Wet Underwater Welding: The Alternatives

March 7th, 2009 by Eran Malloch


by Romany S Copenhager

If you need to make permanent repairs underwater in any industry, underwater welding is probably a concern. It doesn’t matter whether you’re in oil and gas, shipping, defense, or marine infrastructure. You need to make sure all your underwater components are stable and functional.

Underwater welding is an important part of maintaining any metal structure existing in full or in part below the water. However, most conventional underwater welding systems have a number of problems. They’re expensive, can provide only temporary repairs, dangerous, and/or hard to move around.

Some dry underwater welding systems, like the Neptune System, have a number of advantages over wet welding methods. They allow the creation of high quality dry welds without the use of time consuming, costly hyperbaric chambers.

Oil and gas operators will be particularly pleased by the time and cost savings that this sort of underwater welding offers. As platforms and infrastructure age, the demand for appropriate inspection, repair, and maintenance services will increase. That means that an easy, fast, comparatively inexpensive underwater welding solution is important.

Oil rigs, subsea pipelines, platforms, and just about any other underwater structure with metal construction will benefit from high quality underwater welding options. You can create a customized habitat and configure it to work in almost any situation where underwater welds might be required.

Garmin GPS Chartplotters – A Great Way To Navigate

December 1st, 2008 by Sean McPhearson


by Sean McPhearson

With Garmin GPS units ranked right up there at the top it is no wonder that the users love them. Garmin creates good quality products that the users can enjoy and benefit from.

Not only are GPS units fun they also provide a great level of safety. When it comes to chartplotters Garmin has several to choose from. From the many different models that Garmin offers from the simple to the complex you’re bound to find one that will provide what you want.

One such Garmin chartplotter unit is the 192. This unit has a great screen that provides you with the information you need from the maps. Speaking of maps it’s nice to be able to have up-to-date maps and there are several ways to keep your unit up to date.

The Garmin 192 has high detailed blue chart cartography maps of the coastal United States along with Hawaii and Alaska built-in. If you live in another part of the world you can acquire the maps that you need to navigate the waters where you are. These maps provide accurate details for coastlines, port information, known boat wreckage and restricted areas.

You may prefer to get pre-programmed data cards that contain all the latest charts that you can take with you. Many people purchased the blue chart regions for Canada the Bahamas and charts of inland lakes in the United States.