NAVAIDS

100 Years of Navaids for Pharos Marine

21 years ago

Aids to navigation specialist Pharos Marine is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Danish physicist Gustaf Dalen beginning works at the Aktiebolag Gassaccumulator Company which led to the development of the Dalen Mixer, a device which made it possible to automatically produce the mixture of acetylene and air (in a ratio of 1:10) which was necessary for navigation lights and safety. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1912 for the invention of his system.

The worlds largest concrete production platforms are equipped with Pharos Marine lights, fog detectors, fog signals, racons and monitoring systems.

Aids to navigation specialist Pharos Marine is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Danish physicist Gustaf Dalen beginning works at the Aktiebolag Gassaccumulator Company which led to the development of the Dalen Mixer, a device which made it possible to automatically produce the mixture of acetylene and air (in a ratio of 1:10) which was necessary for navigation lights and safety. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1912 for the invention of his system.