Last year, Newton Labs again created an industry milestone by introducing for the first time very high resolution laser scanner systems rated for subsea depths of up to 500 meters. These high precision scanners will be available to depths to 4000 meters later this year. Upon learning this news, the i-Tech Services Division at Subsea 7 approached us with an interesting and previously unavailable requirement. Their goal was to utilize the Newton Labs M500UW to create very high precision scans for a Hess Corporation project.
The Hess Corporation work specifically required scan resolutions at 500 Meters depth in the range of 0.1mm resolution to solve a unique maintenance issue with an underwater Hub. The i-Tech Division of Subsea 7 chose to utilize the precision of the Newton Labs M500UW as it allowed for necessary correction of a burr and damage on the interior of the Hub. This damage needed to be brought to exact tolerances. With the high resolution data measurements created by the Newton Labs M500UW, the i-Tech Services team was confidently able to scan, polish and re-scan the burr until the required dimensions were successfully achieved.
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