WiSub’s Universal AUV ConnectorBy Claudio Paschoa CEO Mark Bokenfohr with WiSub products.AUVs are increasingly used in the data transfer, due to the signi? cant chal- nect and disconnect without increasing O&G industry, especially for subsea lenges posed with using conventional the risk of connection failure or de-? eld monitoring. One of the limiting connectors for this type of connection. graded performance, a potentially game factors in its use has been the need to WiSub combines the latest methods in changing subsea technology.recover it to the surface after relatively resonant power transfer with a revo- WiSub CEO Mark Bokenfohr’s early short periods of time. WiSub believes lutionary application of very high fre- career was based in the development, it has a de? nitive solution to this prob- quencies underwater to transmit data delivery and offshore operation of work-lem. AUV systems have always been a and power over short gaps of seawater, class ROVs and related systems, where target application for pin-less power and reliably maintaining the ability to con- the limitations of underwater connectors January/February 201844 MTRMTR #1 (34-49).indd 44 MTR #1 (34-49).indd 44 1/25/2018 10:47:29 AM1/25/2018 10:47:29 AM