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Life Saving Equipment Plans * Fire Control Plans • Fire Zone Plans

Fire Equipment Plans

Emergency Signage Plans

PCS Marine Technologies Inc. 22-174 Colonnade Road S., Nepean, ON, CANADA K2E 7J5

Tel: 1 -613-224-2177 Fax: 1 -613-224-4185

E-mail: [email protected]

Celebrating 10 Years of Service to the Marine Industry! able, upgradeable, long product life) and adaptive engineering (knowledge- able, innovative, application specific) represents real value.

In 1991, after a decade of building high-precision measurement and control systems, Azonix began to develop PC- based computers for extreme environ- ment computing, first making operator workstations for the offshore oil explo- ration and development marketplace.

Happily, oil exploration and maritime application requirements are similar in almost all respects.

ProPanel, Azonix's flagship worksta- tion product, was built from the first as an integrated unit combining all the components of a PC in a brazed metal, fully sealed enclosure. At the same time, sealing creates an apparent contradic- tion to reliable operation: heat build up is the Number 1 cause of electrical sys- tem failure.

Azonix deals with the heat factor by marshaling a variety of innovative design conventions to the task. Flat- panel, LCD computer displays, for instance, allow for large format, high resolution and exceptional brightness (critical for daylight operation), with very low power consumption. Integral radiating fins built into the exterior of

ProPanel cases dissipate otherwise destructive heat. Total power require- ments one-third or less wattage of the current required by traditional PC s.

Noting the variety of hostile influ- ences and number of engineered fea- tures that Azonix has built into its mar- itime operator workstations, it is rea- sonable to conclude system standards must exceed even the most challenging of those associated with land-based industrial applications.

Recognizing this, Azonix has chosen to place its offshore oil exploration, military and maritime experience at the disposal of naval architects, engineers and fleet owners. The ProPanel operator workstation/display, "bred to the ocean" is uniquely suited to a wide vari- ety of maritime applications. Perhaps one of them is yours. by Ed Conroy - Azonix Corporation

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