Products
VPIRB: New Lifesaving Device
Mobilarm of Australia launched a new commercial marine product -- Mobilarm V100 VPIRB (VHF Position Indicating Radio Beacon, at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston. The VPIRB is designed to provide commercial mariners with a faster, more efficient man overboard (MOB) rescue system than traditional personal EPIRB devices. The Mobilarm V100 is a fully automated, position indicating radio beacon that transmits a MOB distress call via VHF DSC and VHF voice to all VHF radio equipped vessels and land based receivers within range, including the distressed mariner's vessel. The pocket-sized VPIRB is attached to clothing or lifejackets and will automatically activate if the wearer goes overboard, sending out a distress call and real time GPS coordinates of the casualty's current position. The Mobilarm V100 VPIRB automatically sends out the initial 'Mayday, Man Overboard' alarm via DSC data using VHF DSC channel 70. As soon as a GPS lock is obtained via the integrated 24 channel GPS receiver, usually within 30 seconds, the device transmits the distress call again, complete with position coordinates, and also in a synthesized voice on VHF channel 16. The message is repeated at regular intervals to update the rescuers on its current position. This continues until the device is deactivated; the Mobilarm V100 battery will support transmission for at least 18 hours in normal conditions. "The probability of survival in a man overboard situation is directly related to the length of time the person spends in the water," said Lindsay Lyon, CEO, Mobilarm. "Conventional marine personal locating beacons, such as the personal EPIRB, must be manually activated to send a signal, which may be difficult or impossible to do if the person is injured or unconscious. In addition a personal EPIRB transmits its emergency signal to a remote onshore location, which can introduce needless delay in the recovery of the man overboard and can greatly reduce their chances of survival." Sending an emergency signal to nearby vessels, rather than an onshore location, means that the other crew members who are usually in the best position to conduct a rescue, are alerted and deployed virtually immediately. This reduces the casualty's time in the water and represents a quantum improvement in their chances of survival.
Email: crewsafe@mobilarm.com
Integrated Biowaste Dryer
instead of using additional energy.
www.deerberg-systems.de
Power Generation Products
Belzona announced two new power generation focused products, resulting from ongoing focus in this industry. These products, Belzona 5831 (STBarrier) and Belzona 1831 (Super UWMetal), were formulated to provide
solutions primarily for prolonged prevention against corrosion under insulation.Both Belzona 5831 (ST-Barrier) and Belzona 1831 (Super UW-Metal) are able to displace moisture and hydrocarbons from a substrate thus freeing it for bonding. This allows both products to bond to substrates which cannot be dried or cleaned such as leaking transformer flanges.
Email: belzona@belzona.com
Sputtered Gauge Marine Pressure Transducer
Multipurpose Welder
The new Deerberg Integrated Dryer is part of the Deerberg AWT-Interface, connecting any AWT-Systems with the D e e r b e rg - M u l t i - P u r p o s e - Wa s t e Management-System MPWMS. In following 0-discharge policies it is the target to only give treated wastewater over board, meaning that the biosludge has to be incinerated. In order to not have to discharge any biosludge coming from AWT Systems, the biolsudge has to be treated, meaning dewatered and dried before it can be incinerated. The advantage of the dryer is that it is using the off-heat from the Incinerator. The incinerator flue gases are about 350�C and are re-used to dry the biosludge (and also the food waste) ESAB Welding & Cutting Products released a new multipurpose welder, the MultiMaster 300X, a ready-toweld package designed to offer superior welding performance for Mig, DC Tig and stick electrode welding, and optimized for use with ESAB's Dual Shield X series of flux cored wire. Dual Shield X is ESAB's newest family of flux-cored wires; more forgiving than traditional flux cored wires, especially for less experienced welders, and give the welder a wider range of operating parameters, high deposition rates, fast travel speeds, flat bead profile, limited spatter and extremely easy slag removal. ESAB's proprietary Super Switch technology on the Multimaster 300X features a high-speed solid-state power control that produces arc performance comparable to that obtained by considerably more complex and expensive power sources and makes welding with Dual Shield wire exceptionally easy. www.esabx.com
The 6SE01079 Series of Marine Pressure Transducers with amplifier/regulator is a high accuracy (0.25%), all stainless steel constructed product with rugged sputtered strain gauge design ensuring long term durability and allowing for excellent performance in extreme applications. It is built to conform to Mil-I-45208A quality requirements. Available in gage or absolute pressure, ranges of 50 inches H20 to 5,000 psi. It has a vibration limit of 0.04% RO/G, an isolated 0 to 5 Vdc output, and is 28 Vdc powered. It comes with an internal shunt resistor to simulate transducer output. Omegadyne offers a wide variety of Mil-Spec Marine Pressure Transducers as well as Custom Load Cells and Custom Pressure Transducers.
www.omegadyne.com
June 2008
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