The Hydro-Wiper is an innovative mechanical wiper system, with versions available for a wide variety of underwater instruments.

Using a regular gentle brushing action, the Hydro-Wiper keeps the sensing window of the instrument clean from unwanted deposits such as mud and bio-fouling.

The Hydro-Wiper reduces the need for costly site visits to manually clean the instrument, maintaining data quality throughout long deployments, even in the harshest of environments

Hydro-Wipers are available for a wide range of instruments:

All Hydro-Wipers can be supplied in 2 formats; Self contained or data logger controlled.

We can also supply Hydro-Wipers for custom instrumentation, cameras and video camera systems. Please enquire.

The self-contained Hydro-Wiper consists of a wiper unit that is attached to the instrument by a purpose designed clamp.

The wiper unit is connected to a rugged underwater housing that contains the batteries, control electronics, diagnostic LED and wipe interval select switch.

Powered by 6 user replaceable alkaline batteries, the Hydro-Wiper will operate for up to 4 months with a 1 hour wiper interval.

The wipe interval can be set from 15 minutes to 12 hours, to suit the environment. A high prescision on-board clock ensures time drift during long deployments is minimal.

Being self contained, the Hydro-Wiper is simple to attach, making intergration into existing instrument arrays straightforward.

The data logger controlled Hydro-Wiper consists of a wiper unit that is attached to the instrument by a purpose designed clamp.

The wiper unit is connected to the Hydro-Wiper control module by an electrical cable. The control module is a small rugged wiring panel that connects to a power supply and a data logger. To initiate a wipe, the data logger simply sends a trigger signal to the control module.

Syncronising the wipe with measurements from the instrument ensures data quality is consistant throughout the deployment.