Installation manual

Howtoinstallthetransducer
Example:Flushmountinginasteeltank
Transducermountinginasteeltankisshowninthegurebelow.
Figure7Flushmountinginasteeltank
ASteeltank
BWater
CDrainagehole
DCableservice
loop
ESteeltubefor
airoutlet
FStufngtube
GCableinsteel
conduit
(CD17012A)
B
A
G
C
D
E
F
Transducerwithacousticwindow
Vesselsoperatinginarcticwatersneedspecialattentionon
transducerinstallation.Floatingblocksoficemaydamageeven
aushmountedtransducerface.ForthissituationSimradoffers
arctictanksindifferentsizes.
Usethemountingring
Largecirculartransducersaredesignedtobemountedusing
amountingring.Asuitablemountingcanbeprovidedby
Simrad,drawingsarealsoavailableforlocalproduction.The
mountingringisweldedtotheholepreparedforthetransducer.
Boltsthroughthetransducerbodyintothemountingringwill
securethetransducerinplace.Notethatseveraltransducersuse
directionguidestoallowcorrectmounting.
Smoothsurfaceisimportant
Mountingscrewsorboltsmustnotbeextrudingfromthe
transducerortheareaimmediatelyaroundit.Makesurethatthe
surfaceofthetransducerface,theinstallationhardwareusedto
mountit,thehullplatingandtheputtyaroundthetransduceris
asevenandsmoothaspossible.Obstructionsonthesesurfaces
willcreateproblemswithturbulentow.
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