Investments Back & Have a Smooth, Trip Over the Oceans with Acoustic Releases

When you are going out on the oceans to try to collect data, acoustic releases are one of the tools you need. These releases are helpful not necessarily for the actual collection of data itself, but rather as a way to ensure that your investment does not get sunk in the bottom of the ocean. In essence, the acoustic mechanical release process is a process in which the substance of your business is retrieved from the ocean, once the project has concluded or you have been able to finish whatever it is that you started. If you are trying to collect rock samples from the bottom of the ocean, then using an ROV may be your best bet. However, you cannot just move the ROV willy-nilly without any sort of plan for the end of the project. Indeed, you want to be sure that once you have completed your mission, you get your equipment back in sound shape – ready for whatever next steps you may want to take. 

Tools like the acoustic doppler current profiler are essential, and also quite expensive. Having a tool that can ensure its return safely to your vessel is absolutely key for any deployment.

 

At the very least, in the case that you are renting your equipment, you do not want to damage the tools in the ocean during your marine engineering project. With the help of the right acoustic release system, you can be sure that what you send down returns to the surface with minimal or no damage. If you want to have a smooth, seamless underwater deployment, then sometimes all you need is a little bit of a push towards the right equipment.

 

The ultra short baseline has a name that may make you think: “is this tool extremely short?” Yes, the name of this positioning system can be extremely confusing. However, in essence, the baseline is actually an acoustic positioning system not unlike the other tools we are discussing today. When you put an ROV or other piece of equipment onto the sea floor, you need a way to determine how far it is from the transponder on the underside of your boat. Thankfully, with the assistance of this short baseline technology, you can keep eyes and ears on both the equipment you send underwater, as well any physical items you may be tracking on the seafloor.

 

Having an awareness of what’s going on underwater can help you to not miss any key changes in the underwater environment that you are patrolling. 

 

When you are going for a trip where you are sending equipment underwater, you both want the ability to bring it back up, and the flexibility to collect data in any sort of weather or conditions. An acoustic doppler current profiler is one of those tools that can give you and your team eyes and ears underwater – such that you have the flexibility to work around the currents and weather patterns that might get in the way of a normal deployment. And if you need to back off because the currents are too strong, you have the ability to tell early on.