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ROV: S O N S U B - D I S C O V E R Y

Website	www.sonsub.com
Depth Rating	1000 meters / 3200 ft.
Weight	1500 kg / 3300 lbs.
Length	3200 mm / 125 inches
Width	1140 mm / 44 inches
Height	1420 mm / 55 inches

PROPULSION
3 horizontal thrusters
3 vertical thruster
1 lateral thruster

THRUSTERS
PERFORMANCE (SPEED)
3 knot forward
1 knot vertical
1.7 knot lateral

MANIPULATOR
(a) Schilling Titan III
(b) Schilling Rigmate grabber
(c) Schilling Conan
(d) Slingsby TA16 grabber

UMBILICAL (TMS OPTION)
(a) Length: 1100m standard
(b) Diameter: 42mm
(c) Breaking Strength: 45300 kg
(d) Armour
Galvanised plough steel 2 layers
(e) Conductors: 41 total A-FRAME (OPTION)

UMBILICAL (FREE SWIM OPTION)
(a) Length: 1100m standard
(b) Diameter: 42mm standard
(c) Breaking Strength: 22727kg
(d) Armour: Kevlar strength member
(e) Conductors: 17 power, 28 signal
1 fibre bundle (6 fibres)
(f) Neutrally buoyant

TETHER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
(a) Diameter: 1.8m
(b) Height: 1.8m
(c) Weight: 1730kg
(d) Description: Bottom entry with fail
safe latch submersible electric
winch level wind.

TETHER (TMS OPTION)
(a) Length: 180m standard
(b) Working strength: 2272kg
(c) Breaking Strength: 6818kg

TOOL OPTIONS
(a) Cable cutter including intensifier
(b) Disk cutting wheel
(c) Impact wrench
(d) Low profile ratchet wrench
(e) Dredge unit (hydraulic)
(f) Soft line cutter
(g) AAD Arm
(h) Various inspection packages

OTHER OPTIONS
(a) Full fibre optic link
(b) Fibre optic multiplexer
(c) Various survey tooling packages
(d) Increased through frame lift
(e) Counter rotating thrusters
(f) 600ft TMS option
(g) Upgrade 100Hp
(h) increased depth rating
(i) DNV/ABS certification
(J) Zone rated equipment
(k) Increased payload

D I S C O V E R Y C H A R A C T E R I S T I C S

Sonsub’s Discovery ROV incorporates many of the proven features and capabilities of the previous Triton and Challenger class systems with several new enhancements.
These are designed to maximise the performance and reliability of this powerful work class vehicle. With fibre optic data and video transmissioncapabilities, efficient power utilisation and improved ease of maintenance, the Discovery offers excellent performance and can be configured for a wide range of tasks.

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