Bright sector light makes debut at Seawork
Hydrosphere’s Vega VSL-73 light has already been installed by Trinity House at Guile Point and Heugh.
Visitors to Seawork will be able to see the Vega VSL-73 LED Sector Light, on show for the first time on Hydrosphere’s Stand A77.
Also on show at Seawork will be the DB2000 Data Buoy platform fitted with a selection of environmental sensors.
Andy Reid, Hydrosphere MD, said: “Seawork is one of the most important shows in the annual calendar for us and we’re looking forward to showing our latest buoys, lights and other products. Our new products are already proving popular and the exhibition provides an ideal opportunity for us to showcase them to both existing and potential customers and to talk about their needs and how we can help them.”
The Vega VSL-73 light has already been installed by Trinity House at Guile Point and Heugh to give a lead for vessels entering Holy Island Harbour. This is the first time Trinity House has used LED lights for wide sector lighthouse lights. They have also been used at four harbours around Wales; Aberystwyth, Aberaeron and New Quay.
The VSL-73 uses advances in LED technology and lens design to create a wide angle sector light highly engineered to provide a sharp boundary between colours. This has only been made possible with developments in LED optics technology and design which have taken place over the last two years.
The VSL-73 can be configured to have a range up to 10NM and caters for sector angles from 2° to 360° with an angle of uncertainty better than 0.5° colour to colour and 1° at sector edge. The light is very low power, making it possible for use in solar powered applications.
Each VSL-73 is customised for individual applications with regards to range, colours and sectors.
The DB 2000 is a medium size data buoy, suitable for use in nearshore or inshore locations where a stable data buoy that can support a significant payload is required. Its 1.9m diameter hull provides 2,000 kg of buoyancy.
With a non-slip deck and other inherent safety features, the buoy is large and stable enough for a person to safely climb on it to work. The central core structure allows through hull access for deployment of sub-sea instruments, with underwater instrument mounting points inside and outside the central structure. Typically a polyethylene central core will be used with a mooring arm arrangement, however, a galvanised steel core is also available. Both types of structure allow both single and double mooring bridle arrangements whilst the steel structure additionally allows single point mooring.
Hydrosphere is a regular exhibitors at Seawork. The company supplies, installs and maintains a complete range of aids to navigation solutions.
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