Hull Cleaning
HULL CLEANING
Fuel Saving is the major reason for making underwater hull cleaning an integral part of planned maintenance. A build-up of marine fouling can lead to increased drag, resulting in a detrimental impact on a vessel's hydrodynamic performance and hence the relationship between speed, power performance, and fuel consumption.
Fouling, particularly in the case of a prolific build-up of 'hard or shell fouling' like barnacles or tube worm, can cause turbulence, cavitation, and noise, frequently affecting the performance of soners, speed logs, and other hull-mounted sensors.
MINI PAMPER
A versatile, compact hull-cleaning machine, capable of removing mild or tenacious hull fouling from a variety of coatings; including low surface energy coatings which are frequently used on military and commercial vessels. The mini-pamper was initially designed for cleaning acoustically clad submarines where the absence of any anti-fouling paint meant that the mini-pamper had to deal with extreme marine growth without damaging the fragile surface.
