Installation manual

SimradES70
Example:Flushmountinginasteeltank
Transducermountinginasteeltankisshowninthegurebelow.
Figure33Flushmountinginasteeltank
ASteeltank
BWater
CDrainagehole
DCableservice
loop
ESteeltubefor
airoutlet
FStufngtube
GCableinsteel
conduit
(CD17012A)
B
A
G
C
D
E
F
Transducerwithacousticwindow
Vesselsoperatinginarcticwatersneedspecialattentionontransducerinstallation.
Floatingblocksoficemaydamageevenaushmountedtransducerface.Forthis
situationSimradoffersarctictanksindifferentsizes.
Usemountingandclampingringswheneverprovided
Circulartransducersmaybeprovidedwithmountingandclampingrings,orwith
drawingstoallowforlocalproductionofthese.Themountingringisweldedtothe
holepreparedforthetransducer,whiletheclampingringtsaroundtheedgeofthe
transducerbody.Boltsthroughtheclampingringintothemountingringwillsecurethe
transducerbetweenthem.Notethatseveraltransducersusedirectionguidestoallow
correctmounting.
Smoothsurfaceisimportant
Mountingscrewsorboltsmustnotbeextrudingfromthetransducerorthearea
immediatelyaroundit.Makesurethatthesurfaceofthetransducerface,theinstallation
hardwareusedtomountit,thehullplatingandtheputtyaroundthetransducerisas
evenandsmoothaspossible.Obstructionsonthesesurfaceswillcreateproblemswith
turbulentow.
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