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Systemdescription
TheSimradST90isalongrangeandlowfrequencyshndingsonarwitha360degrees
coverage.TheST90isdesignedformediumandlargesizedshingvessels.
ADisplay(Theseconddisplayis
optional.)
BProcessorUnit
COperatingPanel
DTransceiverUnit
EHullUnit
FHoistmotor
GMotorControlUnit
HTransducer
Achoiceofhullunitsisavailableforthe
ST90Fish-ndingsonar.Thehullunits
offerdifferentphysicalpropertiesand
loweringdepths.Thesametransducer
isusedonallhullunittypes.
Ifhighperformanceisyournumber
1criteriawhenchoosingasonar;such
aslongrange,highresolution,narrow
beamsandhighsourcelevels,this
isyournaturalchoice.Wemadeno
compromisesduringthedesignofthe
ST90.Ourgoalwassimplytomakethe
ultimatehighperformanceshnding
sonar.WiththeSimradST90,weuse
lowerfrequenciesthantheSX90and
SU90sonars.Inordertoachievethis,
acompletelynewtransducerhasbeen
designed.Eachelementislargerthanthe
previousSX90andSU90elements,but
thenumberofelementsisthesameastheSU90.Thisallowsforthesamenarrowbeam,
andultimatelyalongerrange.TheST90hasbeendesignedtosearchwithverylongranges
inallweatherandseaconditions.Whetheritisheavyweather,hardbottom,openwaters,
weaktargets-allechoesarehandledbytheST90duetothefullystabilizedandverynarrow
beamscombinedwiththecuttingedgesignalprocessing.
SimradST90