Mooring Products, Glass Instrument
Housings
McLane Research Laboratories manufactures and tests our own glass sphere
flotation modules and steel flotation buoys for oceanographic
moorings and instrument systems. All of our glass spheres are tested in our
on-site facility to 7000 meters ocean depth. The 12" borosilicate spheres are assembled in axis-symmetric modules with through
center, in-line attachment to a mooring. We also offer conventional, flange
mounted hard hats with a single sphere.
We also offers glass spheres as instrument and battery housings.
Each sphere is first tested to 7000 meters. Then, we
drill penetrator holes to customer specifications, install the connectors, and re-test the assembled housing in our pressure
test facility.
Our steel buoys are depth rated from 380 meters to 564 meters. They are leak
tested, anode protected, and coated with a durable epoxy finish. Each sphere
includes lifting bails and an internal tension member with pad eyes for
convenient and dependable in-line use.
