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Company Profile General Acoustics GmbH
General Acoustics GmbH is a leading edge
technology producer of special echo-sounders, water level and wave
sensors as well as flow measuring systems.
The company, an off-shoot of a university
specialist acoustic and sensor technology research team, was
founded in 1996 by physicists and engineers and is now located in
Kiel, the famous harbour in Northern Germany.
The company has since established a global
network of distributors for its products in more than 60
countries. Numerous GA systems and applications are installed and
operating throughout all continents.
Technology Profile General Acoustics GmbH
GA is producer of unique ultrasonic level gauge
and wave measurement systems for laboratory and outdoor
applications. The capability to measure dynamic water surfaces
with high resolution enables different applications for Ship Model
Basins, Simulation Facilities – Hydraulic Laboratories, Water
Resources Management, Harbour-, River- and Coastal Management,
Coastal Defence, Hydrography, Oil-and Gas Industry.
International patents for key technology and
related software have been applied for by GA
Well known products are the Tide and Wave Gauge
LOG_aLevel® (Test Winner RIZA 05) and the UltraLab
systems for Wave measurement in Hydraulic Laboratories. The new
SUBPRO 1210 Sub Bottom Profiler solves the limitations of existing
device by a good penetration and a high resolution starting at 1.5
m shallow water.
Fig 1 below: General
Acoustics’ facility in Kiel
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