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MacArtney’s new TrustLink Metal Shell Hybrid connector offers remarkable flexibility, featuring two optical passes and four electrical contacts.
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MacArtney Launches new Hybrid Connector

four electrical contacts, it enhances versatility while reducing the number of connectors required," said Paul Anthony, Global Business Manager Connectivity, MacArtney.The Hybrid naturally extends the TrustLink series. It is developed in response to customer demands for a small, all-in-one connectivity solution supporting numerous applications, including efficient and reliable data transmission with minimal attenuation and interference. Leveraging MacArtney's proven OptoLink technology, initially designed to deliver dependable fibre optic connections in a compact connector, the Hybrid excels

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ScanReach Joins KVH Watch Solution Partner Program

KVH Industries said Tuesday that ScanReach, an innovator in onboard wireless connectivity solutions designed specifically for the steel vessel environment, has joined the KVH Watch Solution Partner program and will offer KVH Watch Cloud Connect services.According to the press release, ScanReach’s onboard wireless connectivity technology enables data to travel anywhere on the vessel without cabling, and, combined with KVH Watch Cloud Connect, the data will travel to the cloud for useful data analysis to improve vessel performance."This collaboration between ScanReach and KVH Watch Cloud

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SEA-KIT's USV Equipped with Innovative Connectivity Solution by Inmarsat

Maritime and offshore mobile satellite communications specialist Inmarsat has installed a new connectivity solution on SEA-KIT's uncrewed surface vessel (USV) Maxlimer using virtualized networks that the company says will establish higher standards for over-the-horizon uncrewed vessel control.The installation connects the USV Maxlimer to the best available network at all times by switching as necessary between Fleet LTE, Global Xpress (GX) and FleetBroadband satellite services when out of range, Inmarsat said."The combination will set new standards in continuous connectivity to serve a

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MacArtney Supplies Time Saving Solution to MMT

industry.Multiplexers, designed to simultaneously transmit data along a single channel of communication, provide operators with the opportunity to gather numerous types of data at once. The Swedish based, MMT working in close collaboration with Reach Subsea, ordered the customized NEXUS MK C connectivity solution (named the Super MUX by MMT) from MacArtney Underwater Technology earlier this year.MMT assists global industry leaders with a full range of customized marine surveys within the offshore energy industry whilst Norway based Reach Subsea boasts a comprehensive knowledge of subsea operations

Giant Sized Conntectors (Photo: MacArtney)

SubConn Connectivity Solution for High Power Submersible Pumps

reflect a leading range of truely industry standard, reliable and affordable connectors and cables supplied throughout the world to the demanding underwater industry.  Having been designed, manufactured and tested for use in harsh marine environments, the full range of SubConn  connectivity solutions meet customer needs from shallow water use to full ocean depth rating. Thus, MacArtney designs and manufactures state-of-the-art connectivity solutions for any application within all maritime industries including subsea, offshore oil and gas, renewable energy, ocean science, civil engi-neeri

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Fischer Connectors Launches MiniMax Series with AWG24

Fischer Connectors, a global connectivity solution provider of high-performance circular connector and cable assemblies, continues to push the boundaries of technological innovation in rugged miniaturization, high-speed data transmission, and sealing. Several new extensions to the ultra-dense Fischer MiniMax Series, increasing its usability in many applications, are available as of April 2018:High-speed AWG24 Ethernet data transferEnhanced IP68 sealing down to 20m/24hHexagonal body styleAnthracite coating with <5mΩ panel grounding The result of these innovations is exceptional

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MTR100: SubConn

. SubConn connectors are widely regarded as dependable, rugged and cost effective. Easily recognizable by their red locking sleeves and with a track record of almost 40 years at the service of maritime equipment and system operators, SubConn connectors are regarded as an industry standard connectivity solution within most marine markets, applications and industries.  [email protected]       (As published in the July/August 2016 MTR100 edition of Marine Technology Reporter

Final fixation of GreenLink connector to its plate (Photo: SABELLA)

Tidal Turbine Connected with Onshore Electricity Grid

onshore grid.   The operation was carried out in the Fromveur Passage, off the island of Ushant, France, and the future outcome of connecting the two halves is a coverage of 15 to 20 percent of the Ushant island’s electricity consumption needs. Completed with the help of a MacArtney connectivity solution, the ‘Sabella D10’ tidal stream turbine project includes two drymate GreenLink connectors, one linked with the turbine, the other one connected to the export cable. They are eventually lifted out of the water and connected to one another.   Over the past years, Sabella

FREMM frigate Aqiutaine (Photo: DCNS)

MacArtney Connectivity for Navy Bow Sonar Systems

MacArtney delivers connectivity for Thales FREMM frigate bow sonar systems    MacArtney Underwater Technology supplied SubConn underwater connectivity solutions for the bow mounted sonar systems that are essential to the impressive undersea threat detection and response capability of the advanced FREMM frigates currently operated by the French, Italian and Moroccan navies. In close cooperation with naval defense technology contractors; Thales (France) and WASS (Italy), MacArtney has designed and delivered the outboard and inboard cable and connector solutions that interface all sonar

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