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News Release from: RDP Electronics | Subject: DCW in North Sea
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 07 March 2008
Transducers tested by the depths of the
North Sea!
The challenge of taking a standard DCW submersible transducer and subjecting it to immersion down to 300metres under the North Sea to capture test data proved no problem for RDP Electronics
The DCW is an LVDT transducer designed for measuring displacements between +/-2.5 mm and +/-470mm and is suitable for use in a wide range of wet and submersible conditions such as experienced in the pulp and paper industry, for valve and sluice applications and structural monitoring However, it is not usually offered for long-term exposure to seawater at depth, where the SSA or SSD seawater submersible devices would normally be specified
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 21 Feb 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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In this case, as the test duration was only two weeks, RDP engineers advised that the DCW would suffice but could be expected to degrade during the planned total 12 months submersion period.
When recovered and sent back to RDP the DCW transducers were discovered to be fully functional and near perfect, a testament to both the choice of materials and the RDP manufacturing techniques, that also allows factory dis-assembly for cleaning and maintenance.
Although not fully welded like the submersible DCW, the same care in manufacture and many of the same materials go into the standard range of RDP industrial transducers.
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