NORBIT Subsea iWBMS

NORBIT Subsea manufactures wideband curved-array multibeam sonar sensors for bathymetry. NORBIT’s multi-sensing concept combines multiple integrated sensors into one hardware platform with a single LAN connection to the survey laptop. Supported sensors include any combination of bathymetric multibeam echo-sounder, forward-looking sonar, and Lidar.

NORBIT Subsea
Stiklestadveien 1
7041 Trondheim
Norway

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Description

NORBIT Subsea manufactures wideband curved-array multibeam sonar sensors for bathymetry. NORBIT’s multi-sensing concept combines multiple integrated sensors into one hardware platform with a single LAN connection to survey laptop. Supported sensors include any combination of bathymetric multibeam echo-sounder, forward-looking sonar and LiDAR

Specifications

General

Date of first release

2013

Mounting and deployment

Mounting

Hull mounted & Portable
Retractable

Y

Physical properties of transducer head

Used Sonar Methods

Type of system

Multibeam
Bottom Detection Method

Amplitude/Phase/Blend

System Parameters

Min. frequency [kHz]

360
Max. frequency [kHz]

440
Min. depth [m]

0.2
Max. depth [m]

275
Depth resolution [mm]

10
Max. Slant Range [m]

275
Max. swath as a function of depth

12
Max. measurements per ping

512
Ping frequency [Hz]

50
Min. beam width across track [deg]

0.9
Min. beam width along track [deg]

1.9
Number of selectable frequencies

81

Bottom Coverage

Footprint in nadir direction [m]

0.785
Footprint at max. horizontal range [m]

6.3
Smallest identifiable cube [m3]

0.5
Max. swath width [m]

400
Equal footprint spacing

Y
Max. number of points per ping for side scan operation

1024

Uncertainty

RMS of nadir depth measurement [m]

0.03
Intended S44 order

Special
Max. survey speed for specified RMS [kt]

8

Speed of sound

Real-time correction of refraction at transducer head

Y
Real-time integration of SV-profile

Y
Explanation of SV-profile application process

3rd Party Software (QINSy, Hypack, PDS2000, etc.)

Motion compensation

Motion sensors compatible to the system

incl. Applanix wavemaster OEM version AP20C
Required pitch uncertainty [deg]

0.02
Required roll uncertainty [deg]

0.02
Required heave uncertainty [m]

0.05

Interfaces

Compatible software

Hypack, QPS, EIVA, MB-System, Triton, PDS2000 and others
Compatible hardware

All mounting arrangements
Real-time access procedure

NORBIT user-interface via LAN to the top-side unit. All processing occurs within sonar head so any computer may visualize/receive data from LAN connection.