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New Software for

Large-Volume Scanning

FARO Technologies, Inc., released

FARO Scene 3.0 software for its Laser

Scanner LS product. The FARO

Laser Scanner LS is designed to empower users to digitize massive spaces into 3-D, action-ready data.

Ideal for large-volume modeling, fac- tory planning/redesign, quality con- trol and forensics, it scans 120,000 points per second with 3mm accura- cy. The result is an image so detailed that it looks like a black-and-white photo, but in three dimensions that, thanks to FARO Scene 3.0, one can use to instantly measure the distance between points, move in 3-D space and create CAD models for practical- ly any application.

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Schilling Robotics Adds

Horsepower to UHD ROV

Schilling Robotics is upgrading its ultraheavy-duty, hydraulic UHD 05

ROV, ordered by Phoenix

International, from 150 to 200 shp.

Upgrading from 150 to 200 shp increases the UHD's thrust capability by almost 25 percent, adding to the

Phoenix fleet's ability to perform demanding, deepwater construction tasks while handling the strong Gulf of Mexico Loop Current. Frank

Sayle, general manager of the Phoenix

International Subsea Projects Group, says that the upgraded ROV will be a valuable asset. "Because there is a 'new frontier' of demanding, deepwa- ter projects in the Gulf of Mexico, our fleet needs the most capable

ROVs that we can buy. This power upgrade for the UHD, along with the vehicle's 3,500-m depth rating, will further equip us to handle these demanding projects."

The UHD 05 ROV, which is rated to 3,500 meters, will be delivered to

Phoenix's Subsea Projects Group in

Houston, Texas in June 2006, and will be the first UHD system to oper- ate in the Gulf of Mexico.

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AML Product Editor from CARIS

CARIS released the Additional

Military Layer (AML) Product

Editor, an addition to the CARIS

Hydrographic Production Database (HPD) product suite. AML Product

Editor expands upon the existing

HPD product suite, which already includes the HPD Source Editor, S- 57 ENC Product Editor and Paper

Chart Editor. AML Product Editor is designed to manage and produce S- 57 AML's compliant with the six vec- tor NATO AML v2.0 specifications:

Contour Line Bathymetry (CLB),

Environment, Seabed and Beach (ESB), Maritime Foundation and

Facilities (MFF), Routes, Areas and

Limits (RAL), Large Bottom Objects (LBO) and Small Bottom Objects (SBO). Functionality includes the ability to import from many common

GIS data formats; to view raster images; and to connect to external databases for importing valuable data, such as mine contact or wreck infor- mation.

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TITAN Electronics

Upgrade

This upgrade relocates slave arm electronics from an external enclosure to inside the manipulator arm. The resulting reduction of electrical con- nections is designed to increase the system's ability to withstand shock and to decrease system weight.

Indicator lights on the slave electron- ics board and on the manipulator connecting cable are designed for faster manipulator arm diagnostics.

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Global Marine Launches

GeoCable V 5.2

Global Marine Systems Limited launched version 5.2 of its GeoCable marine engineering software package.

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