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www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 61PMI Industries, Inc.5300 St. Clair Ave, Cleveland, OH 44103Tel: (216) 881-4914 Email: sales@ pmiind.com Website: www.pmiind.com President: Robert J. Schauer Marketing/ Sales Director: William E. Green Engineering Director: Jay C. Marino Square Footage: 32,000 Number of Employees: 25PMI Industries, Inc. designs, manu- factures and tests solutions to under- water cable, wire rope & tension member application problems. PMI provides cable systems and hardware to the military, commercial and scien- tific communities. PMI employs techniques such as the helical gripping concept for hold-ing tensile members, isostatic sealingfor water-tight integrity, and cable electrical core isolation from strain for long cable life. A myriad of ter- minations and protection products have been designed for use on Electro-Optical-Mechanical cables, rope and hose assemblies, while incorporating electrical and opticalconnectors into the final assembly. Technology Profile: EVERGRIP Termination, the benchmark product of PMI, is a full- strength, field installable termination. Designed to hold 100 percent of the cables rated breaking strength, it pro- tects against fatigue of the cable sys-tem under severe dynamic condi- tions. The cable or wire rope extends through the termination intact with- out cutting or modification of thecable; no cable preparation, special training, or tools are required to install it. Other, mid-span-termina- tions, like the Dyna-Hanger Suspension System, are designed to offer both bend protection and strain relief. In addition to the standard line of products and custom engineering, PMIs test facility simulates at-sea environmental conditions. From raw cable, hardware or termination devices to a full-length cable assem-bly, the laboratory can perform tests such as; tension, hydrostatic pressure, bend-over-shave and many more to the customer requirement. PMI also performs design verification and acceptance testing. PDM Neptec Ltd was formed over 25 years ago as an exclusive distributor for off-the-shelf Teledyne Impulse underwater connectors and cable assem- blies. Today, the company boasts five full-time design engineers with a com- bined total of 135 years of design and manufacturing experience in under- water engineering, atmospheric diving, ROVs, deep sea photographic cam- era systems, bespoke housings for video cameras and instrumentation, and oceanographic sampling equipment (not to mention knowledge of hydraulics, pneumatics and injection molding). PDMs products are used in harsh conditions in the military, oil and gas, marine, nuclear, renewable ener- gy, ROVs, AUVs, oceanographic, geophysical, and scientific industries. Technology Profile PDM has built anti-cathodic delamination products for the Canadian Navy submarine fleet; tested cable assemblies for power and signal transmission for Euro Fighter ground test equipment; and designed and manufactured a har- ness assembly system for the MoDs Surface Ship Torpedo Defense System. PDM has also developed electrical and high voltage connectors, water blocked penetrators, encapsulated sensors and transducers, instrumentation housings, cable bend control devices, Quickcure Moulding Systems for off- site cable repairs, and remote encapsulated displays for re-breather diving equipment. The company produces the Omega range of hybrid electro-optic connectors and the Omicron fibre optic subsea connector. Current projects include subsea riser encapsulation for the Oil and Gas industry; panel wiring and encapsulation for navigation buoy control boxes; electronic assembly of ROV thrusters; full cycle temperature, pressure and tensile test- ing of cable assemblies for Oil and Gas pipelines; and anti-corrosion connectors for MoD applications. PDM Neptec Limited4-6 Alton Business Centre, Omega Park Alton, Hampshire, GU34 2YU United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1420 85848 Email: enquiries@ pdmneptec.com Website: www.pdmneptec.com Managing Director/CEO: Ian Doble UK Sales Manager: Gary KellyEuropean Sales Manager: Anders Hill Applications & Engineering Manager: Dave NicholsonProduction Manager: Graeme McGhee Quality Manager: Roy MephamEmployees: 40Testing Capabilities: PDMs in-house testing facilities include tensile testing, pressure testing, and a 3.8-meter oven used for tempera- ture cycling and annealing. All testing procedures carried out in-house are documented under the British Standards Institution ISO 9001:2008 quality management system.There is also a clean electrostatic area in a stand-alone secure unit, which is ideal for electronic assembly and molding. More extensive testing and qualification is avail- able from PDMs ongoing relationships with universities and research establishments. EVERGRIPTermination