Sams Series
HIGH PRODUCTIVITY DEEP-TOW MODULAR SURVEY PLATFORM
Combining positioning and navigation capabilities and performing real-time coherent and non-coherent SAS integration, the Sams Series provides optimal imaging performance with respect to environmental conditions in terms of swath, resolution, image quality, coverage rate and absolute pixel positioning accuracy.
Exail
Saint Germain en Laye, FR
Description
Sams DT-6000 is a deep towed platform (6,000 m depth rating) with positive buoyancy incorporating a dead weight and an emergency recovery system.
It allows a full swath of 1,800 m for a constant resolution of 40 cm. Sams DT-6000 is the state-of-the-art tool for deep geophysical or search and rescue surveys.
Do you have questions about this product?
- Questions about price, availability, and/or retailers
- Questions about technical specifications and usage
- Questions about suitability for your project or application
Specifications
-
Towfish
-
Model identification
SAMS DT-6000
Length [m]
3.3
Weight in air [kg]
1100
Max. depth rating [m]
6000
Fish height from seabed determination method
USBL+INS+DVL+pressure sensor+SVP
Width [m]
1
Height [m]
1.5
-
Transceiver and recorder
-
Data processing and imaging capabilities
sonar imaging, bathymetry, subbottom profiling, magnetometry, pinger locator
-
System Description
-
System type
Integrated, Stand alone
Mode of operation
Simultaneous dual frequency
-
More information
-
Application
EEZ Mapping, Continental shelf extension, Marine Boundaries Delimitations, Law of the Sea, Environmental Monitoring, Debris survey, Pre-site survey, Cable Route Survey, Deep-sea mining, Marine Renewable Energy
Distinguishable features
Real-time multi-sensor data fusion: like a towed AUV, Sams platform can integrate other sensors such as: Multibeam Echosounder (for bathymetry and gapfiller backscattering imaging), Subbottom Profiler, Magnetometer, Pinger locator.
-
Operating frequencies
-
Max. frequency [kHz]
55
Max. Range [m]
750
Max. horizontal resolution [cm]
5
Max. operating speed [kt]
7
Max. vertical resolution [cm]
50
