The core of the system is a pipe for transporting pressurized sea-water to a turbine station. Along this pipe the plates are located that moves parallel to the pipe. When these elements move back and forth with the waves, they each drive a piston in a cylindrical volume placed on the pipe. The cylindrical volume and the piston thus forms a very simple pump that pushes sea-water at high pressure into the pipe.
When an plate gets near the movement limit means should slow down the plate. For this purpose the hydraulic pressure in the pump is raised at the end of the travel making the pump self centering.

The pipe bore does not have to be very big to transport a lot of energy if a high feed pressure is used. The maximum capacity of the system can easily be calculated from the diameter of the pipe and simple flow calculations.
In the section of the pipe, where the plates are operating, the system needs to be anchored. This will have to be done taking into account the number of plates, maximum wave height and frequency and direction of currents.
For mooring standard techniques, used routinely in the off-shore industry is applied.

The mooring system will keep the central string taught and in tension.
In a commercial system the energy collecting area should be as large as possible. The limiting factors are sea depth and the overall strength of the system.