Installation manual

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Example:Boxkeelinstallation
Figure9Boxkeelinstallation
Thegureillustratesa
symmetricalboxkeelinstallation.
ABoxkeel
BU-shapedsupportbar
(onlyrecommendedonlarge
transducers)
CStufngtube
DCableinsteelconduit
ECableserviceloop
Transducerushmountedinasteeltank
Flushmountingisusedonverylargevesselswithahullsodeepthatnoairbubblesare
foundbelowthehull,andonvesselsoperatinginshallowharboursorwaters,where
aprotrudingblistercannotbeaccepted.
Thestandardprocedureforushmountingonasteelvesselistoweldasteeltankinside
thehull,andmountthetransducerintothistank.
Usemountingplatewheneverprovided
Certaintransducersmaybeprovidedwithamountingplate,orwithdrawingstoallow
forlocalproductionofthis.
Themountingplateisweldedtotheholepreparedforthetransducer.Boltsthroughthe
transducerbodyintothemountingplatewillsecurethetransducer.
Smoothsurfaceisimportant
Mountingscrewsorboltsmustnotbeextrudingfromthetransducerorthearea
immediatelyaroundit.
Makesurethatthesurfaceofthetransducerface,theinstallationhardwareusedtomount
it,thehullplatingandtheputtyaroundthetransducerisasevenandsmoothaspossible.
Obstructionsonthesesurfaceswillcreateproblemswithturbulentow.
Waterlled
Asforablister,theinteriorofthetankmustbelledwithwater.
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