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42MTRJuly/August2011 and a Portable Offshore Tester to cer- tify mooring and subsea installationwire rope terminations offshore. 2010 saw the introduction of a portable sling testing bed and a portable CCU testing unit, which are currently assisting recertification requirements. EdgeTech4 Little Brook Road West Wareham, MA 02576 Tel: (508) 291-0057 Email: info@ edgetech.com www.edgetech.com EdgeTech designs and manufactures high-end sonar imaging systems forunderwater survey, detection and identification applications. Founded in 1965 as a division of EG&G, thecompany became private in 1995 and selected its name in part to honor the late Dr. Edgerton, an MIT professor and marine instrumentation pioneer. The company designs and develops a variety of standard and engineered- to-order marine products and systems including side scan sonar, sub-bottom profilers, bathymetric, combined and modular systems. EdgeTechs most recent innovations include the newly- enhanced version of their 4600 Combined High Speed Swath Bathymetry & Side Scan Sonar System, as well as their new Littoral Mine Countermeasure Sonar (LMCS) System. The 4600 is designed to produce real-time high resolution 3D maps of the seafloor and co-registered simultaneous side scan & bathymetric data. Hemisphere GPS4110 9ST SE, Calgary, AB Canada, T2G 3C4 Tel: (403) 259-3311 www.hemispheregps.com Precision@ hemispheregps.com Steven Koles, President and CEO Phil Gabriel, VP and GM - Precision Products John Bohlke, Director of Corporate Communications Michael Whitehead, VP Technology Testing Capabilities: All Hemisphere GPS Marine Products are tested to meet or exceed the following standards: Operating temperatures: -30 to +70 degrees Celsius Humidity: 95% non-condesignShock and vibration: IEC60945EMC: FCC, CISPR22, CEIMO Wheelmark Certification Employees: 230Annual Sales (USD): Approximately $70 million THE MARINE TECHNOLOGY REPORTER 100Imagenex manufactures mechanical scanning, sidescan, and multibeam sonars, as well as echo sounders and altimeters. The company has gradually grown to about 25 employees, including electronics assemblers and techni- cians, electrical and mechanical engineers, and marketing and administration staff. Imagenex ensures quality control by centralizing almost all of its prod- uct development and production functions at Imagenex headquarters in Port Coquitlam. One important exception is testing ? after on-site bench and tank tests, all products are field tested at Imagenexs floating test facility in nearby Vancouver Harbor. Some equipment is also tested and demonstrated on the companys 26-foot survey boat. Technology Profile: Imagenex has developed a sonar designed for use in pipes of varying sizes. The 831A (or 831L) Digital Pipe Profiling Sonar was designed to facilitate internal pipe inspections. The addition of an optional tilt motor assembly to the new Model 965 Multibeam Imaging sonar was recently demonstrated at the Ocean Tech Expo held in Newport, Rhode Island. As a recommended option, this drive, which allows for real time ver- tical angular adjustment of the sonar, enables the operator to adjust the ver- tical scan angle from +10° to -90° in 5° increments. This permits the oper- ator to tilt the sonar down towards the target as it approaches. Another new development from Imagenex demonstrated at Ocean Tech Expo 2011 is the most recent addition to the 881A & 881L product line, the 881A/L Narrow Beam Imaging sonar, which has an extra narrow horizontal beam angle of 0.75° to achieve very high sonar resolution. Imagenex Technology Corp.209 ? 1875 Broadway Street Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada V3C 4Z1 Tel: (604) 944-8248 Fax: (604) 944-8249 E-Mail: imagenex@ shaw.ca Website: www.imagenex.com President: Willy Wilhelmsen Vice President: Jeff Patterson Managing Director: Gordon Kristensen Sales Manager: Steve Curnew Square Footage: 10,000 Testing Capabilities: 4 x 4 x 8 test tank, 26 aluminum survey boat, floating test lab Number of Employees: 25