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www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 39PMI Industries, Inc.5300 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44103 Tel: 216 881 4914 E-Mail: [email protected] www.pmiind.com PMI Industries, Inc. designs, manufactures and tests innovative products for solving underwater cable, wire rope & tension member application problems. PMI is committed to providing the most robust cable systems and hardware available to the military, commercial and scientific communi- ties. From initial product concept through quality assurance testing, PMI is a complete underwater cable system facility. Through innovation and exhaustive laboratory testing, the helical gripping concept was engineered into PMI products and resulted in a very reliable standard line of prod- ucts. Based on the geometry and behavior of heli- cally preformed wire, helical gripping rods hold the cable with low compression and friction forces dis- tributed along the length of the rods. This unique helical concept eliminates concentrated stresses in the cable at the termination, eliminating common failure modes. 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 protects against fatigue of the cable system under severe dynamic conditions. The cable or wire rope extends through the termi- nation intact without cutting or modification of thecable; no cable preparation, special training, or tools are required to install itSEA CON1700 Gillespie Way, El Cajon, CA 92020 Tel: 619-526-7071 E-mail: [email protected] www.seaconworldwide.com After almost 45 years in the subsea industry, the SEA CON Group has become a leader in the man-ufacture of electrical, optical and hybrid subsea systems and connector solutions for the Oil & Gas, Defense, Oceanographic, Renewable Energy and many other harsh environmental markets. Since the beginning with the manufacture of the Marsh & Marine connector range, SEA CON has always undertaken the challenge of not only pro- viding what the markets require today, but also tomorrow and achieves this by identifying and providing solutions for technology gaps within a market. An example of this is SEA CON?s commit- ment to supporting the use of fiber optics within the Oil & Gas industry through the development of dry-mate optical products, including the MINI-CON and OPTI-CON connector series, the highly successful underwater mateable HYDRA- LIGHT connector and even the down-hole multi channel fiber optic G3 connector series. To achieve this broad spectrum of product supply and service, the SEA CON group has six globally located manufacturing facilities, each staffed with experienced design/development teams. SEA CON maintains multiple CNC machining departments, routinely manufacturing electrical contacts from 28 AWG to components weighing hundreds of pounds. SEA CON also has several molding departments with a wide variety of composites/elastomers and an in-house glass tometal sealing facility. To complement its design and manufacturing capabilities, SEA CON has exten- sive in-house testing capabilities that includes, electrical, optical, dimensional, pressure, shock, vibration, axial pull equipment all with experienced staff. To support its product in the field SEA CON provides a 24/7 field service support through its many highly trained field service teams. SEA CON has been providing products and servic- es to many harsh environmental markets over the years and has been proud to provide some of the most leading edge solutions available in the mar- ket. This focus on technology has always run deep within SEA CON and can be traced back many years through products like the ALL-WET connec- tor series. These connectors not only provided the market with the ability to mate electrical connectors ?wet?, but gave the flexibility of connect- ing multiple individual instruments, lights, etc into a single interface connection point on a control pod with the further development of the ?Split? ALL-WET connector range. South Bay Cable Corp54125 Maranatha Drive, Idyllwild, CA 92549 Tel: (951) 659-2183 E-mail: [email protected] www.southbaycable.com Founded in 1957, South Bay Cable Corp is a leader in the design and production of purposebuilt, hard working cables for use in harsh and demanding environments. Corporate headquarters are located in Idyllwild, CA with additional manufacturing facilities in Temecula, CA. The two facilities total approximately 100,000 square feet. To date South Bay has designed and produced over sixty-thousand different cable constructions, with each cable design being unique to the intended application. Cable uses include ROV Tether and Umbilical?s, tow cables, geophysical exploration, bottom laid interconnect cables, mine