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Aquatec Group Ltd

  • Communication
  • Science & Research-Acoustics
  • oceanographic and offshore applications

Locations

Aquatec House

Stroudley Road
Basingstoke Hampshire RG24 8FW
England

The Aquatec Group are creators of innovative instruments, services and solutions for measurement, monitoring and communication underwater. They provide instrumentation solutions for all water environments, including offshore structures and pipelines; oceans, estuaries, rivers and lakes; and marine mammals and fisheries.

HISTORY

Aquatec was founded by the current managing director in 1990 as a specialist consultancy in oceanographic instrumentation design. Since then, the company has established a diverse portfolio of products for measurement of physical oceanographic and process parameters including temperature, depth, suspended sediment, motion, orientation, cathodic protection, subsea leaks and marine mammal activity, as well as through and above water data communication systems, and marine mammal deterrents.

EXPERTISE

Aquatec Group employs highly qualified engineering personnel with extensive expertise in oceanographic and offshore applications. In-house expertise includes:

Oceanographic instrumentation

Low power data loggers

Digital signal processing

Temperature and pressure measurement

Underwater optical instrumentation

Suspended sediment acoustic characteristics

High frequency acoustics

Underwater acoustic communication

QUALITY

The Aquatec Group is an ISO9001:2008 certified company, qualified for the design and manufacture of instrumentation and IT systems.

Products

Aquatec Group design and manufacture an extensive range of instruments, as well as undertaking custom design projects:

OCEANOGRAPHIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL INSTRUMENTATION

Temperature, pressure and depth - Loggers - standard to 4000m, wireless, remote recovery - Real time systems

Suspended sediment - Loggers - single point turbidity (optical), profile (acoustic) - Real time systems

Acoustic instruments and systems - Marine mammal detectors and deterrents - Noise monitoring systems

INSTRUMENTS FOR OFFSHORE STRUCTURES AND PIPELINES

Hydrotest - Logging to 4000m and 1200bar process pressure - Real time systems

Leak detection - Fluorescence, acoustic and thermal leak detection - Real time systems

Cathodic protection monitoring - Remote and onsite monitoring and reporting - Commissioning and support

Integrated communication systems - Acoustic and optical modems

RESEARCH

The Aquatec Group maintains strong links with universities and research institutions around the world, and is a prominent partner in collaborative research, complementing its internal, market-led product research and development programme.

SUPPORT

The fully trained team provide technical support for installation, commissioning, training, and trials in the laboratory, construction yard, on the dockside, at sea or offshore. With extensive experience in oceanographic, sonar and acoustic communications, the engineering staff can assist with all related instrumentation needs.

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