifying agencies. Dynacon winches and handling systems can be designed and built to meet certification requirements of the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), Det Norske Veritas (DNV), Lloyd’s Registry of Shipping, the U.S. Coast Guard, or other certifying agencies.

Services:
  • Cable & Umbilical Lubrication
  • Cable & Umbilical Spooling
  • Handling System Maintenance & Repair Services
Applications
  • Oceanography
  • All Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Work Classes
  • Subsea Exploration/Recovery
  • Subsea Cable Burial & Repair
  • Cable Laying Operations
  • Subsea Coiled Pipe & Flexible Coiled Tubing Deployment
  • Atmospheric Dive Systems & Manned Submersibles
  • Commercial & Military

Certifications

Dynacon is certified by DNV to be incompliance with ISO 9001:2015.

ISO 9001:2015