sweep cables, airborne aerostat and a host of other unique special purpose applications. From the initial design phase, to the drawing of the copper rod, through the final jacketing operations, South Bay Cable possesses the engineering skills and production capabilities to perform nearly all operations in house. Working closely with the cus- tomer, all aspects of the system are considered. This approach results in a cable with the required electrical, optical and mechanical properties, all within the smallest possible overall cable diameter. Electrical conductors can be designed to be highly flexible, optical fibers can be incorporated into sev- eral different configurations and mechanical strength members include both synthetic andmetallic materials. Cables can be designed with working loads as low as 50 pounds to ultimate breaking strengths in excess of 100,000 pounds. SubConn Inc.Tel: +1 781 829 4440 Email: [email protected] www.subconn.com SubConn Inc. and The MacArtney Underwater Technology Group have been supplying the world's leading range of underwater pluggable electrical connectors to the demanding underwater industry for over 30 years. The SubConn range has been developed over the years to meet the needs of our global customers from shallow water use to full ocean depth rating. SubConn prides itself on man- ufacturing and delivering industry standard, reli- able and affordable connectors and cables, sup- ported internationally by the MacArtney Underwater Technology Group. Its globally trusted range of SubConn connectors is continually being tested and reviewed to ensure the highest quality and suitability to the underwater and offshore mar- ket. Our range is regularly extended to meet new individual or industry requirements. Teledyne D.G. O'Brien One Chase Way, Seabrook, NH 03874-0159 USA Tel: 603-474-5571 www.dgo.com Teledyne D.G.O?Brien designs connection systems that transmit signals, data or power through chal- lenging media, such as subsea oil wells; and through pressure barriers, such as the hull of a submarine. Because the cost of failure is so high, Teledyne D.G.O?Brien designs and manufactures its products to deliver total reliability. Teledyne Impulse 9855 Carroll Canyon Road, San Diego, CA 92131 Tel: +1 858 842 3100, USA Toll-free: 800 327 0971 Email: [email protected] www.impulse-ent.com Teledyne Impulse has a new product line, Interconnect Devices, formerly Teledyne Interconnect Devices. Teledyne Impulse designs and manufactures high reliability electrical and optical interconnection sys- tems, motorized power transfer switches, and cus- tom insert molded compression connectors for a broad range of harsh environment applications. The company?s products are proven performers in the most demanding applications, which include oceanographic exploration, spacecraft and launch vehicles, defense, oil and gas production, nuclear systems, and wastewater management. The company?s commitment to customer satisfac- tion, quality assurance, and rapid response is unsurpassed. Through precise and innovative engi- neering, flexible manufacturing processes, and dedicated customer support, Teledyne Impulse provides industries worldwide with highly reliable and cost-effective interconnection solutions. Teledyne ODI, Inc. 1026 North Williamson Blvd, Daytona Beach, FL Tel: 386-236-0780 Email: [email protected] www.odi.com Teledyne ODI, Inc. is a leader in sub-sea electrical and fiber optic interconnect systems. ODI's wet- mateable connectors include signal and high- power electrical, fiber optic, and hybrid electro- optical products. All are based on patented oil filled, pressure balanced technology. Companion dry-mate submersible connectors complement these wet-mate lines. These rugged components can be used at any ocean depth and in the harsh- est environments. In addition to standard product lines, ODI provides top quality custom engineered solutions for any sub-sea networking challenge. TE SubComMorristown, NJ Telephone: 866-892-6611 Email: [email protected] Website: www.subcom.com TE SubCom (SubCom), a TE Connectivity Ltd. company, is an industry pioneer in undersea com- munications technology and marine services and a leading global supplier for today?s undersea com- munications requirements. Drawing on its heritage of technical innovation and industry recognized performance, SubCom delivers the most reliable, high quality solutions to organizations with under-sea communications needs vital to their core mis- sion. The company designs, manufactures and installs systems around the world, and has deployed more than 490,000km of subsea commu- nication cable?or enough to circle the earth more than 12 times at the equator. MTR#1 (34-48) R:MTR Layouts 1/4/2012 1:16 PM Page 39