Oil skimmers are essential environmental sustainability equipment required in Indonesian seas to minimize the impact of marine and aquatic pollution caused by oil spills. This equipment is essential for protecting marine environments from pollution and marine activities from pollution.
Huahai Rope Skimmer is a high-efficiency recovery equipment developed for multi-viscosity oil spill scenarios. It relies on the continuous rotation adsorption technology of the oil-philic and water-repellent annular oil collection rope, perfectly solving three core user pain points: “difficulty in recovering thin oil films, hard stripping of high-viscosity oil, and unstable operation under complex working conditions”.
Adopting a modular design, the equipment drives the oil collection rope to circulate on the liquid surface through the power system. The rope’s strong oil-philic property quickly adheres to floating oil, which is then efficiently stripped into the oil sump by the squeeze roller, realizing integrated continuous operation of “adsorption-stripping-collection”. Compared with traditional equipment, it still has excellent recovery effect on oil layers as thin as rainbow films, with an oil-water separation ratio of over 95%. The oil collection rope is corrosion-resistant and wear-resistant, with low maintenance costs.
Whether it is daily floating oil cleaning at ports and terminals, oil removal from sewage pools in chemical parks, or emergency disposal of medium and high viscosity oil spills at sea, the equipment can rely on its advantages of flexible deployment and high efficiency to become the core equipment for environmental protection governance, adapting to full-scenario operation needs from narrow sewage wells to vast sea areas.
Rope-mop Oil Skimmer Core Supporting Equipment
Huahai Oil Containment Boom : Quickly control the scope of oil spills to avoid pollution diffusion, forming a “containment-recovery” collaborative operation with the skimmer;
Portable Oil Storage Tank : Temporarily store recovered oil, with a collapsible design for easy transportation and on-site turnover, suitable for emergency scenarios;
Extended Oil Collection Rope Assembly : Flexibly expand the oil collection range according to the width of the operation water area, adapting to large-scale water operation needs;
High-pressure Cleaning Device : Used to clean residual oil on the surface of the oil collection rope, extend the service life of the rope and reduce maintenance costs.

Rope-mop Oil Skimmer Application Scenarios
Industrial Environmental Protection Scenarios : Floating oil recovery from sewage pools and cooling pools in chemical parks, power plants and machinery factories to avoid excessive oil discharge;
Port and Terminal Scenarios : Cleaning of ship bilge oil leakage and oil spills in terminal loading and unloading areas, as well as daily floating oil maintenance on port water surfaces;
Water Emergency Scenarios : Rapid response to medium and high viscosity oil spill accidents in rivers, lakes and coastal waters, including recovery of thin oil films and dispersed oil spills;
Special Scenarios : Oil pollution removal in space-constrained areas such as narrow sewage wells and small reservoirs, as well as recovery of residual oil pollution on beaches and shorelines.
Rope-mop Oil Skimmer Construction
Huahai Rope Skimmer series adopts a unified modular structure, with universal core components and consistent logic, facilitating operation and maintenance:
Core Oil Collection Unit : Annular oil collection rope (oil-philic and water-repellent modified material, core adsorption component) + squeeze roller (efficient oil stripping) + oil sump (corrosion-resistant design, collecting pure oil after stripping);
Power Drive Unit : Motor/diesel engine (providing stable power) + reduction transmission device + oil transfer pump; The whole series has a standardized structure, and core components can be universally interchanged. There is no need to re-familiarize with the operation logic when changing models, reducing the threshold for use.
Rope-mop Oil Skimmer Technical Parameters
| Parameter | SS-5 | SS-10 | SS-20 | SS-30 |
| Max. Recovery Rate (m³/h) | 5 | 10 | 20 | 30 |
| Length of the Rope |
7 meters or any length can be customized |
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| Quantity of the Rope | 1 piece | 1 piece | 2pieces | 4 pieces |
| Driving Power (Diesel Engine or Explosion-proof Motor) (KW) | 6.3/5.5 | 6.3/5.5 | 6.3/7.5 | 14.5/15 |
| Type | Hanging | Hanging | Hanging | Hanging |
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