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Buoyancy Units

 

Benthos glass spheres

 

 

Goal

Buoyancy in moorings or landers

 

Specification

Outside diam.:  17” (43,2 cm)

Buoyancy:        25,4 kg

Depth rating:   6.700 m

Weight in air:    17,7 kg

Hard hats available: standard (for landers) or ribbed (for moorings).

Availability: appr 300 x

 

 

Remarks

Always ask for availability

Is NOT POOL equipment

 

Reservation/contact

Jack Schilling

 

 

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          17” glass spheres              Ribbed hard hats                       Standard hard hat

 

 

 

Syntactic foam

 

 

Goal

Buoyancy in moorings

 

Specification

Eliptical (buoyancy/depth rating/#)

170 kg, 4000 m                                    1

365 kg, 3000 m, in line                          2

365 kg, 3000 m, ADCP                         2

200 kg, 1500 m in line                           6

300 kg, 1500 m in line                           5

400 kg, 1500 m in line                           1

400 kg, 1500 m ADCP+ CML                8

500 kg, 1500 m in line                           2

500 kg, 1500 m + CML                          2

500 kg, 1500 m + ADCP+CML              9

 

spherical

xxxxx kg, xxxxxx m, 40 '' +ADCP         2

 

 

Remarks

Always ask for availability

Is only partly POOL equipment

 

Reservation/contact

Jack Schilling

 

 

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             Epileptical synthactic foam buoyancy unit                        Ready for deployment