OUR TECHNOLOGY
Automated, in-situ cleaning action to remove emerging biofilm as often as you want (adjustable cleaning frequency). This saves personnel time and costs spent on cleaning, and frees time for other, more important tasks.
Minimise the release of organisms during net cleaning which reduces re-colonisation and local spread of biofouling species and pathogens.
Low pressure, mechanical cleaning minimises the abrasion of surfaces, nets and coatings.
Regular, frequent cleaning reduces the release of large amounts of biomass and reduces impacts on water quality (e.g. turbidity, anoxic zones, biomass accumulation at the bottom), fish health and stress factors.
What does it do?
What are the main features?
Frequent
The technology enables frequent wiping of your vertical submerged surfaces. You can set the frequency by yourself. Frequent wiping will stop biofilm formation and all associated problems in its track.
Flexibility
The device is built from common materials which can be adjusted based on the application (e.g. food grade). High end finishes, or translucency, for visual aesthetics can be implemented on request.
Automatic
Wiping of vertical, submerged surfaces (e.g. tank walls, cages, nets) is driven by an automated device with special rubbers/brushes (adjusted to your needs). The required force for effective biofilm removal can be adjusted. The device will be installed in your tank (cage, net, aquarium) and can be fitted to various tank geometries (round, rectangular, etc.) and sizes.
Convenient
The device is easy to install, and can be easily fitted in your tank, without entering the water. The device is driven without any submerged mechanical or electrical parts. It is only submerged during the wiping action, and otherwise rests on the water surface, which minimises biofouling of the device itself.
What’s the development stage of the technology?
We operated a prototype of the wiper system for ~ 3 weeks in a 30,000 L tank. The tank was filled with seawater and did not contain animals (Day 1).
Wiping occurred for 15 min, three times per day. At this setting, every wiping event resulted in 6 rounds of the wiper. After 3 weeks, the tank bottom and walls were clean, except the centre of tank bottom, where no wiping occurred (Day 18). Take a look the video for the technology in action (please note, the final design is subject to changes).
The prototype testing showed that manual cleaning was not required to keep the tank walls clean, indicating a manual cleaning reduction of 100%. This can likely be extrapolated to longer operation but requires additional tests to confirm
DAY 1
DAY 18
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