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Deck Equipment
Sound Ocean Systems, Inc., is an established engineering and production company for shipboard handling and deck equipment. Systems designed and built include: winches, linear cable engines, launch and recovery systems (LARS), vans, enclosures, davits, cranes, sheaves, cable management systems and other custom equipment. These unique, proven systems, can improve safety and liability concerns, decrease cost by reducing required crew sizes and limit the weather's effect on your schedule.
SOSI systems are designed for ships of opportunity with an emphasis on ease of transportation and installation. When applicable, systems are built with ISO corner castings for use with standard ISO equipment. Steel construction (aluminum on smaller winches) and epoxy finishes guarantee reliable operation and durability in the harshest marine conditions.
Systems and components are designed and manufactured to meet the unique technical, cost and delivery requirements of our clients. In addition to custom systems, SOSI can provide any of the components we produce for our systems, or design and manufacture special parts for your own proprietary projects. Individual specification sheets contained within are representative of generic systems.
Winches
Sound Ocean Systems, Inc. manufactures standard and custom designed winches for a variety of marine applications. Winches range from simple storage winches, for electromechanical cabling, to more complex umbilical winches and integrated winching systems. Sizes range from relatively lightweight, low line pull winches, typically used on small oceanographic institution or commercial survey company research vessels—to large umbilical, oceanographic winches typically used by commercial service companies in the support of offshore oil and telecommunications industries.
Our family of winches (from largest, to smallest) include the: Umbilical Cable Winches (UCW), Oceanographic Winches (OTW, MTW, STW), Small CTD & Instrument Winches (ECO, BSP), as well as specialty winches custom built to our client’s specifications (DSW, MPW). Winches are available in a variety of drum widths, line pulls, line speeds and horsepower as well as custom configurations based on specific customer requirements. Specification sheets contained here are representative of generic winches in each category.
Winching Systems
Launch and Recovery
Since 1984, SOSI has designed and built Launch And Recovery Systems (LARS) used for the deployment and retrieval of towed bodies (Towfish), rigid-hulled inflatable boats (RHIBs), torpedoes, remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), oceanographic instrumentation and specialty systems that require custom builds. These systems are used around the globe for launch and recovery missions by academic institutions, commercial survey companies and the US Navy for high-resolution seafloor mapping operations.
SOSI's launch and recovery systems are noted for their exemplary safety record and the reliable handling of subsea systems in high sea states. LARS are generally custom built and engineered to the specific requirements of our clients AUV, Towfish or other systems. Individual specification sheets contained within are representative of generic systems.
Launch and Recovery Systems
Cable Traction Machines
SOSI's Linear Cable Engines (traction machines) are widely used by commercial companies for submarine cable laying and embedment operations. LCEs are additionally used for towed array deployment and recovery and in custom, containerized LCTM 5000's built for the Naval Underwater Warfare Center.
LCEs are available in a variety of configurations, line pulls, line speeds and horsepower and are customizable to specific client requirements. Specification sheets contained here are representative of generic LCEs in each category.
Linear Cable Traction Machines
Vans and Enclosures
SOSI mobile enclosures provide self-contained facilities for use as shops, climate controlled field operations centers, portable power generations vans and storage shelters. Enclosures are configurable with a variety of power distribution and electrical systems for marine and land applications. Integration with SOSI LARS and Winches, forming containerized ISO compatible operation systems is also available. Vans and enclosures are customizable to meet specific customers requirements.
Vans and Mobile Enclosures
SOSI Deck products are designed and manufactured to meet the unique technical, cost and delivery requirements of our clients. In additional to new builds and engineering, SOSI specializes in system integration and project management.
Please contact our helpful technical staff if you require assistance with this product. Our team of skilled engineers, designers and trained technicians are ready to assist you with product modifications and solutions to meet your most demanding requirements.
Be it an existing product or a customized package—our mission is to offer innovative engineering, design and quality manufacturing for our diverse and growing global customer base. Take action and make waves with SOSI today!
