Tideland Signal

Tideland Signal
Type Private
Founded 1954 (1954)
Headquarters Houston, Texas, United States
Key people Allen W Mitchener (President)[1]
Products aids to navigation
Website www.tidelandsignal.com

Tideland Signal, sometimes referred to as Tidelands,[2] is a privately held, Houston, Texas based manufacturer of marine aids to navigation, with main offices in Lafayette, Louisiana, Vancouver, Canada, Burgess Hill, UK, Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Singapore.[3] It is the manufacturer of the ML-300 lantern, widely used in lighthouses around the world for more than 50 years.

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History

Tideland Signal was founded by several salesman of Automatic Power, a battery manufacturer which was then a primary player in the buoy market.[4]

In 1965 Tideland introduced the world first transistorized automatic lamp changer. In 1967 Tideland introduced a 300 millimetres (12 in) acrylic Fresnel lens lantern, the ML-300, which is still widely used.[5]

Tideland ML-300

The Tideland ML-300 (ML for MaxLumina) is a multi-purpose marine lantern, with a focal length of 300 millimetres (12 in). It consists of a single piece injection molding acrylic 300mm Fresnel lens and a base assembly, where a flasher or lamp changer can be installed. The light produced is a 360° omnidirectional beam and colored signatures are achieved by colored inserts.[2] It has a range of more than 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi).[6]

Since its introduction in 1967, The ML-300 is in wide use all around the world. It is in wide use in the Great Lakes region as a medium-range lens.[2] It is also in use in Australia by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, for example in Dent Island Light[7] and Bugatti Reef Light,[8] both in Queensland.

Other products

In 2010, Tideland Signal provided SB‐30 lateral marker buoys and three DM‐390 buoys for use during the Vancouver Winter Olympics.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Tideland Key Personnel". tidelandsignal.com. http://www.tidelandsignal.com/web/html/Key-Personnel-Houston.html. Retrieved February 8, 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c Terry Pepper (2007-02-12). "Seeing The Light - The 300mm plastic lighthouse optic.". terrypepper.com. http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/closeups/illumination/acrylic/300mm/300mm.htm. Retrieved February 8, 2011. 
  3. ^ "Contact Us". tidelandsignal.com. http://www.tidelandsignal.com/web/html/contact.html. Retrieved February 8, 2011. 
  4. ^ John Perlin (2002). From Space to Earth: The Story of Solar Electricity. Harvard University Press. pp. 60–61. http://books.google.com/books?id=IlQyronardUC. 
  5. ^ "Company Profile". tidelandsignal.com. http://www.tidelandsignal.com/web/html/company-profile.htm. Retrieved February 8, 2011. 
  6. ^ "Incandescent Lanterns". tidelandsignal.com. http://www.tidelandsignal.com/web/html/incandescent-lanterns.html. Retrieved February 8, 2011. 
  7. ^ "Dent Island Light, QLD, AN362-01". Aids to Navigation Schedule Issue 11. Australian Maritime Safety Authority. September 2004. http://www.amsa.gov.au/drawingregister/drawings/ans/AN362-01.pdf. 
  8. ^ "Dent Island Light, QLD, AN490-01". Aids to Navigation Schedule Issue 11. Australian Maritime Safety Authority. December 2006. http://www.amsa.gov.au/drawingregister/drawings/ans/AN490-01.pdf. 
  9. ^ "Tideland Signal Buoys Win Gold at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics" (pdf). Tideland Signal Canada Ltd. Tideland Signal Corporation. February 2010. http://www.tidelandsignal.com/web/html/News/2010/Tideland_Buoys_Win_Gold_Feb2010.pdf. Retrieved February 6, 2011. 

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