The Huon Story Edn 13 - Flipbook - Page 29
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U n de rwa te r
Ta sm a n i a n p ro d u c t s a n d c o n t ra c t o rs a s m u c h a s p o ssi b l e
a n d t hi s ha s r esu l t ed i n l o c a l
t ra d esm en c u st o m-ma ki n g
p ro d u c t s sp ec i f i c a l l y f o r t hei r
n eed s.
The Ta ssi e Devi l Tra c kers
u se a d i f f er en t t ec hn o l o g y t o o t hers o n t he ma r ket ; i n st ea d o f a hi g h p r essu r e w a t er j et , i t u ses hi g h
t o rq u e, sl o w a c t i o n p ro p el l er d r i ven sc ru b b i n g b l a d es.
The c l ea n er g en t l y su c ks t he
n et t o w a r d s t he b l a d es t o
ho l d i t i n p l a c e ra t her t ha n
b l a st i n g i t i n w a r d s. Bec a u se
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t he p ro c ess is slo w a n d r ela t i vel y l o w p r essu r e, t her e is
l ess a b ra sio n o f t he n et c o mp a r ed wit h o t her met ho d s.
Bo t h Ta ssie Devils u se sig n i f i c a n t l y less d iesel t o o –
10 l i t r es p er ho u r c o mp a r ed
w i t h 50-100 f o r o t her t yp es.
I t ’s a l so r elia b le, wit h ver y
f ew ma l f u n c t io n s a n d c a n b e
c o n f i g u r ed t o o p era t e in va r i o u s en viro n men t s.
Ma i n t en a n c e a n d min o r
r ep a i rs c a n b e d o n e by Hu o n
st a f f a n d t he lo c a lly ma d e
c o mp o n en t s mea n s t ha t p a r t s
Huon Aquaculture
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Edition Thirteen
d o n’t n ee d t o b e o rd e re d
f ro m o vers e a s . We ha v e f iv e
Ta ssie D ev il Tra cke rs a s t hey
a r e p a r ticula rly e f f icie nt a t
c lea n in g he a v y f o uling .
Aqua Clean Tas now has six
full-time employees and a
regular group of local contractors and the Tassie
Devil Trackers are now being
exported to New Zealand and
South America.
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