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Applications
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ROV Tracking And
Navigation
TrackLink
systems have been used to track numerous ROVs including those
from Deep Ocean Engineering, Hytec, Nova Ray, SeaBotix, Seaeye,
Sub-Atlantic, VideoRay and Benthos all over the world. The Broadband Acoustic Spread Spectrum technology has
set a new higher standard for robust and accurate ROV tracking
and navigation. Extra telemetry option provides an
easy way to add more data channels other than through the ROV
umbilical. Highly reliable acoustic link can be used to
command the ROV in case the umbilical is cut.
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Fugro companies worldwide have purchased more than a dozen TrackLink systems for ROV, AUV and diver tracking, underwater construction, and survey tow fish tracking. Click to read related news release.
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TrackLink
USBL tracking System is used in Odyssey Marine
Explorations Inc.'s discovery of the sunken remains of the
S.S. Republic that
could yield the richest cargo ever recovered from a
shipwreck: thousands of gold coins worth as much as $180
million.
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Fugro Chance orders TrackLink
5000HA system along with comprehensive high speed acoustic modem
functions to track the positions of the underwater structure and
ROV and monitor in real-time the pitch, roll, heading, precision
depth,stress and other operational status of the
target.
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Dr. Robert Ballard's Institute
for Exploration has
purchased a TrackLink 5000 system with three TN5010C transponders.
In a May 2004 IFE expedition, the TrackLink 5000 system tracked a
ROV from Woods Hole Marine
Systems (http://www.whmsi.com)
up to water depth of 3900 meters with excellent performance. Click
to read related news release.
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Leading equipment hire company Survey Equipment Services (SES) Inc., Houston, Texas, purchases its fifth TrackLink 1500HA USBL positioning system to expand SES's existing pool of TrackLink 1500 systems to satisfy strong customer demand worldwide.
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Deep Ocean Engineering of San Leandro, California (www.deepocean.com), orders a TrackLink system for its Spanish customer.
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Otronix of Korea ordered a TrackLink 1500 system with three TN1505B transponders to track a newly ordered Phantom ROV manufactured by Deep Ocean Engineering.
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MacArtney A/S of Denmark orders a TrackLink 1500MA system to be installed on Seaeye Marine Ltd.'s Falcon ROV.
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Seacape
Diving (www.seascape.nl)
in Netherlands uses TrackLink 1500MA system to track the
Seaeye ROV.
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Alaska
Department of Fish and Game (www.state.ak.us/adfg/adfghome.htm)
uses a TrackLink1500 system to track Phantom ROV in its survey
project.
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Ocean
Surveys Inc. of Connecticut (www.oceansurveys.com)
uses the TrackLink1500 system to track sidescan
sonar, magnetometer, ROV and other towed instrumentation
supporting numerous domestic and international marine
survey projects.
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Blue
Sea Offshore Services, Shenzhen, China, uses the
TrackLink system to track its hydraulic ROV in offshore
oil field services in South China Sea.
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TrackLink
USBL Tracking System Selected By SeaBotix
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DASCO
Equipment Inc. of Canada orders TrackLink systems to
track Sub-Atlantic Navajo ROV and its existing fleet of
VideoRay ROVs.
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Australia
Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) orders a
TrackLink system to track two of its LBV ROVs and a
towfish for marine biological research. The sensor
information is sent from the towfish to the survey ship
using TrackLink's integrated acoustic modem
function.
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ASI
Group of Canada (www.asi-group.com)
orders TrackLink 1500 system for tracking and navigating
of its Phantom ROV.
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Codevintec
of Italy (www.codevintec.it)
orders TrackLink 1500 system with high power transponder
for its leasing pool.
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National
Undersea Research Center (NURC) for the North Atlantic
and Great Lakes uses the TrackLink 1500 system to track
Benthos StingRay and VideoRay ROVs.
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Remote
Presence of Ireland (www.remote-presence.com)
uses the TrackLink 1500 system to track its Hytec H300
inspection-class ROV , sonars and divers in underwater
inspection, observation and exploration projects.
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2.
AUV/UUV Tracking And Communication
The
acoustic tracking system and the high speed acoustic modem
share the same electronics stack and the transducer.
This approach eliminates the acoustic interference that
typically exists between the acoustic tracking and
communications systems. The size and weight of the
overall system are also significantly reduced.
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Lockheed
Martin orders inverted TrackLink 1500 system for AUV
homing and docking.
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Earthship Production
purchases an ultra-deepwater TrackLink 10000 systems for
tracking of manned submersibles depth rated up to 7000m.
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LinkQuest
supplies TrackLink 5000HA system to Hawaii Undersea
Research Lab, University of Hawaii (http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/HURL/hurl.html)
for tracking deepwater manned submersibles Pisces V and
Pisces IV.
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NASA
orders TrackLink 1500 system along with LinkQuest's 38,400
baud high speed modem for AUV tracking, navigation and
communication.
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Subsea
Tech of Korea uses TrackLink 1500MA system to track the Nuytco
Deepworker manned submersible. The positioning data are
sent to the submersible pilot using the integral high speed
acoustic telemetry function.
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Nekton
Research LLC of Durham, North Carolina (www.nektonresearch.com)
uses TrackLink 1500MA system with integrated two-way
acoustic communication capability to track its AUV and
perform command and control of the vehicle.
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Deep
Ocean Expedition (www.deepoceanexpeditions.com)
tracks its fleet of manned submersibles using the
TrackLink 1500 system.
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The University of Sidney,
Australia, purchased a TrackLink 1500HA system with
advanced integrated acoustic modem function to track and
communicate with a WHOI-made AUV.
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3.
Underwater Construction
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4.
Diver Navigation And Tracking
Track
multiple divers simultaneously. Each diver obtains
his/her owner GPS position with assistance of the acoustic
link. Each diver can also send sensor information and
images to the surface support vessel.
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5.
Survey Towfish Tracking
The
small size of the TrackLink transponder reduces the
drag. Highly robust telemetry option provides an
reliable way to send information from extra sensors such as
the Altimeter.
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G-Tec
Geophysical Exploration of Belgium tracks towed magnetometers
using TrackLink
1500LC system.
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Ocean
Surveys Inc. of Connecticut (www.oceansurveys.com)
uses the TrackLink1500 system to track sidescan
sonar, magnetometer, ROV and other towed instrumentation
supporting numerous domestic and international marine
survey projects.
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Elcome
Marine Services of India orders two TrackLink 1500MA
systems along with 4 transponders to track sidescan sonars
and sub-bottom profilers in the work of ELCOME Surveys
Private Limited (ESPL), New Bombay, India.
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CSIRO,
Australia orders a TrackLink 1500HA system along with 4
TN15010B transponders to track towfish and ROV.
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LinkQuest, Inc. 1999 Last Updated May
2005
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