BWI: Tritech Launches Gemini Multi-Beam Subsea Imaging Sonar

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Tritech International Ltd.
Monday, December 07, 2009 10:30 AM IST (05:00 AM GMT)
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Tritech Launches Gemini Multi-Beam Subsea Imaging Sonar


Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Monday, December 07, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Tritech International Ltd, an industry leader in subsea imaging and measuring systems, has launched its next generation Gemini 720i multi-beam imaging sonar. Gemini combines the benefits of long range detection with high definition imaging techniques to produce outstanding results. Lightweight, with a compact and robust design, the Gemini can be easily deployed on most remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) platforms.

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Weighing only 1.2 kg in the water, Gemini is ideal for ROV or AUV navigation and can be supplied with a Software Developer's Toolkit for autonomous control applications. Gemini is supplied with integrated Ethernet and VDSL communication modes which offer the option to communicate either through fibre optic cables or long distance twisted pair channels, depending on the configuration of the umbilical. All the sonar processing occurs inside the subsea unit, making it ideal for AUV control operations.

The introduction of a curved transmit transducer array ensures that acoustic energy power is evenly transferred across a wide swath imaging sector, thereby significantly speeding up search and navigation operations. To sharpen up the acoustic range resolution, an innovative sound velocity sensor has been integrated into the design of Gemini to accurately monitor the local velocity of sound conditions.

Building on Tritech's reputation of customer-focused software interfaces, the Gemini architecture has been integrated into Tritech SeaNet Pro software making it compatible and easy to upgrade with the company's range of survey and positioning sensors already deployed in the field.

Tritech's Managing Director, Simon Beswick, commented on the launch: "Gemini is a revolutionary product for subsea imaging, bringing extraordinary performance to our customers at a reasonable cost. The new multi-beam technology will form the basis of a new range of very high performance products tailored to meet our customers' requirements and complementing Tritech's reference scanning sonars."

About Tritech

Tritech is an industry leader in subsea imaging and measuring systems, with both acoustic and video sensors, for ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicles) and AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicles) markets. All of Tritech's products can be integrated with every other product on the SeaKing Network. The benefits of this network include fast, reliable communications and complete operational flexibility.

Tritech is based in Aberdeen in Scotland, with its design and manufacturing base located in Cumbria in the United Kingdom. In 2006 Tritech was acquired by Halma p.l.c. (www.halma.com), which also acquired SRD (Sonar Research & Development) in 2007. SRD specialises in multi-beam sonar technology, based in Beverley, East Yorkshire and is now part of the Tritech Group.

About Halma

Halma p.l.c. (www.halma.com) is an international market leader in safety, health and sensor technology. Halma is a public company listed on the London Stock Exchange and has over 4000 employees in over 40 subsidiaries worldwide with a total turnover of over US$780m (2008). Halma's subsidiaries make products that protect lives and improve the quality of life for people through innovation in market leading products which make its customers safer, more competitive and more profitable. These subsidiaries are assisting India's economy in areas such as manufacturing, energy, water and waste treatment, the environment, construction, transport and healthcare.

Halma recently opened a Hub office in Mumbai. For further news about Halma in India and to subscribe to the Halma India RSS News Feed please visit our blog at: http://halmapr.com/news/india/.


CONTACT DETAILS
Damian Corbet, Halma Public Relations, +44 (0)20 8511 1821, dcorbet@halmapr.com
Mr. Kuniyur. J. Srinivasan, Country Head & Managing Director, Halma India, +91 (22) 42000700, Srini@halma.com

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