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- Waveblade Tested at The Underwater Center Marine Technology, Mar 2015 #74
A new technology for the oil and gas industry has undergone a commercial trial at the subsea training and trials facility, The Underwater Center. Commercial divers and ROV pilot technicians recently trialed the Waveblade while working in Loch Linnhe, simulating a realistic operational environment.
Waveblade is a lightweight, handheld submersible power tool designed to remove marine growth through vibration without harming underlying surface. The tool has been developed to be used as a hand tool for divers and also as a separate tool to be fitted to the arm of an ROV.
Waveblade’s patented technology delivers high frequency resonance through its oscillating head, sending multidirectional vibration through the blade into the unwanted marine growth. The wave power has been shown to remove organic growth more thoroughly in a fraction of the time without damaging surfaces compared to current methods such as scrapers and high pressure water jetting.
www.theunderwatercentre.com
(As published in the March 2015 edition of Marine Technology Reporter - http://www.marinetechnologynews.com/Magazine)
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- New Surface Cleaning Process Saves Navy On Maintenance Maritime Reporter, Mar 2000 #65
"We replace Black Beauty with Bar Shot in the process of cleaning assemblies," said paint foreman Jon Evans. "The contract specification allows us to power tool clean any damaged painted areas. With this new abrasive material, we can exceed the contract specifications with a better surface preparation
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- Adances in Marine Coatings & Corrosion Control Maritime Reporter, Mar 2013 #46
tolerance, Macropoxy 80 can be applied in adverse conditions, and steel substrates need only to be cleaned of loose paint or rust per SSPC SP2-3 Hand and Power Tool Cleaning before application. Its high solids formulation (80%) reduces the likelihood of the solvent entrapment that can lead to premature coating
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 4th CoverGlow a little longer. Superior sensor performance on a rmance on a – – RBRtridentfraction of the power RBRtridente teee ackscatter or turbidity with hi i in n n t t th h h he e e s sa a am m m me Measure chlorophyll a, fDOM, and backscatter or turbidity within the same e e sensor package using the
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 43Image courtesy Kongsberg Discovery Image courtesy Teledyne Marine New Products Teledyne Marine had its traditional mega-booth at Oi, busy start to ? nish. Image courtesy Greg Trauthwein offers quality sub-bottom pro? ling capability without the need tion of offshore windfarms. GeoPulse 2 introduces new
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 42Image courtesy MacArtney Birns celebrated its 70th anniversary at Oi. Cables & Connectors CABLES & CONNECTORS BIRNS made a splash at Oi at the company’s Power Forward event, with the celebration of the company’s 70th anniversary, and the launch of a new high amperage subsea connector se- ries, the 225 Amp
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 41the ROV- 1500 is easy to transport and deploy. Similar to Outland’s previous models, the ROV-1500 shares an easy to use con- trol system and topside power. Field replaceable components continue to make maintenance a breeze. EvoLogics launched the next iteration of the Quadroin AUV. Originally introduced
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 40one month in the rear-view mirror, MTR takes a look at some of the interesting technologies launched before, during and after the London event. as AI powered obstacle detection and avoidance capabilities. VEHICLES Exail unveiled its new transoceanic Uncrewed Surface Ves- In addition, the new USV is able
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 39. Batteries intended for cold environments can be placed in a refrigerator or freezer and the leads brought out to the CBA V. The CBA V can perform a Power Pro? le, useful for designers working with solar charging systems on buoys and unmanned surface vehicles (USV). For very low currents, continuous
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 38.com Figure 6 The West Mountain Radio Computerized Battery Analyzer (CBA V) attaches to a Figure 5 laptop by a USB-B cable, and to a battery by Powerpole® Connectors. Exploded view of an AGM lead-acid battery. ? Nickel-Cadmium (NiCad) batteries have a lower nom- ment System) the batteries are
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 36Mariana Trench using PBOF, BMS-protected lith- in the early 1960’s. If exposed to seawater, they must be ium polymer pouch batteries. The submersible’s power could pressure-compensated. Any compensation ? uid must consider be con? gured to be as high as 96KWh, though it was typically speci? c gravity
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 35effect, capable of moderately deep discharge, and much safer than primary lithium cells. They are used in ap- plications requiring lightweight and high-power drains. They COMMON BATTERIES IN MARINE APPLICATIONS Certain chemistries have found wide use in the marine ? eld do require built-in protection
