A compensator lets a flexible bladder equalise an oil-filled housing to the surrounding water pressure, so the housing carries no pressure load at all.
Ballast & Buoyancy
Pressure Compensator
Keeps oil-filled volumes at sea pressure so nothing gets crushed or sucked in.
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