Reson : underwater acoustic solutions

Underwater Acoustic Solutions
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Headquarter: Denmark
Founded: 1976
Employees: 214
Quality: DS/EN ISO 9001:2000
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RESON World Wide
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RESON Inc.
California, USA
RESON
Offshore Ltd.
UK
RESON B.V.
The Netherlands
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RESON AS
Denmark
Headquarters
RESON World Wide
RESON GmbH
Germany
RESON Pty Ltd
Singapore
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Business Areas
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RESON operates world-wide focusing on
the following business areas:
Hydrographic
Offshore
Defense & Security
Dredging
Marine Research
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RESON Business Areas
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● RESON’s underwater acoustic
products are intensively used for
hydrographic surveys all over the
world.
● RESON can provide complete
mapping systems that are ideally
suited for both shallow water and
full ocean depth surveys.
● Applications:
� Bathymetric
� Dredging
� Breakwater,
� Harbor
� Flood
� Underwater
survey
support
pier, bridge revetment
and river surveys
damage assessment
inspection
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Hydrographic
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● RESON is the preferred provider of
complete sonar solutions for offshore
surveys.
● Universal use of SeaBat multibeam
systems in offshore surveys is the result of
reliable real-time performance in both
profiling, and forward looking applications.
● Applications:
� ROV
� Rock
� Installation
� Dredge
� Jack-up
site and route surveys
dumping
monitoring
surveys
re-entry
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Offshore
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● RESON is a long time leader in underwater
technological solutions to national navies
around the world.
● RESON sonar systems, transducers, and
hydrophones are being used in a large number
of naval applications.
● Applications:
Systems for Mine Counter Measure including
Mine Hunting, Q-route Survey and Re-Location.
Systems for Waterside security and Ship
Protection.
Obstacle Avoidance and Navigation Support
Sonar Systems for surface ships and underwater
vehicles.
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Defense & Security
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● PDS2000 software and advanced sonar
allow for effective support in all phases of
a dredging
● Applications:
� Excavator/Backhoe
� Clamshell/Grab
� Trailing
� Cutter
� Bucket
� Rock
� Plough
dredger
cranes
suction Hopper Dredger
dredger
dredger
dump / stone dump vessel
vessels
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Dredging
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● Advances in sonar technology, data
storage and data processing systems
open up new application developments
that turn under-water acoustic systems
into powerful tools for marine research.
● Applications:
� Fisheries Research and Management
� Marine Wildlife Research
� Environmental Research and Monitoring
� Ambient Noise Measurements
� Marine Archaeology
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Marine Research
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RESON’s customer base within the business
areas, can be described as follows:
● Navies
● Hydrographic Offices and Research Institutes
● Habor Authorities and Coastguards
● Private companies within survey, oil & gas and
dredging
● System Integrators, shipyards and OEMs
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Customers
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Market shares
● RESON has a global market share above 50% for shallow water multibeam systems for
civilian applications.
● RESON is in process of penetrating the global market for deep water multibeam
systems.
● RESON is among the largest manufacturer of quality singlebeam echosounders in the
world.
● RESON is among the largest manufacturer
of high-quality transducers and
hydrophones in the world.
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Products
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RESON offers unique series of:
• SeaBat multibeam sonar systems
• NaviSound singlebeam echosounders
• Sound velocity probes
• Transducers & hydrophones
• PDS2000 survey software
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RESON’s Product Range
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● The RESON SeaBat is the undisputed market
leader in multibeam sonar.
● SeaBat multibeam sonars are designed to meet
needs of cost-effective, fast and reliable operations
● RESON's range of SeaBat systems comprise
multibeam echosounders and imaging sonars.
● Downward looking SeaBat models enable fast and
accurate bathymetric mapping, RESON’s imagery
sonar systems provide highly detailed imagery of
underwater structures.
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SeaBat ® Multibeam Sonar
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7K Sonar Suite
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● SeaBat 8000 series represented the first
pioneering wideband multibeam
echosounder.
● SeaBat 8000 series is still the global market
leader in its field - featuring true delay beam
forming and dynamic focusing capabilities.
● Tool of choice for survey companies,
dredging projects, oceanographic research
projects and obstacle avoidance.
