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Ocean Systems
Transducers and Hydrophones
Over 40 years of experience in the design, fabrication and test of transducers and hydrophones
Over 200,000 ship/sub transducers produced to date
Frequency coverage- Low frequency sound sources- Mid frequency detection sonar- High frequency mine avoidance - Under ice navigation hydrophone array
Applications- Hull arrays- Sail arrays- Special arrays
Left: Hull mounted sonar transmit and receive elementsAbove and right: Mine avoidance sonar transmit and receive staves
Special purpose multi-element receive array
Ocean Systems
CustomersUS Navy
UK Royal Navy
International navies
Prime contractors
ApplicationSurface ships
Submarines
Mine warfare
Acoustic data collection
Acoustic countermeasures
TypesTonpilz
Flextensional
Ceramic rings/plates/disc/cylinders
Geo-Phone and Bender Bar ( E-Bar )
FacilitiesEngineering design and development
Prototyping
Manufacturing
In-water test
Ultra Electronics Ocean Systems Inc.115 Bay State DriveBraintree, MA 02184-5203, USATel: +1 781 794 3777Fax: +1 781 843 2153 e-mail: [email protected]
Ultra Electronics Ocean Systems reservethe right to vary these specificationswithout notice.© Ultra Electronics Ocean Systems Inc. 2005Printed in USA
High pressure test chamber
Open water test site
Flextensional transducer
Below (left to right): Type description A, Type description B, Type description C
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Ocean Systems
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US Department of Defense