| General:
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• 1000 Foot depth-rated
• A536 Aluminum Alloy
• Weight 500-600 LBS depending on configuration
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| Life Support:
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• 2 Redundant oxygen systems, total capacity 50 hours
• 50 hour Carbon Dioxide scrubber
• Back up battery with automatic change over on power failure
• Lung-powered scrubber back-up |
| Propulsion: |
• 4 x 1.6 HP thrusters (expandable to 8)
• Direct drive, magnetically coupled thrusters
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Telemetry/Control System: |
• Distributed control system (Omron PLC) allows for uninterrupted operation in case of telemetry failure
• Gigabit Ethernet over Fiber optic
- Network attached High definition camera
- Network attached Imagenex 852 SONAR
- Easy integration of IP and POE (Power Over Ethernet) devices
• Remote (topside) control of: thrusters, thruster trim, lights and tooling
- Lightens pilot workload
• AMS (Atmospheric Monitoring System)
- Real time monitoring topside of cabin pressure and Oxygen %
- Lightens pilot workload
- Enhances safety |
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Communications: |
• Full duplex intercom – over copper
- 6 intercom stations (pilot +5)
- Highly reliable
- No subsea power required
- Excellent voice quality (low noise)
- Aux In and Out jacks (topside)
• IP intercom out
- Allows audio to be recorded synchronously with project video
• Acoustic thru water communications
- Backup in case of hardwire communications failure
- Compatible with communications hardware use commonly by manned submersibles |
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| Emergency Equipment: |
• Umbilical jettison capability
• Thruster jettison capability
• Emergency battery
- Powers thru water comms, O2 analyzer and carbon dioxide scrubber
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| Power Requirement: |
• 208-240 3 phase, 50 A, 50-60 HZ |
| Ancillary Equipment: |
• HD camera, H.264 (Blu-Ray Codec) camera
• SONAR
- Imagenex miniature 852 scanning sonar
• Newtsun LED lights
- 2 x 150 W LED lights
- 9,600 lumens (each)
• For comparison - a 250W quartz lamp produces 3,500 lumens
- 4500 deg K (cool white)
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