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BIRNS, Inc.

www.birns.com

Eric Birns, President/CEO

Today, BIRNS is an ISO 9001:2015 certi? ed leader in the de- system. This test system successfully allows 48 hour+ con- sign and manufacturing of high performance connector, cable tinuous testing of connectors and cable assemblies at 6km in a assembly, penetrator and lighting systems. BIRNS deep sub- controlled 2°C (±1°C) environment. It was initially developed mergence connectivity solutions are designed, engineered and to meet customer requirements for a new BIRNS Millennium built to deliver superior performance—faster data transfer for 6km-rated hybrid electro-optical pin con? guration, the 3O- better telemetry and communications, and safer, more reliable 1F3, which features the company’s new miniature 1.25mm power distribution for severely demanding environments. The optical ferrule.

company a broad array of customers’ needs with the BIRNS

Millennium and Primum 6km-rated connecter series, as well as its ranges of electrical and optical penetrators. The com- pany’s lighting systems have been blazing new trails on the ocean ? oor since Sea Lab, and continue to provide trusted il- lumination for some of the toughest jobs on the planet.

BIRNS inspects, tests and quali? es its engineered products.

Serving as an independent testing resource for the industry, as well as developing and conducting in-house testing pro- cedures for all of its products, BIRNS offers state-of-the-art protocols including advanced hydrostatic pressure testing, ex- treme cold/extreme depth pressure and hot and cold thermal shock testing. 9+ Gbits/Sec Ethernet: Recently BIRNS introduced sev- eral new connectivity capabilities in its Millennium connector series to further support the requirements of today’s evolv- ing subsea systems. In 2020, the company launched a Ether- net cable assembly capability, transmitting data at 9.4+/- 0.1

Gigabits per second. BIRNS developed exclusive deep sub- mergence cable constructed for Cat 8.2 use, and performance testing proved that data consistently transmitted at this rate over the entire range of pressures from 0 to 8700 PSI/600 bar (6000m equivalent depth).

RF Advancements and Extreme Depth/Cold: BIRNS in- troduced advances in RF cable assemblies to the market, as well, with unique coax contacts capable of open face pres- sure rating, and cable assemblies with losses of 0.4-0.7 dB at 1.5-3.0GHz. The team also launched a new precision test- ing capability for deep submergence connectors and cable as- semblies—an extreme low temperature, extreme depth testing www.marinetechnologynews.com

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