Mooring Systems, Inc. manufactures ellipsoid shaped sub-surface buoys that provides a lower drag coefficient than traditional shaped spherical buoys. The ellipsoid buoy improves mooring performance by reducing lay down caused by water currents. Ellipsoid shapes are more predictable and have lower risk than other non-spherical buoyancy modules. Configurations are offered with single strength mem- bers as general mooring flotation, or with integral stainless steel instrument frames.
During mooring recovery operations ellipsoid shaped buoys provide excellent vertical position of bea- cons unlike spherical buoys with unbalanced instrument payloads that roll in ocean waves.
Features and Specifications:
Syntactic Foam for Deep water Internal Plastic Floats for Shallow Water Standard and Custom Instrument Frame Designs Unobstructed Beams (Doppler Profilers) High Strength, 5k and 10k lbs. (2.3 kg and 4.5 kg) Type 316 Stainless Steel Frame Construction Electro-polished , isolation bushings Galvanized Strength Members Ellipsoid Float
EF-33-P6 33” x 18” 83 cm x 45 cm Single Strength Member, (6) Plastic Internal Floats EF-33 33” x 18” 83 cm x 45 cm Single Strength Member EF-46-P7 46” x 26” 117 cm x 66 cm Single Strength Member, (7) Plastic Internal Floats EF-46 46” x 26” 117 cm x 66 cm Single Strength Member EF-58 58” x 30” 148 cm x 79 cm Single Strength Member ADCP Buoys EB-33-P5 33” x 18” 83 cm x 45 cm Instrument Frame, (5) Internal Plastic Floats EB-33 33” x 18” 83 cm x 45 cm Center Hole for Instrument Frame EB-46 46” x 26” 117 cm x 66 cm Center Hole for Instrument Frame EB-58 58” x 30” 148 cm x 79 cm Center Hole for Instrument Frame
1227 Rt.28A, PO Box 413
Cataumet, MA 02534 USA Tel: 508-564-4770, Fax: 4773 Internal Plastic Float Low Cost Options Syntactic Foam 300m to 3km Depth