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Subsea Connectivity and Distribution Will Mudge - Teledyne ODI October 2009. Agenda. Wet Mate Connectors Reliability Distribution Systems Constant Improvement for knowledge gained and customer relations. Wet Mate Connector Technology. Electrical Connections 4, 7, and 12 connections
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Subsea Connectivity and DistributionWill Mudge - Teledyne ODI October 2009
Agenda • Wet Mate Connectors • Reliability • Distribution Systems • Constant Improvement for knowledge gained and customer relations Company Confidential
Wet Mate Connector Technology • Electrical Connections • 4, 7, and 12 connections • High Power Connectors • Optical Connections • Up to 8 single mode circuits • Hybrid Connectors • 2 electrical and up to 4 optical circuits Company Confidential
Application of Wet Mate Connectors • Interconnect 2 or more pieces of equipment that cannot be deployed together. • Allows equipment to be deployed and maintained. • Reliability must be considered. Company Confidential
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Electrical Connector Reliability • Nautilus was designed to be an extremely reliable product using dual barrier technology. • Nautilus Connectors have been in service since 1991, with over 73,000 connectors deliveredaccumulating over 3 billion operating hours. • Nautilus continues to show reliability of better than 99.89% based on all of the existing field data. • The Nautilus is constantly reviewed and analyzed for improvements in both manufacture and design. Reliability is an on-going commitment to this product. • ODI report D/N 187801 provides a detailed review of the reliability analysis of the Wet-Mate Hybrid Connectors Company Confidential
Optical Connector Reliability • ODI’s Wet-Mate Rolling Seal Hybrid Connector has been in service since 1995,accumulating over 114 Million in service hours. • The Rolling-Seal Connector was the first reliable wet-mate connector capable of reliably mating multiple optical fiber in the subsea environment • Since it’s first installation, the Rolling-Seal Connector has proven to be reliable in service with a failure rate of 57.0 FIT and a projected availability of 99.97% • The connector has evolved through one major design upgrade and additional design improvements targeted at improving operations and reliability. • ODI report D/N 139355 provides a detailed review of the reliability analysis of the Wet-Mate Hybrid Connectors Company Confidential
Continuous Improvement and Analysis • ROV make-up improvements • Hermetic Penetrator Improvement • Customer and ROV training Company Confidential
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