Improves data by significantly enhancing instrument stability
Virtually eliminates instrument movement due to vortex shedding behind spheres
Lightweight – easy to handle
Smaller frontal area and decreased drag coefficient – less mooring inclination and excursion
Ideal for ADP’s, ADCP’s, single point current meters, optical and acoustic instruments
Mounting ADCP’s or other instrumentation in a streamlined buoyancy package reduces the variability caused by mooring movement typical of spherical buoyancy.
Few instruments have the capability of segregating mooring movement from actual data.
Reducing mooring movement is a significant criterion in acoustic mooring design.
Reduced frontal area and drag coefficient allow a smaller and lighter mooring.
Reducing mooring movement is a prime design criterion of optic moorings.
See Specifications and picture of a Model A2 SUB with an RDI ADCP mounted.
See a picture of a Model A2 SUB with a Nortek ADP mounted.
See a picture of a Model A2 SUB with a Sontek ADP mounted.
See a sketch of an ADCP shallow mooring.
BENEFITS
Unmatched mooring stability provides the best in instrument platforms.
Virtually eliminates vortex shedding effects which are inherent with spherical floatation.
Reduces the potential for measurement errors associated with mooring movement.
Substantially reduces mooring excursions and inclinations.
Significant improvement to depth keeping characteristics.
Self-compensating for mooring inclination and flow direction.
Reduced buoyancy requirement due to lower mooring frontal area.
Supplied complete with buoyancy purchasers can utilize their existing VinyFloats.