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New Products

Partners Aim to Unlock More

Value from Hydrographic Data QPS and TrueOcean have teamed up to develop digital work? ows that they say can optimize the journey of hydrographic data from ping to cloud, by improving on traditional data shar- ing practices including the use of hard

Balmoral drives or standalone cloud services. The

Balmoral Launches Scour Protection System partners are working together to take the

Balmoral has unveiled a new scour protection system that integrates seabed next steps in digitizing the data value protection and ? ow reduction to minimize operational costs and potential cable failure process in offshore projects. Their fo- cus is on building seamless integration in the offshore wind industry. The new HexDefence structure eliminates the require- between QPS software solutions and ment to dump rock, instead providing a non-invasive approach to protecting the mono- pile and the immediate surrounding area, Balmoral said. The lightweight advanced the new TrueOcean Marine Data Plat- form (MDP), with the shared objective composites construction and streamlined installation method makes it easy to install of eliminating friction and accelerating without the need for additional vessels. Additionally, the system is capable of use with antifouling coatings and does not require special equipment for end-of-life recovery.

data exchange. The goal is to get infor-

Fraser Milne, the company’s engineering and projects director, said, “We believe mation to end users faster by making it

Balmoral HexDefence represents a signi? cant step forward for scour protection, of- possible to directly upload QPS proprie- tary data to the TrueOcean MDP without fering highly cost-effective performance enhancement across installation, manage- data conversion and including valuable ment and maintenance.”

The interlocking panels are generally 10m long and custom-sized to ? t varying meta data from the QPS format. Data monopile diameters and feature integrated lifting and access points. In simple terms, can be viewed directly within the plat- the installation process involves sinking the foundation, sleeving it with HexDe- form and extracted into other QPS prod- fence, ? tting the transition piece and assembling the pylon and blades.

ucts for additional analysis.

“The system is also suitable for retro? tting to existing monopile structures.”

Sarcos, VideoRay Partner on Integrated Underwater Robotic Systems

Sarcos and VideoRay signed an agreement to offer integrated underwater robotic systems combining VideoRay remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) with the Sarcos Guardian Sea Class robotic system including its dexterous arms.

Sarcos and VideoRay will each be able to sell an integrated underwater robotic system and their respective products and provide replacement parts, repair services, and support. Sarcos Guardian Sea Class robotic system has a modular design that will easily integrate with VideoRay’s lineup of one-person portable ROVs. VideoRay systems can operate in currents up to four knots. In Au- gust 2022, VideoRay announced that the U.S. Navy had standardized on the use of the VideoRay Defender system and had placed a large order of the remotely operated vehicles, due to its superior capabilities, ? exibility and upgradability. The Guardian Sea Class system can be operated with one or two six-degree-of-freedom arms and performs in depths of up to one kilometer (1,000 meters) for up to two hours at a time. It can be tele- operated or operated via supervised autono- my. As the system is electronically driven, the Guardian Sea Class eliminates the added weight, size and expense of hydraulic power unit systems, lowers maintenance costs and reduces the risk of system downtime due to failure, Sarcos aid.

“VideoRay has designed our remotely operated vehicles to perform critical jobs in the harshest environments,” said Chris

Gibson, CEO, VideoRay. “Our ROVs are a natural ? t with the Guardian Sea Class sys- tem and, when combined, we believe that the packaged solution offers the most ad- vanced underwater inspection capability on the market today.” ©Sarcos 44 May/June 2023

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