Precision Acoustics Limited

Precision Acoustics (PA) specialises in the development and manufacture of ultrasound metrology software-enabled products utilised across academia, medical ultrasonic device research and development, and quality assurance. In order to maintain the highest standards of quality and foster customer confidence, PA is embarking on a project to develop a defini...

Precision Acoustics is a leading global supplier of hydrophones, transducers, acoustic materials and scanning systems for ultrasonic frequencies. Hydrophones are pressure measurement devices designed for underwater use. Variations in pressure, such as those induced by sound - or ultrasound - can be detected by the hydrophone, thus hydrophones are used for...

The need to test difficult to access, thick section steel components for weld defects and in-service corrosion that may lead to pressure vessel/component failure in the nuclear power generation industry requires the application of high sensitivity ultrasonic testing (UT) techniques. However the transducers that generate the beams of ultrasound do not oper...

Limited access and high thickness components typically limit non-destructive inspection in the nuclear industry to Ultrasonic testing (UT) techniques. Radiation endurance of commercially available UT sensors is limited to cumulative doses of 1 to 2 MGy even for models branded as radiation resistant. Severe operational difficulties can occur due to unexpec...

To create a software engineering capability able to devise, maintain a software architecture for Multi Axis Non Destructive systems with enhanced and innovative functionality.

The ATTACH (Acoustic Tagging Technologies Applied to Cables and subsea Hardware) project is a three-way collaboration between Subsea Asset Location Technologies (SALT) Ltd., Precision Acoustics Ltd. and the University of Birmingham to carry out a feasibility study to identify remote-sensing, acoustical methods of labelling high-value subsea energy assets,...

Annually, 49,500 UK women are diagnosed with breast cancer. However, 92,000 unnecessary biopsies are performed as only about 30% of suspicious lesions are found to be malignant. As each suspicious lesion must be confirmed by biopsy, better diagnosis would avoid unnecessary biopsy procedures, improve care and reduce cost to the NHS. The gold standard of tr...

This project is collaboration between Precision Acoustics, a specialist hydrophone manufacturer, and Helia Photonics, a leading optical coatings specialist. The aim is to produce novel thin film coatings on single mode optical fibres in order to develop a range of new ultrasound sensors for use in medical and NDT markets. The new coatings and sensors will...

This project centres around the development of a 2 laser interrogation system for a Fabry-Perot fibre-optic hydrophone use for ultrasound metrology. It will see application in the measurement of fields generated by medical and NDT ultrasound probes. The system will offer a low noise floor (improving the sensitivity of the existing technologies), improved ...