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Bosch Rexroth

KCS Orders Cable Layer Wave Generators for Indonesian Lab such as auto-heading, auto-track, and system, which replaces the original water process control operators with a auto-swing, successfully performed supplied by Rexroth 25 years ago, is a unique monitoring system which reduces precision rock installation operations multi-directional wave generator, with cleaning and maintenance requirements in deep waters. The FPROV even set a moveable ? aps operated by AC servo that are commonly associated with in world record in November 2014, when drives. situ sensors, reducing cost of ownership the Stornes installed rocks in water of these type of sensors, CTG said. depths of up to 1,277 meters. These non-contact systems, up till now ZipGrips Patented

Yale Cordage received a patent on only available for such parameters as

KCS Orders Cable Layer ZipGrips, which were primarily turbidity and ? ow, are now, with the

A keel laying ceremony at Colombo developed for use in the offshore pipe Algae-Station NC, available for algae

Dockyard PLC in Sri Lanka signaled lay and umbilical installation and monitoring in water processing plants.

the start of construction on a new maintenance arena. The Yale Cordage cable lay vessel for Japanese owner ZipGrip is a unique assembly of load New MCM System

Kokusai Cable Ship Co. Ltd (KCS). bearing synthetic ropes, and has been BAE Systems has unveiled NAUTIS 5,

The new vessel, a VARD 9 01 design designed to signi? cantly reduce the the latest version of its ? agship Mine tailor-made for installation and repair time, length of material, and space Counter Measures (MCM) system. BAE of subsea telecom cables, with a high needed to terminate a wide range of Systems’ Naval Autonomy Tactical capacity below-deck cable carousel, cylindrical equipment. A wide range Information System (NAUTIS) is used will feature diesel electric propulsion, of con? gurations have been evaluated, to counter the ever present threat of

DP2 positioning and large cable tanks ranging in diameters from 25mm to naval mines. It is installed on board combined with a 2,000 ton capacity 622mm, and from working capacities more than 65 ships from seven navies carousel. The total cable carrying of 2,000kg to 40,800kg. Specialty grips across the world, including the Royal capacity is 5,000 tons. The out? tting have also been successfully installed Navy’s Hunt and Sandown class Mine also comprises a dual cable lay system, on existing offshore oil platforms to Counter Measure Vessels (MCMVs).

A-frame, hydro plough and trenching contain large assemblies of multiple NAUTIS 5 is the result of BAE

ROV. power and hydraulic lines and to support Systems’ long term investment in MCM the weight of these cables as they are capabilities. It incorporates a number

Wave Generators for suspended between platform structures of new features including: improved

Indonesian Lab in spans exceeding 67m. command and control for autonomous

Bosch Rexroth will install two electrical and off-board systems, which can be wave generator systems for Indonesian easily integrated thanks to a new Open

Non-contact Algae System

Hydrodynamic Laboratory (IHL), an A new Algae-Station Non-Contact Architecture; a new and improved advanced research laboratory of BPPT system come from water quality sensor Human-Computer Interface (HCI) (The Agency for the Assessment and designer Chelsea Technologies Group using the latest graphical technologies

Application of Technology). The new (CTG). The Algae-Station NC provides and embedded onboard training.

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