Blue Zone Group Posts

Z-Boat and CV100 Single Beam Echo Sounder

Z-Boat and CV100 Single Beam Echo Sounder Many UVS customers are looking at the Teledyne OceanScience Z-Boat as a powerful tool for shallow water hydrographic survey, or for survey in tailings dams and other locations where the speed and efficiency of the Z-Boat can make a big difference. The Z-Boat 1800SS can be supplied with […]

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Teledyne TSS – Discount on Stock Motion Sensors – Limited Period

Teledyne TSS – Discount on Stock Motion Sensors – Limited Period Teledyne TSS is now offering significant discounts on list price on stock systems. For a limited time the product range will be subject to an across-the-board discount while further discounts apply for Meridian Standard and Surveyor gyros and the DMS-05. The DMS range of […]

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Underwater Laser Based Measurement

Underwater Laser Based Measurement Interest and applications are growing for laser-based underwater measurements systems that can provide sub-millimetre accuracy. UVS partner, OceanTools, has completed a number of Offshore Oil& Gas tasks measuring cracks, gaps and corrosion on FPSOs and caissons. New applications may include mounting multiple systems onto a crawler. OceanTools products include: • C-Gauge: […]

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Where Are They Now?

Where Are They Now? At UVS one of our values is to continuously improve our operational and technical knowledge. We figure that the more we know about our range of products and their applications then the better assistance we can provide to our customer base. We think that continuous improvement means sharing the knowledge through […]

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Extracting Renewable Energy from the Oceans

Extracting Renewable Energy from the Oceans A large audience of over 100 gathered on 9 July 2015 for a presentation to the Joint Electrical Institutions Sydney – Engineers Australia, IEEE and IET. The audience heard from two leading Ocean Renewables companies with operations based in Sydney: Elemental Energy Technologies (EET) and BioPower Systems. Deputy Chair […]

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Mapping and Measuring with Multibeam

Mapping and Measuring with Multibeam Many of our customers ask how Multi Beam Echo Sounder (MBES) backscatter can be used to characterise seabed types for habitat and baseline environmental studies. MBES backscatter is becoming recognised more and more as a valuable tool. Backscatter can be defined as the amount of acoustic energy received by the […]

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New Firmware Version Released for Sentinel V ADCPs

New Firmware Version Released for Sentinel V ADCPs Teledyne RD Instruments has issued Field Service Bulletin 224 dated 20 July 2015. A new firmware version has been released for Sentinel V ADCPs. Updates include: • Improved stability and power efficiency; • Addition of independent ensemble averaging times for the ping 1 and ping 2 scenarios; […]

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REMUS 600 UUV Deployment a Consideration for SEA1000

REMUS 600 UUV Deployment a Consideration for SEA1000 The USS North Dakota deployed and retrieved a REMUS 600 Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) from its dry deck shelter during a six-week mission before the new submarine completed its post shakedown availability. Only three other submarines, all in the Virginia class, have deployed and retrieved underwater vehicles. […]

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Talking Teledyne

Talking Teledyne BlueZone is making plans to attend the Teledyne Marine Technology Workshop in October 2015. Why not join BlueZone and delegates from around the world in beautiful San Diego and catch up on the breadth and depth of the Teledyne Marine product offering? Many of our customers would be aware of the expanded Teledyne […]

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