Innomar SES-2000

The SES-2000 series of mobile parametric sub-bottom profilers with echo-sounder functionality are designed for shallow water (1m to 400m) investigations where resolution is paramount. Parametric sound generation guarantees an outstanding spatial resolution due to the transmission of short focused sound pulses at high ping rates (up to 50pps). All channels are recorded digitally, but analogue outputs are available as well.

The narrow-beam SES-2000 Compact model owned by Acoustic Imaging is ideally suited for small boat, shallow water surveys. The transducer can be pole- or hull-mounted and interfaces to common GNSS and motion sensor strings to provide accurate georeferenced and corrected profiles of the seabed and subsurface. Penetration is dependent on sediment types but the Compact system has been proven to image 5-8m in sand environments (generally considered the most difficult sediments to penetrate).

Applications include the detection of sediment structures for dredging and geological surveys as well as searching embedded objects like pipelines, boulders or archaeological artefacts. Centre frequency and bandwidth (pulse length) can be adjusted over a wide range according to the application using a user-friendly data acquisition and control software.

Acoustic Imaging is a certified reseller for Innomar products and offers a SES-2000 Compact system for lease or demo to select clients.