Interface measurement technologies are commonly used in the maritime industry for testing and monitoring performance. Our products are known for quality, durability, and accuracy. From shipyard hoist and lift equipment to submersible vessel and engine testing, Interface sensors are built to withstand the challenges of extreme environments.
As a complete solutions provider, we offer a variety of force measurement products designed for harsh environments and submersible applications. Our Interface expert engineers can help you design customizable solutions for all types of applications using our products designed for offshore, underwater, and splash zone locations.
As a complete solutions provider, we have a variety of force measurement products that are designed for harsh environments and submersible applications. Our Interface expert engineers can help you design customizable solutions for all types of applications using our products designed for offshore, underwater, and splash zone locations.
Interface load cells, wireless load pins, tension shackles, and tension links can be paired with our Wireless Telemetry Systems (WTS) for long distance tension testing, load testing, rigging inspections, and more.
Our load cells and sensors can wirelessly transmit data through underwater applications and harsh weather conditions. These load cells can survive underwater submersions at different capacities and still relay information to those at the surface level. Interface load cells can regulate harsh maritime situations such as underwater tension lines, underwater oil drilling, and storm and tsunami monitoring.
Our wireless load pins, load shackles, and tension links are ideal for sea applications. These products must be paired with our different wireless sensor transmitters, receivers, and handheld displays. Our Wireless Crosby Bow Load Shackles are used for mooring line tension testing and rigging inspections. Our load shackles are also interchangeable with our WTSTL Wireless Tension Link Load Cell. The WTS-BS-4 Wireless Industrial USB Base Station is a popular transmitter that gives outstanding coverage and can be easily paired with one of our handheld displays, such as the WTS-HK-S Next-Generation Wireless Handheld.
Our custom solutions team will work alongside you to create the most effective and efficient solution based on your needs.
AUVs, or autonomous underwater vehicles, lead in subsea exploration, inspection, and research, requiring precision, dependability, and durable sensor technologies to function in extreme underwater conditions. As AUV uses grow across offshore energy, defense, scientific research, and underwater construction, the need for advanced measurement systems keeps increasing.
Interface’s force sensor technology plays a significant role in the performance and safety of AUVs. These sensors are integrated into various systems within the vehicle, including:
Interface Products Used in AUV Design, Manufacturing, and Deployment
At Interface, our load cells are engineered for the unique challenges of subsea environments, featuring corrosion-resistant materials, hermetic sealing, and high signal stability under pressure. By integrating our sensor technologies, AUV manufacturers and operators gain enhanced operational safety through continuous load monitoring.
Interface sensors are essential for accurately controlling manipulators and robotic arms. Real-time data feedback for predictive maintenance helps keep AUVs in optimal condition, especially in challenging environments. Overall, sensors are crucial for increasing mission success rates in deepwater settings.
As AUV technology continues to advance, the importance of high-precision force measurement systems becomes increasingly critical.
Interface solutions support the thriving and growing global blue economy by providing sensor technologies for exploration, research, energy production, sustainability, transport, and aquaculture activities.
Oceans cover about 70% of the planet’s surface, and would be the seventh largest economy in the world if it were a country. The blue economy emphasizes the economic potential of the ocean and other coastal resources, along with addressing other environmental long-term benefits.
Interface understands that maritime applications are some of the most complex because they require specially designed test and measurement equipment to handle the often-harsh environments in testing, monitoring, and ongoing operational use. This includes our line of products, such as our stainless steel, sealed, ATEX-certified, and submersible load cells, load pins, shackles, tension links, and wireless telemetry solutions.
Interface’s submersible and environmentally protected load cells and instrumentation can be used in various aspects of the blue economy, including applications in fisheries, cargo handling and shipping, mining, aquacultural monitoring, and offshore renewable energy.
Blue Economy Applications Using Interface Products:
The blue economy refers to creating ecological uses of the ocean’s resources to protect the marine life that dwells deep and have us land dwellers become a part of preserving the ocean’s ecosystem.
Interface Blue Economy Capabilities and Solutions
Our Interface expert engineers can help design customizable solutions for blue economy applications using our products designed for offshore, underwater, and splash zone locations.
Maritime ports are facilities along coastlines worldwide where vessels and ships dock to load and unload cargo. These ports and terminals are important for global trade and transportation. Interface’s sensors and instrumentation are used for various port equipment and machinery used offshore, underwater, and in splash zone locations.
Due to the environment, safety requirements, and regulations for maintaining core operations of ports, quality sensor devices must withstand unpredictable environmental conditions, including complete submersible use cases. Interface plays a vital role as a supplier of measurement solutions designed for maritime use. Our rugged weighing and force measurement products are designed for durable operation in areas that utilize waterways to transport goods from port to port.
