STABSÔ - Sidescan Towed
Acoustic Body System
GET EXCEPTIONAL DATA IN ANY
SEA STATE
A towed body which decouples
ship movement from the towfish.
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STABS-1 body with towfish,
returning from deployment
An improved towing system for sidescan systems, ensuring excellent data in virtually any sea state.
- Substantial
cost savings are available when surveys are not weather dependent
- Time
critical surveys are not postponed by weather conditions
- Survey
operations have been conducted in up to Beaufort Force 9 conditions
- Ship motion
is decoupled from the towfish
- Towfish
stability is substantially improved in all sea states
- Data quality
does not deteriorate as sea state increases
- Equipment
damage is reduced as a slight positive buoyancy keeps the fish above the
depressor
- Deployment
and recovery simple and straight forward
- Available in
shallow (<200m) and deep water (6000m) configurations
- Deployable
from any size vessel
- Cable
depressors available
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|
Model |
Dimensions L x W x H (mm) |
Weight in
Air/Buoyancy |
Rated Depth |
|
STAB-1 |
1510 x 375 x 390 |
47kg / 5 kg |
200 m |
Flotation used |
2 x 13” Viny floats |
5 kg / 44kg |
300 m |
|
STAB-2 |
1510 x 375 x 390 |
55kg / 5 kg |
6000 m |
Flotation used |
3 x 13” glass floats |
27 kg / 31 kg |
9000 m |
|
Ballast |
|
Dependent on towfish |
6000 m |
|
Depressor |
± 36 x 13 x 30 |
39 kg /-30 kg |
6000 m |
Lead |
moulded |
|
6000 m |
|
Umbilical |
± 20 m |
Supplier dependent/Neutral |
|
Produced under licence from Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography.
SUBS and STABS are registered
trademarks of Open Seas Instrumentation Inc.