Kongsberg Mesotech has just introduced the M3 Bathy System, a powerful, entry-level survey system for shallow-water bathymetric applications.
The core of the M3 Bathy is Mesotech’s M3 Series MultiMode Multibeam Sonar. The M3 Sonar is the only instrument in its price point that produces high-quality imaging records and 3D profiling point cloud data using the same sonar head.
Bathymetric multibeams have different requirements than imaging sonars. Bathymetric multibeam sonar needs a wide opening angle across track, and narrow beam along track angle. Forward-looking imaging sonar needs a wide beam across track and wide beam along track. This is why it’s impossible for conventional bathymetric sonar to function well as forward-look¬ing imaging sonar.
The M3’s innovative design solves this technical challenge by using 2 sets of complementary transducers in the same head.
The M3 generates both imaging and profiling data in the same head. Point it down for bathymetric measurement; point it forward with a slight downward tilt for seafloor imaging; point it forward for obstacle avoidance, point it sideways for structural inspection or vessel hull inspection.
M3 Bathy Applications include:
– Pipeline profiling survey;
– Dredging monitoring and verification;
– Engineering inspection of small ports and harbours infrastructure;
– Shallow water survey;
– Dam inspections;
– Bridge pier inspections;
– Cooling water intake inspection;
– Outflow inspection.
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Press Release, June 25, 2014