APEX Standard

APEX Standard
APEX Standard

APEX® Autonomous Profiling Floats remain the most cost effective, yet advanced, profiling floats available. Teledyne Webb Research (TWR), a proud member of Teledyne Marine, is committed to designing and manufacturing the most reliable profiling floats on the market. Our customer support team is ready to assist in every stage of your effort. Its your research, its your choice - TWR is ready to aid in your success.

APEX Float (with a helical antenna)

The Argo standard profiling float. 50% of all Argo floats are APEX. Choose Argos or Iridium with GPS.

Key Features:

  • ​10,000 Deployed
  • Low-cost solution for water column data
  • Deploy anywhere in the ocean
  • Provided ready to deploy, with automated self-test software
  • Telemetry: Iridium with GPS

Maximum Depth

2000 meters

Controller

APF-11

Features

Ice Avoidance
Mission Sequencing
Large variety of sampling behaviors
Missions changed in situ
Senso sampling changed in situ
Strobe (optional)
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Hull
Aluminum (maximum depth: 2000m)​​Standard
Carbon Fiber (maximum depth: 2000m)Option

Communications/Telemetry​

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Argos​N/A
Iridium Circuit Switch/RUDICSStandard
Iridium Short Burst Data (SBD)Optional


Energy

Alk​aline BatteriesOptional
Lithium Primary (Non-Rechargeable)Standard


Features (Configuration Dependent)

Air Deployable​Optional
Volunteer Observing Ship (VOS) PackageOptional
Ice AvoidanceOptional
Surface TemperatureOptional
Compensator - Recommended Near EquatorOptional
HandlesStandard
Wood Shipping Crates (International)Standard
Molded Shipping CratesOptional


​Sensors​

Conductivity - Temperature - Depth (CTD)Sea-Bird SBE-61, RBR Legato​​​​

APEX Current Profiling Floats

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