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FIGURE 20.8
(a) Cable and (b) tube grippers.
FIGURE 20.9
Sticky foot.
• Core sampling tool
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20.1 Manipulator-operated tooling 543
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These devices are designed to obtain sediment cores in shallow or deepwater applications. The push corer consists of a Perspex tube, one-way valve, and ROV T-bar handle, which can be grasped by the manipulator as shown in Figure 20.10(a). The corers, Figure 20.10(b), are composed of two separate parts, the core tube with T-bar and the corer housing. The transparent push core is
