Case Study: Cetacean Acoustic Tracking Device

Teddington Electronics Ltd were selected by a National Environmental Science Company, based in the UK, to design and prototype an inspiring cetacean acoustic tracking device.

These are routinely used by various European Environment Agencies for Ecological Surveys, typically before and after, offshore wind farm installation. In addition, they are frequently employed by private research groups to track movements and migration patterns of porpoise and dolphins.

Project Timescales
Original Enquiry	15th January
First Prototype	4 weeks later
First Batch runs	mid March
Second Batch	April

These systems have been installed from the Amazon in South America to the Yangtse in China. To date, despite being in some of the worlds harshest conditions, not one of these units has failed. (Due to the care we took over both the design and manufacture of the product!)

Customer's Comments

"I've actually had the smoothest run of assemblies ever for the first ten from this batch. The failure rate has been, typically 25%, but with the first batch from Teddington Electronics, the failure rate so far has been ZERO!"

Our Comments

"We were thrilled to be awarded this prestigious contract and even more delighted to receive the praise from Mr Wood. The deadlines were incredibly tight, the requirements were stringent and the environments that the units were to operate in were hostile. We believe that these units will have a lasting effect in preserving the dolphin and porpoise populations whilst enabling the development of offshore wind farms to help reduce our dependency on fossil fuels."