Automated Winches Revolutionize Ocean Profiling
Ocean Scientific International Ltd (OSIL) has developed a groundbreaking wireless charging and data transfer system for their Micro Profiling Winches, designed to seamlessly integrate with an AML-3 LGR instrument. This innovative technology enables Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) to collect SVP or CTD profiles from user-specified depths during live operations, allowing surveys to be carried out more quickly and cover a wider area in a given deployment.
Wireless charging technology enables seamless data transfer and recharging of instruments.
The compact and programmable winches are equipped with an instrument capture mechanism, allowing for effortless recharging on recovery of the instrument to the surface. Wireless data transfer is accomplished simultaneously using the instrument’s integrated WiFi transmitter.
The compact and programmable winches are designed for seamless integration with USV systems.
The winches are easily integrated into most USV control systems, providing status notifications for docking, zero position, and payout readings. Each winch can accommodate a wide variety of ropes/cables and slipring combinations, with 5kg line pull at the first layer and a 200m drum capacity (based on 1.6mm dyneema).
The winches are designed for easy integration into USV control systems.
OSIL’s automated winches have been successfully proven in the field, even in Arctic conditions, with over 60 systems supplied and built in the last three years.
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