Industrial Automation Magazine India

UAT-376/EL Transponder

Published on : Tuesday 30-11--0001

Key Features:

• General purpose transponder that provides range/bearing to underwater targets or assets
• Can be fully utilized with the DRI-267 Dive Range Interrogator and the ACU-266 Surface Converstion Kit
• Extends battery life 3-fold
• Stretch housing design to accomodate additional batteries

UAT-376/EL Transponder

Transponders provide divers or ship board units range and bearing to the underwater unit for easy location of subsea equipment. The UAT-376/EL is a general purpose, acoustic ranging/bearing device for underwater applications with a stretch housing design that offers extended battery life for longer deployments. It is designed to be used with a variety of diver or ship installed acoustic interrogators.

Specifications

FREQUENCY                                                                                                              Receive: 26 kHz

                                                                                                                                       Transmit: 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 kHz
ACOUSTIC OUTPUT: re 1µPa@1m (ACOUSTIC POWER)                               180 dB (8W)
PULSE LENGTH                                                                                                        5 ms
PULSE REPETITION                                                                                                 Receiver turn-around time: 20 ms from interrogation

                                                                                                                                       Transmit lockout time: 246 ms

HOUSING                                                                                                                    Aluminum
WEIGHT IN AIR                                                                                                           1 kg (2.25 lbs)
DIMENSIONS                                                                                                              30.2 cm (11.88 in) length x 5.08 cm (2.0 in) diameter
POWER SOURCE                                                                                                      Six 9V alkaline or 9V lithium batteries
BATTERY LIFE                                                                                                             Alkaline: 12 months or 450,000 replies

Lithium:                                                                                                                         24 months or 900,000 replies

DEPTH RATING                                                                                                          750 m (2460 ft)

It is used in Marine Industries.

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