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ROVs SYSTEMS & PRODUCTS

SMD BEAM bespoke product, suitable for our challenging operations,”

SMD’s ROV Trencher to Work in Japan’s Ofshore said Tatsuyoshi Nakamura, COO at Toyo Construction.

Wind Farms

Toyo Construction has invested in Japan’s emerging

Beam’s New 3D Mapping System offshore wind sector by purchasing a trenching remotely

Beam, a company created by the merger of Rovco and operated vehicle (ROV) from underwater technology and

Vaarst, has unveiled SubSLAM X3, a new subsea 3D map- services company SMD.

The ROV will form part of Toyo’s expanding ?eet of ping system which can be integrated to both work class and observation class remotely operated vehicles (ROVs).

assets, with the business having also invested in a custom-

SubSLAM X3 offers real-time, high-resolution 3D map- built cable-lay vessel late in 2024.

The new SMD trencher will be used alongside the vessel ping, designed to enhance the monitoring and mainte- nance of offshore wind farms.

to facilitate the safe and ef?cient burial of subsea cables.

The system integrates arti?cial intelligence (AI), robot-

SMD’s tailor-made trenching product range caters for a ics, and advanced simultaneous localization and mapping variety of different markets and end uses.

The self-propelled systems include the QTrencher (QT) (SLAM) technologies.

This integration is said to be critical for streamlining and heavy tracked trencher ranges. QTrenchers are SMD’s the development, construction, and maintenance phases fourth generation trenching ROV.

Subsea power available ranges from 400hp through to of offshore wind projects.

The system provides 4K resolution video and precise 3D 2800hp all able to free ?y with track upgrades. Heavy tracked trenchers are available in a range of chassis sizes reconstructions, allowing for detailed inspection of under- and power ratings to suit trenching in hard ground up to water assets and intelligent autonomous control of under- water vehicles. 50MPa.

The newly designed SubSLAM X3 is more compact and

Trenchers can be con?gured to carry multiple tools, si- multaneously or in interchangeable cartridges, including lightweight than its previous version, making it suitable for rock and clay chains, jetters, dredges, eductors and back?ll integration into smaller observation-class ROVs as well as larger work-class ROVs.

tools to suit every soil combination.

Despite its reduced size, the system is capable of operat- “We chose to invest in this technology because of SMD’s ing at depths up to 3000 meters and features enhanced proli?c track recording in offshore wind, and of engineer- ing excellence underwater globally. The team understood sensor technology for improved image quality, especially our unique requirements and adapted this vehicle into a in low-light conditions.

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