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The Lamp Ray®
is the only system of it's type in the world. We developed the system
back in 1999. A docking
cycle can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars for a shipowner,
and if they can defer that docking that money then can be used somewhere else.
Lamp Ray® is a remote operated vehicle,
that attaches to the hull, crawls along the hull and takes data,
we then take that data, and compile it and compare it to the
"as built" thicknesses of the hull so that determinations can be made as to
how much thinning is going on, and how to use that data.
Lamp Ray® was born, in part by,
what I knew (about) how other people were propelling the vehicle on the hull
and one on the most successful stories was Seaward's SCAMP
vehicle, and we mimic that process for
adhering to the hull and propelling the vehicle on the hull. - It will measure the
thickness of the paint,
it will measure the thickness of the metal and it will also measure the
cathodic protection. It'll do real-time
video, and come away with a complete understanding of what their condition is
underneath the hull.
This is the Lamp Ray® vehicle,
it consists of suction thrusters that attaches is the vehicle to
whatever underwater structure you're trying to survey
it has multiple data collection sensors
we have forward-looking nav(igation) cameras
that the ROV pilot uses to inspect
it also consists of a couple of transponders
that keeps track of the position of the vehicle. All that is fed up a
multi-conductor tether so that all of the data from
the thickness measurements, hull coating measurements,
and hull potential measurements are transmitted up
to our control station where the data is collected in a
database for later comparison
and editing.
They take technology, they utilize it effectively
which gives us a great opportunity to help ship owners or operators
have confidence in the condition of their vessel,
and helps them make much more informed maintenance decisions.
Depending upon the results of the survey they may be able to avoid that drydock.
The Lamp Ray® is the only system of it's type in the world.