A draft gauge, including: four balancing float tanks, a central control room, a first and second connection beam, a pump-valve chamber, a longitudinal connection beam, flexible centering brackets, a lateral connection beam, a scanning sensor, and a side scanner. The four balancing float tanks are arranged at two sides of a hull with every two balancing float tanks arranged at each side of the hull. The flexible centering brackets are fixed on an inner side of the first connection beam and on an inner side of the second connection beam, respectively. Every two balancing float tanks at opposite sides of the hull are connected via the lateral connection beam. The scanning sensors are evenly arranged on the lateral connection beam. The side scanner is arranged on one side of the balancing float tank in a close proximity to the hull.
Intelligent draft gauge for ships
2015-08-18
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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