Maritime & Boating

Sometimes for fun, sometimes for commerce, other times for defense, exploration, and prospecting, marine excursions can be some of the highest cost, highest reward adventures humans take. The Marine Industry serves as a conduit to resources, discovery, and trade in a way that no other sector in the world can provide, and for this reason, we must diligently apply the technologies of today towards sustaining marine resources through the challenges of tomorrow (and beyond).

CHALLENGES

The Maritime Industry represents our planet’s last uncharted frontier – oceans, waterways, and water bodies that hold both unknown secrets and immense potential peril. Water-faring vessels and equipment of all scales face common challenges, namely technical and regulatory burdens found nowhere else in the world. And just like the wind, these challenges can change without notice.

SELF SUFFICIENCY FAR FROM ONSHORE SUPPORT

➤ Reliability takes on a whole new meaning when you are thousands of miles from help. Marine vessel systems must be supremely dependable, and should a problem arise, they must be easily, safely maintained by the limited crew and tooling onboard. Unmanned marine equipment must have equally critical redundancy and error-checking technology, especially for early-warning systems (such as with defense and natural disaster detection gear).

RAPIDLY CHANGING, AGGRESSIVE CONDITIONS

➤ Dealing with inclement conditions is one thing, but having such conditions develop with little warning is a major concern all upon itself. Such changes are commonplace on open water, and marine systems must be designed and maintained knowing that they’ll be subjected to rapidly rolling conditions soon enough. A good rule in assembling maritime systems is to design for reading, recalibrating, tightening, or completely replacing a component in conditions that would all but capsize the ship.

AN OCEAN OF REGULATION

➤ At least in the US and similarly developed nations, safe marine operations are a matter of law. Many laws, in fact, with heavy overlap. Commercial activities typically require entire vessels and their component systems to have some level of third-party certification regarding safety, environmental protection, technical performance, and code compliance. Recreational and private vessels have lesser requirements, but do still call for a baseline level of safety and operational approvals.

SOLUTIONS

To solve the Marine Industry’s safety, regulatory compliance, technical, extreme condition challenges, ship and equipment systems should be built upon advanced, resilient instrumentation and process controls. Hydraulic, pneumatic, ballast water, potable, septic, central steam, fuel, and related service systems all benefit from Whitman Control’s advanced sensor solutions.

Extensive Application Engineering Support

Whenever you face a new application, unique challenge, difficult design constraint, or other technical concern, Whitman's application engineers stand ready to support you with their broad experience and honed expertise across nearly all industries. Our ability to troubleshoot and resolve application challenges is a testament to our dedication to our customers’ success long after their purchase is complete.

ISO Quality Control

Our product quality may speak for itself, but how can we assure this before you put our instruments into use? Whitman Controls is an ISO 9001 Certified business, providing you with the assurance that our products are entirely designed, manufactured, tested, and delivered using third-party verified practices, complete with total process documentation, material traceability, and chain of custody control.

Ultra-Reliable, Severe Duty Sensor Technology

Severe duty, extreme reliability applications demand instrumentation that is not just a match in specifications, but is completely manufactured and delivered with safety and dependability in mind. Whitman produces Severe Duty sensors featuring austenitic stainless-steel materials, isolated spike-tolerant diaphragms and sensor elements, military-spec electrical connections, NEMA 4X housings, and full documentation. Further, our severe duty sensors have industry-leading cycle, temperature, pressure, and set-point ranges that assure high reliability in the most sensitive applications.

Full Product Customization and Value-Add

Our predefined product catalog of hundreds of instruments is only the tip of the iceberg here at Whitman Controls. We can fully customize virtually any of our product models to your exact needs. We're especially excited about emergent applications and highly technical challenges, and can help you with one-off R&D samples as well as high volume production runs of your World's First instrument design, plus custom wiring harnesses, adaptors, and kits.

MARITIME & BOATING APPLICATION

PRODUCTS

Whitman Controls offers multiple instrument, switch, and transmitter models that are engineered to match the demands of the Marine Industry, such as these below related products.

W117LV Ultra Pure Long Body Vacuum Switch

The W117LG NEMA 4 Ultra Pure Stainless Steel Pressure Switches have all welded stainless steel interiors which are Helium leak checked to pass 4 x 10-9 Std cc/sec. These are the NEMA 4 rated weather-proof, liquid-resistant version of the W117G, suitable for out¬side applications or in areas of condensing humidity.

P605 High Pressure Fine Adjustment Model

The P605 Pressure Switches are a line of severe application controls that can withstand massive pressure spikes from hydraulic systems. These switches can see pressure spikes to 9,000 psig without comprising switch integrity or functionality. They also afford the end user higher set points to complement more severe environments and low set point repeatability.

L31 SS Multi-Point Vertical Liquid Level Switch

The Whitman Controls L31 Series Heavy Duty Vertical Multi-Station Stainless Steel Liquid Level Switches provide the user with as many as six level control points and up to 72” in overall length. The structure allows these switches to be mounted at the top or bottom of a tank. It can be fully customized to meet various tank size and switch requirements, and has assorted reversible polarities and wiring possibilities. These are most commonly found in potable water, hot water, acids, and various solvent applications.

T3 Capillary Thermostat

he T3 Economical Stainless Steel Thermostat has grown in popularity given its versatility, with use across any number of applications. It is a capillary bulb thermostat, with 39” capillary tubes, and stainless steel wetted material. These are SPDT devices rated to 10 Amps. These switches are frequently used in the medical field and food processing, specifically to control the temperature of foods and various enclosures such as chicken coops. They can be panel mounted and used in O.E.M and other various one-off applications.

L10 Vertical Brass/Buna Compound Temperature and Level Switch

The L10 Series Vertical Mount Brass Buna Temperature-Level Switches are highly versatile, providing the end-user the ability to control both temperature and liquid level within an application. The buna float can be used in numerous liquids and can survive up to 230℉ in oil. The internal thermostats are available from 100℉ to 225℉ in 25℉ increments, with special temperatures available for O.E.M. customers.