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OI 2016: The Final Round-Up and tilt rotating continuously which is ments producing 192 acoustic beams to

MEL director Brian Evans made possible by means of the slip rings create a 120 degree horizontal display. shows off the new mounted. This facilitates operation at all The unit can provide clear images at

Dolphin 2d sonar.

angles and full-scale activation. 30 frames per second for close range

The unit’s sturdy design is based on work at less than 1 meter, as well as 7.5 a sandblasted titanium housing which frames per second for longer ranges up permits a working depth of 4,000 me- to 100 meters.

ters, and its housing is strong, corrosion- “Despite its compact size, the new resistant and non-oxidizing, meaning Dolphin also contains a nine-axis the LUXUS Dual 360º P/T is suitable MEMS motion sensor and its output for heavy-duty operations. requires no surface image processing,”

The LUXUS Dual 360º P/T also fea- Evans said. “This means that whatever tures high torque of 100 Nm and a max leaves the unit via its Ethernet connec- payload of 100 kg. tion is what the user sees on the surface.” well as for other applications on surface

New Dolphin 2D Sonar from craft. Its versatility and ease of use is EIVA Launches NaviPac 4

Marine Electronics EIVA launched its NaviPac 4, repre- also improved by an Ethernet connec-

The new Dolphin 2D has joined the tion to the underwater unit.

senting an overhaul of its survey navi- lineup of sonar products from Guernsey- gation and positioning software as part

A Dolphin 2D prototype was ? rst pre- based Marine Electronics Ltd. (MEL). sented a year ago, but a ? nal product is of the NaviSuite software suite for off-

Based on MEL’s existing longer-range now ready for operational use follow- shore and shallow water operations.

Dolphin 3001 model which operates at ing further testing and ? ne-tuning, ex-

Key features of the new software gen- 250 kHz, the Dolphin 2D is a compact plained MEL director Brian Evans.

eration include a new con? guration tool, and lightweight 720 kHz model suited The Dolphin 2D features a one-piece LiDAR navigation capability and new for use on small ROVs and AUVs, as composite ceramic unit with 96 ele-

Helmsman’s Display. NaviPac 4 brings visualization and processing features from EIVA NaviModel, the NaviSuite solution for 4D modeling and visualiza- tion. This also means that the software now offers a native, real-time 3D engine.

According to EIVA, NaviPac 4 allows users to eliminate the number of solu- tions required to carry out survey and construction operations, standardize setup by using the same software for different types of operations, and sim- plify and automate operation work? ow to reduce operator time.

EIVA’s new NaviPac4 was on display at the company’s stand.

Jérôme Cuny, business development manager and co-found- er of French company Open Ocean, exhibited Metocean

Analytics, an innovative SaaS platform for metocean condi- tions analysis.

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