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Meeting the need for improved performance on subsea equipment at extreme depths Balmoral has introduced a range of ultra-low density syntactic foam grades.
These are typically used on ROV/AUV/HOVs but are suitable for other deepwater applications including submarine trim adjustment, oceanographic vehicles, suspended instrumentation, large buoyancy modules and sonar domes.
For ROV/AUV purposes the materials are supplied either as slab-stock or customised buoyancy blocks.
The foams are designed to operate at depths of 2000-7000msw and boast ultra-low density, low manufacturing tolerance, excellent water ingress resistance, negligible long-term buoyancy loss and impressive mechanical properties including high bulk modulus and hydrostatic collapse pressure safety factors.
Operating depth (ft/msw) | Typical core density kg/m3 |
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6500 / 2000 | 385 |
9850 / 3000 | 401 |
13100 / 4000 | 435 |
16500 / 5000 | 479 |
19685 / 6000 | 519 |
23000 / 7000 | 565 |
New ultra-low density high performance syntactic foams
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