SeaBat 8000 Series Closing End 2010
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● RESON’s SeaBat 7000 series marked yet
another generation of state-of the art
wideband multibeam sonars.
● Highly modular platform that allows rapid
product development at minimal cost.
● Deeper water usage.
● Longer range capability, using
exceptionally low-noise receivers
● Beam data recording capability
● AUV configuration
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SeaBat 7000 Series
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● NaviSound products feature compact,
lightweight, and easy to operate singlebeam
sonars.
● NaviSound singlebeam systems can be
supplied with digital display, or with thermal
paper recorders.
● Models range from routine depth data
collection to high-end systems for a variety of
demanding hydrographic survey operations.
● Used successfully in hydrographic
applications such as swath surveying, dredge
operations, rig positioning, and integrated
navigation.
NaviSound Singlebeam Echosounders
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● RESON manufactures a range of selfrecording
and/or direct reading Sound
Velocity Probes and Profilers for shallow
water down to 6000m depth operations.
● RESON’s portable SVPs include a range
of models that use direct sounding
technology to ensure sound velocity
while a vessel is in operation.
● SVPs in fixed mount versions are
available for Multibeam Sonar, ROV and
AUV applications.
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Sound Velocity Probes
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● For more than 25 years RESON has
designed a line of high-power transducers
for underwater, industrial, and military
applications, covering a range of
frequencies from 0.1Hz to 2MHz.
● Typical applications areas are
communication, navigation, positioning and
echosounding.
● RESON's transducers are also used for
industrial and oceanographic applications
such as measurements of water-flow,
water-level, water-current, vessel speed
and sound velocity.
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Transducers
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● RESON’s precision reference hydrophones
are designed for meticulous underwater
acoustic measurements and signal
detection and / or calibrated reference
acoustic projection.
● RESON’s hydrophones are internationally
renowned for various reference
measurements in scientific research, navy,
and environmental monitoring.
● RESON hydrophones are used in industrial
and commercial products and for process
control.
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Hydrophones
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● PDS2000 is the user friendly software
package for any kind of survey and
positioning activities. It offers an
integrated solution to survey planning,
data acquisition, editing, chart production
and volume calculations.
● PDS2000 Singlebeam provide all the
necessary tools and modules to perform a
survey and get excellent results with
singlebeam echosounders
● PDS2000 Multibeam provides a number of
features including:
Real-time 3D visualization
Full 3D swath area editor
Plot module
Remote control of SeaBat 81XX series
PDS2000 Singlebeam and Multibeam Survey
Software
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● PDS2000 Dredging is one of the most used
and sophisticated software packages within
dredging operations.
● For each type of dredger PDS2000 has
dedicated screens and views in order to
guide the operator.
● All the dredge guidance and visualization
software shows progress by real time
updating of the DTM.
● The features include:
PDS2000 Excavator and Backhoe dredgers
PDS2000 Clamshell monitoring
PDS2000 Cutter monitoring
PDS2000 ladder bucket monitoring
PDS2000 Trailing suction hopper dredgers
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PDS2000 Dredging Software
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1976 Inception of RESON A/S
RESON specializes in homogenizers based on
ultrasonic technology.
1982 RESON develops its first series of transducers.
1984 Establishment of RESON Inc, in California, USA.
1989 First SeaBat Multibeam Sonar Systems.
1991 First high-performance SeaBat 9001 series to be ROV
mounted.
1992
Establishment of RESON Offshore Ltd., UK
1999
● Launch of SeaBat 8125 + SeaBat 8160 RESON’s first
multi-beam system with dynamically focused beams
for commercial application.
● Establishment of RESON GmbH, Germany
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RESON History
2001
● SeaBat 8150 Deep water sonar
● Acquisition of Navitronic Systems, recognized
world wide for its NaviSound singlebeam
echosounders, sound velocity probes, and
hydrographic software.
2003
Establishment of RESON BV in the Netherlands,
the development of PDS2000 Survey Software.
2005 Launch of SeaBat 7125
RESON’s new 7125 SeaBat generation
represents yet another technological
breakthrough in high quality performance.
2006
Professional institutional investors and the
management purchase the founders’ shares of
RESON.
2008-09
Launch of SeaBat 7128, 7125-SV and SeaBat
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