Interface offers an extensive line of products commonly used in port and terminal applications of all types, including our high-accuracy load cells, load pins, load shackles, tension links, and wireless instrumentation. Our products are perfect for precise load measurement during lifting operations, cargo handling, cargo weight monitoring, mooring line monitoring, and general port equipment maintenance.
Port and Terminal Applications Using Interface Products:
Load cell technologies ensure the safe and efficient operation of various port equipment by measuring the weight, tension, and compression forces exerted on different components, allowing operators to make informed decisions and prevent accidents. Integrated seamlessly into various machines and systems, our devices provide highly accurate, real-time data to save costs, improve productivity, and keep workers and cargo safe.
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Aquaculture is the breeding and harvesting of fish, shellfish, algae, and other organisms in all types of water environments, salt and fresh water.
The aquaculture industry is estimated at $200 billion and is projected to grow. It is a crucial source of seafood globally. Driven by rising demand for fish, crustaceans, and mollusks and the limitations of wild-caught options, this sector is experiencing steady growth.
Challenges like environmental concerns and competition from traditional fishing, stocking, and feeding methods require innovative solutions for sustainable future development. Aquaculture that relies on sensor technologies for marine and freshwater systems can manage practices that reduce negative environmental impacts using precision measurement solutions.
Interface’s load cells can wirelessly transmit data through underwater applications and harsh weather conditions. These load cells can survive through underwater submersions at different capacities and still be able to relay information to those at the surface level.
Interface load cells can regulate harsh maritime situations such as fish farm mooring lines, fish cage monitoring, feed management, and fish weighing in real-time.
Aquaculture Applications Using Interface Products:
Aquaculture aims to restore habitats and wild stocks and rebuild endangered species and populations. It also aims to cultivate aquatic plants for food, pharmaceuticals, and other purposes. Interface works to help supply submersible, subsea, and ruggedized load cells, load pins, tension links, and instrumentation to facilitate growth and opportunities in aquaculture.
Maritime industry sectors require sensor technologies that withstand the adverse requirements of the exposure to sea and subsea elements. In the intricate world of shipbuilding, where precision and safety reign supreme, load cells, torque transducers, and ATEX certified solutions have become indispensable tools.
These technologies empower shipbuilders to monitor and control critical forces, ensuring structural integrity, optimizing performance, and safeguarding both personnel and the environment. Interface, a global leader in force measurement solutions, has been at the forefront of providing shipbuilders with innovative technologies that meet the unique challenges of this demanding industry.
The global shipbuilding industry is a multi-billion-dollar market. The sector is driven by the increasing demand for maritime trade and the need to replace aging fleets. As vessels become larger and more complex, the need for accurate and reliable force measurement solutions becomes even more critical.
Load cells and torque transducers play a crucial role in ensuring the safe and efficient construction and operation of ships, contributing to the overall success of the industry. Interface’s commitment to providing high-quality, ATEX certified solutions further reinforces its position as a trusted partner for shipbuilders worldwide.
Shipbuilding Applications Using Interface Solutions
Hull Strength Testing: The hull of a ship must withstand various forces, including those from waves, cargo, and other environmental factors. Force sensors and strain gauges are used to measure the stresses and strains on the hull materials during testing.
Model Testing in Towing Tanks: Scale models of ships are tested in towing tanks to measure hydrodynamic forces, such as drag, lift, and wave resistance. Force measurement devices help optimize the ship’s design for better performance.
Full Scale Sea Trials: Monitoring forces during operation helps detect anomalies that could lead to structural failures or other accidents, enabling preventive measures.
Accident Prevention: During sea trials, forces acting on the ship are measured to verify that the actual performance matches the predicted performance from the models.
Interface Products Used by Shipbuilders
The shipbuilding industry requires certain certificates and approvals such as the ATEX certification. Our hazardous environment products such as the ITCA tension and Compression Load Cell, ICPA Stainless Steel Compression Only Load Cell, and LP Custom Stainless Steel Load Pins all meet ATEX requirements. These products are also backed by IECEx and North American certifications, further validating their safety standards.
Our ATEX-certified sensors are made from high-quality materials and have special seals to prevent dust and moisture ingress, making them suitable for harsh maritime environments. They are designed to function properly even in demanding conditions such as shipbuilding.
There are high demands measurement solutions that reliability function with accuracy and that withstand extreme environments and harsh waters. Interface has a variety of measurement products that are designed or customized for submersible and harsh environments for use in lifting, weighing, force, and torque applications.
Interface’s force measurement products are integral for every stage of shipbuilding, from design and testing to construction and operation. We want to ensure ships are safe and reliable before launching. Interface understands all areas of a ships performance and supports the production of ocean vessels for merchants or military purposes.
