BIRNS High Amperage Connector Series Debuts

Monday, March 18, 2024

BIRNS made a big splash at Oceanology International in London last week at the company’s Power Forward event, with the celebration of the company’s 70th anniversary, and the launch of an all new high amperage subsea connector series, the 225 Amp BIRNS Meridian line.

The Meridian line, a robust, custom engineered dry-mate connector series is open face rated to 6km, and is well-suited for battery packs and thrusters for crewed and uncrewed subsea vehicles that require high amperage power transfer. 

Select sizes are already being DNV type-approved for 6km rated crewed submersibles. BIRNS Meridians are compact, and feature several pin configurations, with more in design for release later this year. The M40 pin configuration has a single 85 square millimeter/3-000 contact. Both standard and reverse gender versions are featured in the series, and all withstand reverse pressure, too, and can be installed into both dry and oil-filled canisters.

The new connector line has a number of exclusive design features to create ease of use and mating, including a tactile alignment index ridge and arrows indicating the primary key position. The receptacles also feature a blue color band on the shell, which allows users to have a strong visual indicator that a connector pair has been fully mated.


The 225 Amp BIRNS Meridian line is a high amperage subsea connector series, well-suited for battery packs and thrusters for crewed and uncrewed subsea vehicles that require high amperage power transfer. Image courtesy BIRNS

Categories: Subsea Technology New Products Industry News Subsea Technology Connectors Products

Related Stories

Woodside Agrees Long-Term LNG Supply with Petronas Unit

MODEC and Terra Drone Renew FPSO Drone Inspection Partnership

Yinson Production Closes $1B Investment to Drive Further Growth

Chuditch Gas Field Drilling Ops Get Delayed to Next Year

Fugro Expands Geotechnical Testing Capabilities in Indonesia

BP Expands Oil and Gas Scope in Azerbaijan with New Projects and Exploration Rights

TPAO, SOCAR and BP to Ink Caspian Sea Oil and Gas Production Deal

China's Sinopec Laucnhes $690M Hydrogen Venture Capital Funds

CIP, ACEN Partner Up for First Large-Scale Offshore Wind Farm in Philippines

CNOOC Discovers ‘Vast Exploration Prospects’ in China’s Beibu Gulf Basin

Current News

Yinson Production, “K” LINE Target Europe's CCS with FSIU and LCO2 Solutions

Woodside Agrees Long-Term LNG Supply with Petronas Unit

MODEC and Terra Drone Renew FPSO Drone Inspection Partnership

Yinson Production Closes $1B Investment to Drive Further Growth

Petronas-Eni Upstream Joint Venture to Take Up to Two Years to Set Up

Wood JV Gets EPC Job for Shell off Brunei

Chuditch Gas Field Drilling Ops Get Delayed to Next Year

French Oil Major Acquires Interests in Multiple Blocks in Southeast Asia

Fugro Expands Geotechnical Testing Capabilities in Indonesia

UK Firm Secures Exploration Extension for Two Blocks off Vietnam

Subscribe for AOG Digital E‑News

AOG Digital E-News is the subsea industry's largest circulation and most authoritative ENews Service, delivered to your Email three times per week

https://accounts.newwavemedia.com