Manufacturing of ceramic sphere based buoyancy modules for deep sea unmanned underwater vehicles.

• Research unit: INNOSUISSE
• Project number: 19260.1 PFIW-IW

Short description (German)

Manufacturing of ceramic sphere based buoyancy modules for deep sea unmanned underwater vehicles.

Short description (English)

Manufacturing of ceramic sphere based buoyancy modules for deep sea unmanned underwater vehicles.

Abstract (German)

Remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) have been actively developed and commercialized in a wide range of applications such as offshore drilling, scientific exploration and undersea facility maintenance. All ROVs require a buoyancy unit for their safe and optimized operation. However, the current buoyancy technology limits the ROVs for their maximum operating depth of 3000 m below sea level. Therefore, de Cavis and Empa will develop a novel manufacturing technology for ultra-lightweight ceramic buoyancy spheres to enable ROVs operations at depths > 5000 m.

Abstract (English)