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ROV Technology

Part I ROV Technology

Over the years remotely operated

Observational/Inspection Class vehicles (ROVs) have evolved a great deal. There was a time when it was much easier to lump them into categories or classes, such as observational, inspection and work class. Today, many users of the technology have witnessed a trend toward being able to do more with smaller platforms.

Smaller sonars and other tools have allowed end users the abil-

VideoRay ity to work from varied vessels and platforms. The larger vehicles have evolved to go deeper and

VideoRay LLC collect more data than ever before, and hybrids have made an impact

VideoRay was established in 1999, and has worked with technology and mis- sion partners throughout the world to develop the small ROV tool for a wide on the market. In this issue we range of applications. The VideoRay Professional ROV system, gives the look at some of the observational, user the choice of the multiple options including sonars, positioning systems, metal thickness gauges, cathodic protection, water quality and radiation mea- inspection and heavy work class suring devices. The systems are used for inspection, scienti? c research, aqua vehicles making a splash in ocean culture, law enforcement, tunnel inspection and water management. “There exploration, oil and gas, construc- have been a number of challenges in the market, but all markets have evolved.

It is important to understand that customers are getting better products than tion and homeland security. There say ten years ago, “said Chris Gibson, Vice President of Sales and Marketing. is overlap in these groups and not “Years ago the primary focus was just to get video, but as the markets have evolved there is a challenge to get more data in a cost effective manner.” all systems are represented. This is part 1 of a 2 part series, as MTR

Deep Ocean Engineering covers Light Observatinal/Inspec-

Deep Ocean Engineering started as a small engineering company in 1982 and tion Class ROVs in this edition, has more than 600 ROV systems currently being used in the ? eld worldwide.

Based in San Jose, Calif., Deep Ocean Engineering accommodates ROV and and Inspection Class & Heavy

USV needs encompassing sales, service, production, instruction and instal-

Class ROVs in the November/De- lation. “New ownership took over about ? ve years ago. Since then the com- pany has focused on re-establishing it’s identity. Our focus now is to make the cember 2016 edition.

company an applications focused company. By application based we mean solutions for end users. We are providing custom solutions that meet the spe-

By Rhonda Moniz ci? c needs of the client,” said, Raúl Peña, VP of Sales and Marketing. “For

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