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 34sea? oor instrumentation on ocean landers, acti- generation process is not perfect, and some material is lost vate the release of the descent weight, and power surface in each discharge-recharge cycle. This limits the number of recovery beacons. times the battery may be recharged, known as cycle life. BATTERY
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 30has been on scaling while en- wave, current and vessel motions that in? uence loads in the suring the lightest environmental impact,” says The Metals power umbilical. The LARS can operate in up to 3.5m wave Company CEO Gerard Barron. In-? eld collection system tri- height signi? cant. The physical connection
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 29. Onboard technology developments include the vessel’s launch and recovery system (LARS) which deploys and recovers the col- lector and feeds its power and control um- www.marinetechnologynews.com 29 MTR #3 (18-33).indd 29 4/4/2024 2:10:29 P
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 18TECH FEATURE IMR There are also weaknesses in terms of accuracy because of FiGS Operations and Bene? ts signal noise and the ability to detect small ? eld gradients. In Conventional approaches to evaluating cathodic protection this process there is a risk that possible issues like coating (CP)
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 13nyone familiar with glider hardware options integrated for a broad Glider answers that need,” said Shea autonomous underwater ve- range of missions. Quinn, Slocum Glider Product Line hicles (AUVs) is certainly “As the use of Slocum Gliders grew, Manager at TWR. A familiar with the popular- so did
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 3EMPOWERING World leading electric underwater robotics Seaeye eM1-7 Electric Manipulator • Seven function work class manipulator • Compatible with most work class ROVs • Maximum reach 1,990mm • Lift capacity 122kg/454kg (max/min reach) • Precise position and force feedback • Modular self-contained
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 2Nodule Collectors Tapping the sea ? oor for resources may be controversial, but it’s happening. y Wendy Laursen B 34 Lander Lab We Need More Power Stored electrical power in batteries permit the untethered operation of sea? oor instrumentation on ocean landers, among other things. By Kevin
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 2nd CoverSMART SUBSEA SOLUTIONS • Delivering data in most adverse conditions: underwater acoustic modems with advanced communication technology and networking • Accurate USBL, LBL and hybrid positioning of underwater assets, navigation for divers • Modem emulator and multiple cost-saving developer tools • Sonobot
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 47MARKETPLACE Products & Services www.MaritimeEquipment.com Powering the fleet for 60 years! HYDRAULIC NOISE, SHOCK AND VIBRATION SUPPRESSOR Noise, Shock, VibraO on & PulsaO on in Quiet, Smooth Flow Out Oil Bladder Nitrogen (blue) Manufactured by MER
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 43crews must be soft- tive fuels, carbon capture, batteries and and a regulatory framework which takes ware engineers, but there is no going fuel cell power will all provide critical account of the ‘graceful deterioration’ of back: there has to be both a systematic pathways to maritime decarbonization
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 39in Norway as ENOVA, which manages the Norwegian Climate and Energy fund on behalf of the government, is planning ammonia grant tenders for both ammonia powered ships and ammonia infrastructure in 2024. There are multiple newbuilding projects in the pipeline, and ongoing ammonia- powered Platform Supply
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 38New LNG Containerships Carbon Capture @ Sea Crowley shared ? rst renderings and the names of its four new dual fuel lique? ed natural gas (LNG)-powered containerships: Quetzal, Copan, Tiscapa and Torogoz. The 1,400 TEU ves- sels were ordered in 2022 by Singapore-based Eastern Paci? c Shipping
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 37SIMULATION "A simulated vessel ? ooding can help teams work together to solve the challenge using different systems on the bridge." – Jussi Siltanen, Lead, "The gami? cation of Product Marketing, learning makes it fun." Safety Solutions at NAPA – Captain Pradeep Chawla, Founder, MarinePALS Image
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 36FEATURE "Simulators with high "Tomorrow’s seafarer is going accuracy have become a vital to have to be more technology- savvy than in previous years." tool for engineering studies." Image courtesy ABS – Terje Heierstad, VP Business – Vassilios Kroustallis, VP, Global Development, Maritime Business
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 35headsets with the The ABS Global LNG Academy in Qatar features Meta- right training package can instruct seafarers how to use spe- SHIPs simulators, powered by Orka, that are built to scale ci? c equipment in a realistic environment, which in turn can from vessel drawings. The academy program also