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Simrad Debuts Shipmate RS 5400

Simrad recently introduced the

Shipmate RS 5400, a navigation tool that combines GPS positioning and electronic chart system with track plotting capability.

With C-Map electronic charts, navigation and multi-point route planning is reportedly simplified.

Equipped with a dual speed indica- tor, the RS 5400's speedometer com- bination offers digital readout for average speed with an analog pointer to show sudden changes.

Ten filter settings provide optimum vessel adjustment.

For more information from Simrad

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New Low-Maintenance Disc

Coupling Line From Falk

The Falk Corp. introduced a bro- chure for its new, low-maintenance,

FDC close-coupled disc coupling line. The eight-page catalog fea- tures coupling specifications, cut- away pictures, dimension and engi- neering data.

For a copy of the brochure from Falk

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New NightSight Uses

Infrared To See In The Dark

Texas Instruments and Hughes

Aircraft Co. teamed to introduce a (J AHEAD. (2) ZERO-SPEED. Full steering effect in this mode. (D ASTERN.

We've just taken another step ahead by going astern.

When you're firmly established as a worlc leader, it can be easy to become complacent.

But for HamiltonJet, quite the reverse is true... literally.

As the first to introduce the split duct deflector for superior astern thrust and vessel manoeuvrability, HamiltonJet has just advanced this concept another step.

The result is the patented HSRX servo- hydraulic follow-up control system. This major advance in applied hydraulics features a unique rotary valve integral with the deflector actuating cylinder.

The new HSRX gives full follow-up movement with enhanced reaction time and precision at the zero-speed position... simply. And all with inboard hydraulics for long life and easy maintenance.

HamiltonJet.

Definitely not astern in going ahead.

Highly Specified. Hamilton Jet

Manufactured In New Zealand by CWF Hamilton and Co. Ltd, P.O. Box 709, Christchurch, New Zealand, Ph: 64-3-348-4179, Fax: 64-3-348-6969. worldwide Distributors — Italy, Spain, UK, USA, Canada, India, France, Germany, Holland, Australia, Finland, Hong Kong,

Indonesia, Korea, Norway, Greece, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Denmark, Phillipines, Panama, South Africa. CWF O new infrared video camera for use in areas of little or no light. This camera is the key component of the

NightSight Thermal Vision System, a system which works by detecting slight temperature differences be- tween the various objects and people in its field of view. The basic

NightSight camera features an inte- gral fixed-focus lens and standard

RS-170 video output. The initial production unit is in a fixed-mount configuration for use on vehicles and marine craft, as well as other uses.

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KCS Announces Tribon

Upgrade

Tribon Initial Design (formerly

BMT Icon's Hulltech) is now inte- grated in the Tribon system. Hull surfaces created in Tribon Initial

Design can now be directly accessed by the Tribon Hull application.

With the continued use of robots in shipbuilding, robot programming software and Tribon applications have reached a level which makes the robot applications productive,

Kockums Computer Systems (KCS) reports.

An interface for profile cutting is now included in the Tribon system, and the main reason for this feature is to make nested profiles available for profile cutting robots. In the welding area, the Tribon Robot In- terface is extended and is now incor- porated into the Work Preparation application, so that data to support robot welding for each assembly stage can be created.

A number of improvements have been made to improve designer pro- ductivity, including: • Group function to allow simulta- neous update of a number of hull structure items at one time • New Jumbo panel splitting and splitting of stiffeners functions to break down major structural panels such as complete decks and bulk- heads into smaller panels for pro- duction purposes during the design process when more details are added to the Product Information Model • Extended functionality in various areas to enable pipe insulation to be handled efficiently.

The need for software interna- tionalization has become more of a market demand, according to KCS, especially for the Asian market. The maj ority of languages used by Tribon customers today are based on an alphabetical system, most Asian lan- guages are based on ideographic character systems. In Tribon Re- lease 2.0 there is extended language support.

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Distributor

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