Tech File: Enhanced Active Heave Winch Control
Hawboldt Industries installed an ABB winch drive with in-built active heave compensation (AHC) software at the heart of a new winch and offshore crane for the research vessel Kilo Moana, giving University of Hawai‘i Marine Center scientists a reliable means of deploying water sampling equipment at depths up to 5,000 meters in even the roughest sea conditions.Kilo Moana is a 60-meter Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull (SWATH) ship owned by the U.S. Navy and operated by the University of Hawai‘i Marine Center, built to conduct a variety of tests at sea. One of the vessel&rsquo
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of the trawl winches, beneath the shelterdeck, there is a stainless steel/aluminum semi-contact plate freezer to port, while IMC designed an alcove into the starboard side. The alcove enables specialist hydrographic tools such as conductivity, temperature and depth (CTD) packages and water sampling equipment to be safely deployed and retrieved, with lifting accomplished by a dedicated A-frame and hydraulic winch combination located on the deck above. The equipment can be transferred into the purpose-designed wet lab immediately forward of the alcove using an overhead Toyo monorail and
OSIL Supplies Niskin Bottle for St Helena School
the marine division on the island who work to monitor, manage and protect the local marine environment which supports several endemic species of fish as well as resident populations of dolphins and turtles and seasonal humpback whales and whale sharks. OSIL provide a range of water sampling equipment from Niskin bottles, sample storage bottles and analysis services to Marine Snow Catchers and specialized ROV-based systems
February 2024
