Company Overview

Brooke Ocean Technology Ltd. (BOT) is a leading manufacturer of advanced data collection platforms and launch/recovery systems. Products include the Moving Vessel Profiler (MVP), an automated, free-fall data collection system which can collect CTD, sound velocity and other data from a moving vessel. MVP is capable of collecting near vertical profiles to 190 m at ship speeds of 18 knots, 300 m at 12 knots, 1, 450 m at 5 knots and 2, 200 m at 2 knots. BOT also manufactures the SeaHorse, a moored profiling system which harnesses wave power as an energy source for moving up and down a mooring wire. Other products include cable handling hardware, including custom winch and metering sheave systems. BOT also supplies launch/recovery systems for AUVs, towed bodies, atmospheric diving suits and submarine pod posting. New products being introduced at OI include the Free Fall Cone Penetrometer (FFCPT) and Laser Optical Plankton Counter (LOPC).

KEY WORDS: CTD/sound velocity profiler, handling system, winch, cone penetrometer, plankton counter

Environmental Profile

BOT also provides engineering services including mechanical design, system integration and 3D visualization.

Products supplied by BOT include the following: Oceanographic Environmental Sensor Platforms: Moving Vessel Profiler (MVP); Wave Powered Moored Ocean Profiler (SeaHorse). BOT also manufactures the following sensors: Laser Optical Plankton Counter; Free Fall Cone Penetrometer.

BOT's ocean profiling techniques for both moving vessels and moored situations are patented leading edge data collection systems. Both profilers provide significant cost advantages over traditional technologies. The profiling instruments have uses in the field of hydrographic surverying, oceanography, oil and gas seismic surveying and Naval applications.

Launch and Recovery Systems: BOT's launch and recovery technologies are useful to a large number of operational marine sectors involved in the recovery of various payloads at sea.

Seafloor Sampling Systems: BOT's seafloor sampling technologies and sediment classification technologies are useful for both geological applications and naval mine burial investigations.

Geographic Marketing Activity: BOT is active in: USA, Australia, Italy, The United Kingdom, Taiwan, Japan, Korea and China.

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Additional Details

Legal Name: Brooke Ocean Technology Limited

Number of Employees: 7

Total Sales ($CDN): $100,000 - $200,000

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Services

• Cad Drafting Services - Including 3d
• Design Of Deck Equipment & Machinery
• Marine Systems Engineering Services
• Mechanical Engineerig & Technical Services
• Mechanical Engineering Services - Finite Element
• Model Testing
• Ocean Engineering
• Shipboard Launch And Recovery Hardware
• Systems Engineering

Products

• Buoy - Wave Powered, Climbing
• Buoy Systems
• Buoys
• Buoys, Instrumented
• Coring Equipment
• Custom Crane/Davit Systems
• Data Logger Instrumentation
• Davit Systems
• Deck Fittings
• Deck Machinery
• Environmental Products And Services
• Handling Systems For Remote Operated Vehicles
• Handling Systems For Wire Rope & Cable
• Hardware, Marine And/Or Rigging
• High Speed Underway Profiling Systems
• Laser Optical Plankton Counter (lopc)

  Developed at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography, the LOPC is a state of the art instrument for counting and imaging zooplankton.

  The LOPc uses a high quality laser accompanied by precision optics to create a laser eam or plane which is used to detect a change in the path or 'light blockage', thus indicating a particle in transit through the sampling tunnel.

• Launch And Recovery System.

  The development of technology to deploy and recover payloads at sea in foul weather is a core capability at Brooke Ocean Technology Ltd. (BOT). Past projects include the recovery of robotic vehicles and towed underwater bodies used for survey and surveillance. These projects typically require the equipment to be stored in standard ISO containers.

• Launch And Recovery Systems
• Miscellaneous Deck Machinery
• Moving Vessel Profiler (mvp).

  Brooke Ocean Technology Ltd. (BOT) has developed a leading edge technology for the measurement of water column parameters from a vessel underway. The technology developed in conjunction with the Canadian Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans results in an improvement in quality of the data and is more economical than traditional data collection methods.

  The Moving Vessel Profiler (MVP) is a computer controlled winch that allows a free fall fish to be deployed from the stern of a vessel while underway. Upon reaching the end of the deployment the winch is stopped and the fish recovered as a towbody. The fish can be instrumented with a variety of sensors. To date CTD and sound velocity sensors have been tested, while fluorometry and optical plankton sensors are presently being incorporated. The system can deploy the probe to a depth of 1000 m at 10 knots.

• Oceanographic Equipment
• Oceanographic Equipment And/Or Systems
• Pressure Casings
• Profiling Buoys
• Safety/Rescue Systems, Marine
• Sensor Platforms
• Sheave Blocks
• Shipboard Handling Systems
• Shipboard Launch/Recovery Systems
• Underwater Sound Equipment - Towing/Handling Sys.
• Underwater Technology
• Vibra Hammer Corer, Underway Or Static Penetrometer.

  Brooke Ocean Technology Ltd. (BOT) offers a VibraHammer Corer. This system, designed by BOT uses vibrational energy and hammering energy combined to provide the mechanism for sample collection of coarse grained sediment. This technology can assist in the collection of samples to determine sediment contamination.

  BOT has developed a static penetrometer that can be used to determine the environmental charcteristics of the seafloor sediment and mine burial characteristics.

• Water Sampling Bottles
• Wave Powered Moored Ocean Profiler (seahorse Tm).

  The SeaHorse (TM) was developed to collect water column environmental data profiles from a moored site.

  Brooke Ocean Technology Ltd. (BOT) has developed a leading edge technology for the measurement of water column parameters from a fixed moored site. The technology developed in conjunction with the Canadian Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans represents an improvement in data quality and is more economical than traditional data collection methods.

  The Wave Powered Moored Ocean profiler (SeaHorse TM) harnesses wave energy to drive a sensor platform down a fixed mooring line. The package is programmed to wait at the bottom until profile time, it then releases from the mooring and ascends to the surface driven by buoyancy. During the ascent the onboard sensors collect and store the profile data. The platform can house a variety of sensors, initial versions include a Seabird (TM) CTD, fluorometer and turbidity sensor. By harnessing the wave energy no battery power is required to achieve the profile.

  The use of this platform allows for a complete profile to be collected while only using a single sensor.

• Winch Systems - Marine Applications
• Winches
• Wire, Rope And Cable Cleaning/Lubrication Systems

NAICS Categories

• 332319 Other Plate Work and Fabricated Structural Product Manufacturing
• 333920 Material Handling Equipment Manufacturing
• 334511 Navigational and Guidance Instruments Manufacturing

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