Simrad ES80 - Painting the Transducer Face

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Paintingthetransducerface
Marinegrowth(biologicalfouling)onthetransducerfacereducestheES80performance.
Werecommendthatyoupaintthetransducerfaceimmediatelyafterinstallation,and
thenagainasoftenasrequiredtomaintaintheprotection.
Prerequisites
Thefollowingtoolsandconsumablesarerequired.
•Personalprotection
•Freshwater
•Amildsyntheticdetergentandaplasticbrush
•Fine-gradesandpaper(240inchgritsize)
•Primer
•Anti-foulingpaint
•Wetlmgauge
•Airlessspray
Becausesomepainttypesmaybeaggressivetothepolyurethaneinthetransducer,
consultourlistofapprovedpaints.
Context
Thetransducerhasnotbeendesignedwithanyprotectionagainstbiologicalfouling.
Anti-foulingpaintmaythereforebeappliedtothetransducerface.Tominimizethe
negativeacousticaleffectsthelayerofanti-foulingpaintmustbeasthinaspossible.
Note
Theanti-foulingpaintwillreducetheacousticalperformanceofthetransducer.The
surfaceroughnessofthetransducersubstrateandthethicknessofthepaintmayalso
inuencetheperformance.KongsbergMaritimecannotbeheldresponsibleforany
negativeconsequencesoftheanti-foulingpaint.
Observetherelevantinstructionsandsafetyinformationprovidedbythepaint
manufacturer.
Procedure
1Cleanthetransducerthoroughly.
Makesurethatyouremovealloilgreaseresidues,aswellassaltandother
contamination.
2Allowthetransducersurfacetodry.
3Abradethetransducersurfaceusingasandingpaperwith240inchgritsize.
Donotexceedasurfaceroughness(R
max
)of35micronsasthiscaninuencethe
ES80performance.
Operatingprocedures