Shallow water multibeam goes super SONIC

The hydrographic survey services company, which supports coastal, offshore and seismic survey through project management, consultancy, equipment rental and other services, calls the SONIC2022 and 2024 ‘the worlds’ first true wideband high resolution shallow water multibeam echosounders’.

The company’s managing director James Williams said, ‘We organised trials and demonstrations earlier this year and received a very positive response from those who attended. I am delighted that R2SONICrecognises our commitment to their products and that they have chosen to work with Swathe Servicesto drive their sales forward within the UK. We already have the first system available in the UK for rental and demand for this has far exceeded our expectations.’

The R2SONIC has impressed customers with its flexibility as a survey tool in comparison to other commercially available multibeam systems. Its frequency and swathe agility, simplicity of operation, reliability and high quality data output combines to produce a system that has led to significant sales over five continents since its launch in 2008.

Since the launch of the SONIC systems, R2SONIC has introduced more groundbreaking innovations with the development of Swath Sector Rotation (SSR). SSR provides the added ability to change the opening angle and to rotate the concentrated beams to either port or starboard within a 160^o sector, using the same mouse cursor. Changes made to the swath sector parameters are instantaneous with no data gaps resulting in no loss of survey data.

Swathe Services will be organising demonstrations of the system later this year in the UK, details of which will be available at www.swathe-services.com .

The SONIC2024is available to rent from Swathe Services and can be supplied with an experienced multibeam specialist.