Conductivity, sound velocity, temperature, and pressure - these sensors have been the mainstay of oceanographic exploration for more than 50 years.  But does that mean innovation should stop? 

 T•Xchange™, SV•Xchange™, P•Xchange™, C•Xchange™ field-swappable sensor heads 

Our recent advertisement - pictured below - makes light of the fact that sometimes we are led to believe that nonsense makes sense.  For years, users of oceanographic equipment have been packing up their instruments and shipping them back for annual recalibration.  If you applied the same logic to your car, woudn't it seem ridiculous? Isn't there a  better way?  Wouldn’t it make more sense to have calibrated sensor heads delivered to the location of your CTD or sound velocimeter – when and where you need them - rather than shipping your entire instrument to a calibration centre? 

AML Oceanographic field-swappable sensors enable just that.  Sold under the name Xchange™, each sensor head contains its own embedded calibration, meaning that sensors can be moved from instrument-to-instrument. This flexibility promises to dramatically alter the status quo of oceanographic instrumentation.  Want to know why?  Read our discussion paper: "The Six Advantages of Field Swappable Sensors"