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come one of the principal innovators in the subsea imaging and measure- ment industry. It is headquartered is in

BIRNS, Inc.

Kildare, Ireland with of? ces in the U.S., BIRNS started out in the subsea the U.K., China and Australia. industry creating underwater cam-

Currently the company is building era housings, and then soon moved systems to operate at 10,000m depth. Its on to developing lighting solutions advanced laser and optical based imag- for the U.S. Navy. Over the years ing systems were developed in-house BIRNS lighting systems were used and are now used worldwide in offshore in high pro? le excavation and ar- energy, renewables, environmental cheological projects, from the Ti- monitoring, mapping, archaeology and tanic to what was at the time the for collecting evidence on salvage and oldest shipwreck ever found, a defense operations. 3,500 year old discovery in Turkey.

The company’s range includes the New LED lamp options are avail-

Hunter system (AUV Imaging and La- able for a range of BIRNS high per- ser), the Scout system (Observation formance marine lighting systems.

Class ROV Imaging and Laser Pro? l- The company has introduced new ing), the Path? nder system (Work Class lamps for an array of lights for ap-

ROV Imaging and Laser Pro? ling) and plications from helmet and vehicle the Prowler I & II systems (Towed Ve- use to PVHO, including the popu-

Photo: Deepsea Power & Light hicle Imaging Range and Scale Mea- lar BIRNS Doubly-Safe Chamber surement) Light-LED. The new 450 lumen

Deepsea Power &

To enable faster and more ef? cient op- lamps for this rugged chamber light

Light Vertex SeaCam tical surveys, Cathx Ocean have devel- have 35,000 hour lamp lives and

The new DeepSea Power & Light Ver- oped an end-to-end technology architec- come in a wide selection of voltage tex SeaCam features full HD resolution ture for acquiring and processing subsea ranges, all with a mere 6.5W power with 10x optical zoom capabilities for images and laser data. draw. a wide range of tasks. These cameras

Traditional vehicles run at speeds of feature proprietary corrector optics for

The system provides BIRNS’ 0.5 knots with ranges of up to 3 meters. the highest imaging performance, and proprietary Doubly-Safe dual he-

By enabling speeds of up to 8 knots and multiple output options for easy system lium release method, which makes ranges of up to 10 meters, these imag- the entire front of the light its own integration.

ing systems substantially reduce vessel helium release valve. It consists of

The Vertex SeaCam has low-distortion time. a back-up spring in the front lens 80° HFOV at full-wide and 0.5 lux face- www.cathxocean.com mount, along with its additional plate illumination for impressive imag- stainless steel release mechanism, ing in low-light environments.

to safely and quickly remove any

User control is simple with RS-232 gas that might otherwise get trapped and RS-485 control interfaces through during compression. The BIRNS

VISCA or SeaSense™ Protocol. Tristate

Double-Safe Chamber Light-LED control is also available for zoom, fo- is tailored for pressurized helium/ cus, and auto focus features. Full ocean oxygen use in submarines, diving depth rating options are available.

bells and decompression chambers, www.deepsea.com and has a low pro? le of 76mm, and is easily mounted on ceilings and walls.

http://birns.com

Photo: Cathx Ocean www.marinetechnologynews.com

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