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ELECTRONICS

UPDATE

SPD Technologies Develops

New Advanced Computerized

Battery Monitoring System —Free Literature Offered—

SPD Technologies, headquar- tered in Philadelphia, Pa., has an- nounced the development of a new advanced computerized all-cell bat- tery monitoring system designed for use on diesel and nuclear-powered submarines and other battery power applications.

Designated the BMS-100, the new system is an advanced model of

SPD's NS9055 battery monitoring system, which has been proven in submarine applications over the past three years.

The Mil-Spec battery monitoring system offers a combination of func- tional and cost efficiency for sub- marine use, where precise measure- ments of power status is critical.

The BMS-100 offers a new digital battery cell probe together with ad- ditional hardware and associated proprietary software packages to provide a new standard in data acquisition, prediction, reliability and ease of operation.

Included among the major fea- tures of the new BMS-100 battery monitoring system are: comprehen- sive monitoring—reports tempera- ture, specific gravity, cell voltage and electrolyte level from a single probe; also electrolyte leakage de- tection and loss of air agitation can be added; enhanced predictive ca- pability—automatically calculates need to recharge, and remaining off for a given operational output, add- ing to safety as well as contributing

SPD Technologies' BMS-100 is a computer- ized battery monitoring system for use on diesel and nuclear-powered submarines and other battery power applications. to elongated battery life; ease of maintenance—new transponder probe is flush with the top of bat- teries, simpler and more compact, eliminates other outside wires and/ or mounted apparatus on top of batteries; provides built-in diagnos- tics to eliminate manual checking on system status.

The company offers computer demonstrations of the BMS-100 system upon arrangement.

SPD Technologies is a leader in the design, development and manu- facture of circuit breakers, switch- gear and other electrical systems protection equipment for military applications.

For free literature on the new computerized battery monitoring system from SPD Technologies,

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Detection And Classification

Of Fish Schools Is Easy With

C-Tech CAS 36 Omni Sonar

C-Tech Ltd. has introduced the

CAS-36 Omni Sonar® which makes the detection and classification of fish schools at both long and short ranges easy.

The 13-inch eight-color monitor displays clearly the size, position, and density of fish schools and indi- cates significant characteristics of the sea bottom in an area 360 degrees around the vessel.

Display flexibility is optimized with a choice of six video display modes and simultaneous audio. The bearing, distance and depth of any targets are quickly and accurately determined and displayed with tem- perature at the top of the video pic- ture. Simultaneous audio at bearing

January, 1988 selectable by operator is standard.

The patented scan and interpola- tor design assures continuous rapid, information update and superior image definition. Noise reduction mode provides display smoothing.

Operator controls minimize back- ground noise.

A preset control memory permits storage of control settings for each range scale. A motion compensator system aids the operator in tracking targets in rough seas.

For additional information and free literature on the C-Tech Omni

Sonar Model CAS-36,

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Knut Kloster Project To Build $800-Million Cruise Ship

Close To Becoming Reality

Japanese Yards May Build 250,000-GRT Liner

The $800-million project to build the world's largest and most luxu- rious cruise liner, the Phoenix, ap- pears to be nearing reality.

The project, which is being under- taken by the World City Corpora- tion A/S, which was founded by

Norwegian shipowner Knut Ul- stein Kloster Sr. to build the

Phoenix, involves the construction of a 250,000-grt, 5,200-passenger luxury cruise liner. The ship would be larger than the S.S. Norway, QE

II and Sovereign of the Seas com- bined. The Phoenix's passenger ca- pacity would be twice that of the 2,600-passenger Sovereign of the

Seas, which was just completed in

December 1987. (continued)

Shipowner Knut Ulstein Kloster Sr. with a model of the proposed cruise ship Phoenix.

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