Governments, ship makers, part suppliers and naval vessel engineers conduct continuous research and testing of maritime defense vehicles. Testing these defense vessels, components and prototypes designed for naval warfare and maritime security.
Accurate force measurement is essential for validating the structural integrity of modular components, optimizing the performance of unmanned systems, and ensuring the safe operation of advanced propulsion systems.
Types of Maritime Defense Vessels
It is critical when it comes to ensuring the vessel structures, apparatus and systems function properly and as intended while docked, at sea and underwater. Maritime applications are unique because force sensors need to be specifically designed to withstand nearshore and offshore harsh environments.
Interface provides products that have been used for withstanding the rigorous requirements of seafaring conditions. Maritime defense vessel manufacturers and field users rely on our quality products to ensure their vessels are fully operational. Interface is a long-time supplier for sensors and instrumentation needed building and monitoring sea vessels of all sizes. We offer a wide variety of submersible and wireless load cells, DAQ, and instrumentation products. Our rugged load shackles, load pins and tension links are very popular for maritime testing and monitoring.
Maritime Defense Vessels Applications using Interface Products:
The increasing complexity of modern naval vessels, driven by trends like AI integration, unmanned systems, modular design, cybersecurity enhancements, and green technologies, demands highly precise test and measurement solutions.
By providing accurate and reliable data, Interface enables shipbuilders and naval forces to confidently deploy these cutting-edge technologies, ensuring operational readiness and maritime superiority. Our products are used for monitoring underwater tension lines, seaborne components and material testing, boat and ship engine testing, equipment durability and safety regulation monitoring, lift capacity measurements, and tsunami monitoring.
Interface understands that experimenting, prototyping, and testing defense maritime vessels are necessary sending these vessels out to sea. We provide sensors and instrumentation for each phase of the R&D journey.
Advancements in hydrofoil design are revolutionizing watercraft of all types by enhancing speed, efficiency, and maneuverability across various vessels. Hydrofoils generate lift and reduce drag, allowing boats, ships, and autonomous waterborne vehicles to achieve higher speeds while reducing fuel consumption.
Creating an optimized hydrofoil requires balancing lift generation and structural simplicity. Engineers refine these designs through hydrofoil tank testing, where real-world conditions are simulated in a controlled environment. Accurately measuring forces, torques, and weight is essential for refining hydrofoil performance, ensuring stability, and preventing unwanted effects such as cavitation.
Interface products used in hydrofoil testing and performance monitoring include:
Interface offers products that are designed to withstand harsh marine environments for long-term reliability. Wireless telemetry and real-time data acquisition solutions enhance hydrofoil testing and performance evaluation.
Interface’s load cells and force sensors play a vital role in this process, enabling engineers to analyze performance factors, optimize stability, and validate computational models.
Load cells measure these forces at various speeds and angles of attack, helping engineers fine-tune hydrofoil shapes for optimal speed, efficiency, and stability. Lift and drag forces are measured directly, providing detailed insights into the hydrofoil’s aerodynamic and hydrodynamic behavior.
To ensure safe handling, engineers assess hydrofoil stability by measuring how it responds to forces and moments. Load cells and torque sensors help analyze pitch, roll, and yaw tendencies, allowing designers to refine hydrofoil control in different water conditions. This ensures predictable and reliable performance.
Hydrofoil Test and Performance Monitoring Applications
Hydrofoil development and innovation using force measurement impacts several types of maritime vessel applications, including:
Load cells measure these forces at various speeds and angles of attack, helping engineers fine-tune hydrofoil shapes for optimal speed, efficiency, and stability. Lift and drag forces are measured directly, providing detailed insights into the hydrofoil’s aerodynamic and hydrodynamic behavior.
Hydrofoil technology is shaping the future of high-speed, energy-efficient watercraft. Interface’s precision load cells and force sensors empower engineers to push the boundaries of hydrofoil performance, ensuring superior speed, efficiency, and stability. Whether in racing, transportation, or autonomous marine applications, Interface measurement solutions are driving innovation in hydrofoil design.
Ocean waves are a vast and untapped source of clean, renewable energy. Along U.S. coastlines alone, the theoretical wave energy potential could supply up to 63% of the nation’s utility-scale electricity generation (based on 2023 data). As the blue economy accelerates, tapping into wave energy is becoming a crucial piece of sustainable energy.
But the ocean can be a harsh place. Strong forces, corrosion, and constant movement can make it a challenging setting for energy innovation. That’s why developers of wave energy converters (WECs) need tools that are not only precise but also built to survive extreme conditions. Interface provides a full range of rugged, high-accuracy force, torque, and weight sensors engineered specifically for marine energy applications. Our solutions are designed for durability in harsh onshore, nearshore, and offshore conditions.
