Its time for some new ideas in CTD and sound velocity instrumentation!  Launched at Oceanology International 2010, our X•Series of Sensor Exchangeable Instruments directly challenge old beliefs about the way that oceanographic instruments should function. 

In the past, you purchased a different instrument for each deployment depth you work at: 100dBar, 500 dBar, 2000 dBar, or even 4000 dBar.  Four instruments to do one job, possibly more, if some instruments are CTDs while other are sound velocimeters.  When making purchasing decisions, you need to choose carefully.

Today's instruments are no longer wedded to one depth or one application.  Using the X Series with Xchange^TM sensor-heads, conductivity can be field-swapped for sound velocity; shallow pressure sensors can be exchanged for deep; temperature range can be extended or tightened.  Field-swappability also means older sensors can be replaced by recently calibrated sensors...without ever leaving the field. 

In short, each X-Series instrument can be configured to suit the job at hand - in the field and on demand - by simply screwing in a new Xchange sensor-head.   One instrument.  Every depth.  Any application.