Installation manual

TransducerInstallation

Thepurposeofthischapteristoprovidegenericdescriptionsandillustrationsallowing

thereadertounderstandthebasicprinciplesforechosoundertransducerinstallation.

Note

Theinformationinthisdocumentmustberegardedasgeneralguidelinesand

recommendationsonly.Theinstallationshipyardmustdesignandmanufacture

installationhardwaretoteachindividualtransducerandvessel.

Wheneverrequired,theinstallationshipyardmustalsohavetheinstallationapprovedby

theapplicablemaritimeauthorities.

Fordetailedinformationaboutthetransducertobeinstalled,refertothedocumentation

providedwiththetransducer.Drawingsanddescriptionscanalsobedownloadedfrom

w w . s i m r a d . c o m .

Topics

•Wheretomountthetransduceronpage113

•Howtoinstallthetransduceronpage117

•Transducercableglandsandsplicingonpage137

•Steelconduitonpage142

•Transducerhandlingandmaintenanceonpage143

Wheretomountthetransducer

Asingleanswertothequestionwheretolocatethetransducercannotbegiven.It

dependsverymuchonthevessel’sconstruction,howthehullisshapedandhowthe

waterrunsalongthehull.Therearehoweveranumberofimportantguidelines,and

someoftheseareevenconicting.

Mountthetransducerdeep

Mountthetransduceratadeeppositiononthehull.Considerthesituationswhenthe

vesselisunloaded,andwhenitispitchinginheavyseas.

Thereareseveralreasonsforthis.

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