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Level Sensors and Leak Detectors
News Release from: Mobrey Measurement | Subject: Marine Squing
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 20 May 2004
Easy-fit level sensor has marine
certification
The intrinsically safe and marine-certified Squing level sensor has been developed to enable bulk carrier operators to meet the new SOLAS regulation XII/12.
The intrinsically safe and marine-certified Squing level sensor has been developed to enable bulk carrier operators to meet the new SOLAS regulation, XII/12, recently passed by the International Maritime Organisation This requires all bulk carrier vessels to fit water ingress detection systems on or before the vessel's first service after 1st July 2004
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 20 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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SOLAS XII/12 has been put in place to protect vessel and crew from any problems that could occur should water mix with the cargo.
The document states that water level detectors must be installed "in each cargo hold, giving audible and visual alarms, one when the water level above the inner bottom in any hold reaches a height of 0.5m and another at a height not less than 15% of the depth of the cargo hold but not more than 2m".
A compact instrument of 316SS construction, the Marine Squing is ideal for this environment as it can be simply mounted, without causing obstruction, into a T-piece offset on the sounding tube found in all bulk cargo holds.
An integral magnetically operated test point on each sensor facilitates the mandatory testing between loads.
Based on Solartron Mobrey's Squing level sensor that has proven reliability in the process, chemical and petrochemical industries, the bespoke sensor meets all the requirements of the SOLAS regulation.
These include the ability to operate in the temperature range -40 to +150C and IP68 protection for 20 days submersion at 30m.
A factory fitted and sealed flame retardant marine cable in lengths of 15, 30 or 50m is included.
For customers and users who require a complete solution, Solartron Mobrey can provide a system comprising sensors, intrinsically safe barriers and a SOLAS certified alarm panel.
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