Hawk Measurement's ORCA Sonar has been awarded Product of the Year by Plant Engineering Magazine.
Last year, the company introduced a line of “fourth generation” sonar transducers for improved sensing of Interface levels in tailings, paste, concentrator and Lamella thickeners, settling tanks, and CCD’s.
According to the manufacturer, the sensors offer improvements in overall power, penetration, and calibration density range.
They provide better capability under high suspended solids loading, ‘sliming,’ and generally upset process conditions.
The array transducer designs include three to seven sonar crystals mounted in a single head.
Each sonar array produces a concentrated sonar beam that provides emitted power and collects returned signals.
Array transducers yield better penetration, higher sensitivity, and overall better performance in the most difficult environments, according to the company.