Subsea 7 Utilizes Newton Labs Underwater Laser Scanner

Last year, Newton Labs again created an industry milestone by introducing for the first time very high-resolution laser scanner systems rated for subsea depths of up to 500 meters.

These high precision scanners will be available to depths to 4000 meters later this year. Upon learning this news, the i-Tech Services Division at Subsea 7 approached Newton Labs with an interesting and previously unavailable requirement. Their goal was to utilize the Newton Labs M500UW to create very high precision scans for a Hess Corporation project.

The Hess Corporation work specifically required scan resolutions at 500 Meters depth in the range of 0.1mm resolution to solve a unique maintenance issue with an underwater Hub. The i-Tech Division of Subsea 7 chose to utilize the precision of the Newton Labs M500UW as it allowed for necessary correction of a burr and damage on the interior of the Hub. This damage needed to be brought to exact tolerances. With the high-resolution data measurements created by the Newton Labs M500UW, the i-Tech Services team was confidently able to scan, polish and re-scan the burr until the required dimensions were successfully achieved.

Gram Hall of Subsea 7 i-Tech later attested, “It was very satisfactory to be able to measure with such high precision at depth and thus measure our damage. When we discovered that this high-resolution technology was available at depth, we immediately adopted it to solve our issue.”

The ability to achieve such high-resolution scanning with conversion to measurable 3D CAD models at subsea depths of more than 100 meters has never previously been available to the market. With the introduction of the M500UW and the upcoming deployment of models rated to depths of 4000 meters, Newton Labs is continuing forward as a true innovator in the subsea industry. For more than 11 years, we have proudly offered the most extensive and widely deployed line of precision underwater laser scanner solutions in the entire world.

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