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Sea-Flume for Patrac Ltd, Glasgow, UK
Sea flume for max. 400 m depth. It's a device for in situ studies of threshold, erosion velocity and erosional behavior of undisturbed marine muds. Sea flume.

Sea flume for max. 400 m depth. It's a device for in situ studies of threshold, erosion velocity and erosional behavior of undisturbed marine muds.
 

Sea flume for max. 400 m depth. It's a device for in situ studies of threshold, erosion velocity and erosional behavior of undisturbed marine muds. The sea flume has been packed with equipment and going down for testing.
Multiple water sampler for sea flume Small water sampler, 3 x 50 ml, released by a burn-wire system
Sediment sampler based on the Kajak design Sediment sampling by a simple Kajak system with contra-flap.
Adjsutable brackets for various equipment. Adjustable brackets for various equipment, CDD camera, light, etc.
General:  
  • Manufactured from 4 mm aluminium, ALMg3 (UK Norm N5) seawater resistant.
  • A gear motor (with adjustable speed) is pulling 8 pcs of paddles at the inside of the chamber.
  • The inner side of the chamber wall has a window for the CDD camera and lamps.
  • The outer chamber wall has a ring to avoid the subsidence of the sea flumeinto the sea bed. The ring has room for lead weights to adjust the balance of the flume
  • The flume chamber is closed by a lid, divided in 4 sections, equipped with seals
  • Adjustable brackets for sub logger, camera and lamps,
  • Sediment sampler, based on the Kajak system
  • Multi water sampler, released by a burn wire system
 
   
Operational depth: Max. 400 m
Outer diameter: 200,8 cm
Inner diameter: 196,2 cm
Height 500 mm
   
Battery box, 2 pcs Lithium, capacity 280 Ah
   
The Sea Flume has been developed in cooperation with Kevin Black, Patrac Ltd, see below  
Partrac Ltd
141 St James Road, Glasgow, G4 0LT
United Kingdom

T: + 44 (0) 141 303 8255
F: + 44 (0) 141 552 3886

E: info@partrac.com

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© Kevin Black


Last rev. of this page: August 15, 2007