Specifications & Logistics

ROV KIEL 6000

Type: QUEST 7, electric "workclass" ROV (Schilling Robotics LLC)
Operating Depth: 6000 m
Dimension: length: 3.5 m, width: 1.9 m, height: 2.4 m (including toolskid)
Weight in air approx. 3500 kg (incl. toolskid); weight in water neutral or slightly positively buoyant
Velocity: forward/reverse: 3 knots, lateral/vertical: 2 knots
Drag forces of ROV: 530 kgf (forw./rev.), 340 kgf (lateral), 300/380 kgf (vertical)
Propulsion: 7 electric thrusters SPE-380 with 600 VDC @ 15 kW each (sub-Atlantic (Forum Energy Technologies)
Auto heading: ± 2°
Station keep (dP): ± 0.3 m
Electric power: 3800 - 4160 VAC/460 Hz, 60 kW on ROV
Deep sea cable: 6500 m @ 19 mm
Midwater cable: 2700 m @ 19mm
Tether: 500m @ 23 mm
Deep sea winch: 2 eletric motors @ 80 kW, weight 30 t
Midwater winch: weight 10 t
Tetherwinch: capstain of ca 3 t
Digital Telemetry: 4 Subsea Nodes with 64 Ports in total (serial, video, ethernet), and a multiplexer for data transfer in the GBit range (incl. HDTV)
Scientific payload: up to approx. 100 kg on toolskid with 2 hydraulically driven drawers
Hydraulics: pump 15 kW with 39 lpm @ 207 bar for opreation of the 2 manipulators, drawers and suction sampler. 2 valvepacks provide the possibility for connection of further tools
Transport of the entire in 5 20' ISO containers (incl. 2 high cubes). Total weight accumulates to approx. 65 tonnes
Certification: Germanischer Lloyd, Hamburg

Scientific Head
Dr. James Taylor
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Wischhofstr. 1-3
D-24148 Kiel
Technology & Logistics Centre
Tel.: 0049 431 600-2134
Fax: 0049 431 600-2680
E-mail: jtaylor(at)geomar.de

Technical Head
Martin Pieper (Dipl. Ing.)
Technology & Logistics Centre
Tel.: 0049 431 600-1688
Fax: 0049 431 600-2680
E-mail: mpieper(at)geomar.de