Interface Measurement Solutions for Wave Energy
Common Applications
Interface is proud to be a trusted partner in the renewable energy space. Our sensors don’t just deliver industry-leading accuracy—they enable the innovation needed to make wave energy a viable solution for the future.
Land, air, and sea are the arenas where Interface force measurement force sensors operate to test, validate, and optimize equipment and operations. Energy exploration, operations, and production offshore pose the most complex and high-stakes challenges.
Interface has long been at the forefront of delivering trusted sensor solutions to support the maritime and offshore production sectors, where performance and safety must be ensured in some of the harshest conditions on Earth. Interface is your partner in precision measurement devices and instrumentation from the ocean floor to floating platforms.
Offshore production environments require absolute reliability. Load cells and force sensors must operate flawlessly, even after being submerged in saltwater or exposed to severe storms and heavy mechanical stress. Interface offers submersible and ruggedized products for force, weighing, lifting, and torque measurement, designed explicitly for splash zone, submerged, and topside offshore applications.
Standard Offshore Product Offerings from Interface
Wireless Technologies for Offshore Applications
Our wireless load pins, load shackles, and tension load links are ideally suited for remote and mobile offshore operations. Paired with our advanced wireless telemetry systems, these devices provide real-time force measurement without a hardwired connection, an essential benefit in corrosive, space-constrained, or high-movement environments common in offshore facilities. Examples of our broad line of wireless products ideal for offshore use cases include:
Supporting the Future of Offshore Energy Operations and Production
There is a growing demand for offshore solutions related to the growth in energy production at sea. The offshore energy sector is experiencing rapid evolution, especially in deepwater oil and gas exploration, wave energy research, and offshore wind development, so robust measurement tools are critical.
Offshore Applications for Interface Measurement Solutions
Interface measurement sensors and instrumentation are already embedded in systems supporting offshore energy production projects. Interface products used in offshore applications include:
Our ruggedized sensors, specifically designed for hazardous environments, not only withstand offshore conditions but also deliver accurate, real-time data that informs safety systems, enhances operational efficiency, and drives predictive maintenance. Whether measuring tension on deepwater mooring lines, monitoring load on subsea lifting devices, or tracking the weight of materials transferred from vessel to rig, Interface solutions provide reliability and precision measurements.
Interface is a top choice for measurement solutions designed for maritime and offshore production companies, thanks to our legacy of engineering excellence, application-specific customization, and proven product performance at sea.
Maritime safety relies on test and measurement solutions to support and validate hardware reliability. Equipment makers and operators use load cells, sealed tension links, load pins, and wireless tools to validate launch davits, monitor life raft cables, and assess protective gear, because structural failures or sensor issues during emergencies can be fatal.
Integrating high-performance sensors into davit arm winches, safety harnesses, survival craft release hooks, and flotation triggers allows engineers to verify material limits, assess shock absorption, and test overload thresholds. This monitoring establishes a safety baseline in high-risk ocean environments, preventing part fatigue, verifying deflection limits, and ensuring hardware functions predictably in severe seas.
Overcoming Submersible and Harsh Marine Environment Challenges
The main challenge in water safety equipment testing is keeping sensor calibration precise and repeatable in harsh marine environments with high salinity, pressure, temperature shocks, and wave action. Water ingress or corrosion can cause signal issues or hardware failure. Equipment often faces forces from various directions, and long cables across crane booms or winch drums pose snags and abrasion risks.
Without precise measurements, marine safety equipment relies on static assumptions and ignores the ocean’s dynamic nature. If engineers can’t verify loads on lifeboats, inflation lanyards, or tow hitches, equipment risks failure when lives are on the line. Interface solves these problems with hermetically sealed, submersible LowProfile® load cells, IP68 sensors, custom load pins, and wireless telemetry transmitters that eliminate wires and ensure durability.
Water Safety Sensor Applications
Interface Products Used in Water Safety
Interface Water Safety Solutions
As maritime safety standards evolve to require automated deployment monitoring and lightweight composite materials, accurate force telemetry at critical connections is essential. Interface provides stainless-steel submersible load cells, IP68-rated sealed tension links, and cable-free wireless telemetry devices engineered to measure weight, loads, and torques in hazardous environments and for pre-launch testing programs.
Aquafarming Fish Weighing Aquafarming Mooring System Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Boat Hoist Bollard Pull Test Catenary Mooring System
Commercial Fishing Wire Rope Testing Crane Block Safety Check Crane Capacity Verification Crane Force Regulation Floating Wind Turbine Monitoring Mooring Line Tension Testing Mooring Quick Release Hooks (QRH) Sailboat Mast Compression
Seaweed Farming Torque Measurement in Ship Lifts Tugboat Towing Cable Monitoring Underwater Humanoid Robot Water Rescue Robot Wave Energy Converter WTS Yacht Rigging Inspection
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