CASE STUDY
Sealed Industrial Slip Ring Provides Clean, Noise-Free Signals in Extreme Oceanographic Environments
Challenge
A manufacturer of oceanographic winches and test equipment contacted Meridian Laboratory about numerous issues with conventional slip rings used on its vessels’ deep-sea winch assemblies. Issues included noise generated by slip ring brushes, contact resistance making signal strength weak and unrecognizable, and arcing (cross-talk) occurring between channels due to wet, humid oceanographic environments.
- Noise generated by conventional slip rings made signals unrecognizable and distorted.
- Saltwater environment corroded brushes and decreased slip ring longevity.
- Slip rings required routine maintenance and retrofitted protective equipment.
Solution
Using Meridian Laboratory’s unique ROTOCON® MXO Series of oceanographic/harsh industrial environment rotary electrical contacts, the manufacturer eliminated all prior issues it had with conventional slip rings. The inherent qualities of ROTOCON’s low contact resistance (low noise) design allowed for signal integrity of water temperature and cable strain to be maintained. In addition to the stainless steel design and added sealing capability of the MXO series, the customer was able to specify a particular sub-sea connector which would directly mate to all existing equipment without any extra modification. This custom solution provides extreme ingress protection while the unit remains maintenance-free with uninterruptable operation for many years, despite its wet, humid and corrosive operating environment.
- ROTOCON’s unique design characteristics provided clean, noise-free signals for test and measurement in harsh oceanographic environment.
- Stainless steel construction with sub-sea connectors provided 100% sealed design.
- Slip ring downtime drastically decreased without issues of corrosion, maintenance or cross-talk.
Key Statistics
- ROTOCON® Sealed slip ring provides clean signal quality, regardless of temperatures or environment.
- 100% maintenance-free alternative without needing adjustments or upkeep.
- Downtime drastically reduced by improved slip ring allowing for cost savings and improvement in measurement quality.
Google Rating
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Excellent service! We faced Meridian with a difficult part to make and asked for perfection. They took the challenge on … More and through repeated effort and determination, Vance and the team were able to get us the "perfect" product we needed. Although this was undoubtedly a frustrating project for all involved, they saw it through and proved Meridian Laboratory to be exactly the company we needed and want to work with in the future. Great work!
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Adam and the crew at Meridian Laboratory were a pleasure to work with! Adam was extremely helpful, knowledgeable, and responsive. … More A slipring was purchased through Adam for the use of a university engineering capstone project, he was eager to help and very nice throughout the entire process to ensure our needs were satisfied. The slipring shipped and delivered in a timely manner and once the unit was received, all expectations were exceeded. The fit and finish of the slipring was great, and it performed exactly as expected. I highly recommend Meridian Laboratory if you require the use of a slipring, as I cannot say enough good things about the team over there and their American made products
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We contacted Adam Ellingson of Meridian Laboratory about acquiring a high-speed 3 channel ROTOCON slip-ring for our university … More capstone project. Mr. Ellingson was gracious enough to provide our team with a 6 channel slip-ring that performed excellent out of the box. The slip-ring assembly feels precisely machined and spins true with little mechanical resistance. It was the perfect product for testing our axial flux generator design and the extra channels came in handy. We appreciate the ease of mounting and excellent support from Mr. Ellingson.
