What we do!

Applications

Seeing inside pipes, into vessels, through opaque barriers and weighing without touching, using non intrusive electromagnetic measurements such as Electrical Capacitance Tomography (ECT), Magnetic Inductance Tomography (MIT), Electrical Velocity Tomography (EVT), and other novel techniques

Research

Atout is committed to research in, and the development of, advanced non-intrusive electromagnetic measurement systems based on Electrical Capacitance Tomography (ECT), Magnetic Inductance Tomography (MIT), Electrical Velocity Tomography (EVT) and other novel techniques.

We provide bespoke solutions for some of the most difficult measurement problems in many industry sectors including food, energy, oil & gas, aerospace and defense.

Consultancy

Atout undertakes a wide range of consultancy projects in the application and use of non-invasive electromagnetic measurement techniques and fluid dynamics. We have the expertise to answer both your technical and engineering questions, along with commercial and market considerations. Key areas of technical know-how include Electrical Capacitance Tomography (ECT), Magnetic Inductance Tomography (MIT), Electrical Velocity Tomography (EVT), fluid dynamics and multiphase flow metering. We also have broad knowledge of many industry sectors, particularly Oil and Gas, aerospace, and scientific instruments.

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New ECT Research System

New ECT Research System

October 14, 2019

Our new APL-C-900 ECT research system has just been upgraded and the performance specification updated. Contact us to get a copy. APL-C-900 Base System The APL-C-900 base system is required for all Atout ECT systems. It incorporates the power supply and ethernet communication bus and includes the control PC (laptop) and the powerful range of APL software including: Data acquisition (real-time) software: • multi-frequency operation 1MHz, 2.5MHz, 5 MHz square wave, • acquire and display capacitances in fF in real-time, • save data in .bcp format and .csv format, • capable of undertaking calibration in rig without sensor removal, • save and load calibration files as required.
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New paper published on mass flowrate measurement

New paper published on mass flowrate measurement

February 18, 2014

The Journal of Measurement and Control has published some of Atout's work in its February 2014 edition. See http://mac.sagepub.com/content/47/1/19.long for the full paper.
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Weighing without touching

Weighing without touching

Andy Hunt presented an overview of electrical capacitance tomography to an audience of 30 on June 5th at the Forest Lodge Hotel, Lyndhurst, Hampshire.
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Tomoflow prototypes now available

Tomoflow prototypes now available

August 22, 2012

In collaboration with Tomoflow Ltd we have available a small number of prototype solids flowmeters for testing by our customers.
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Guide to the Measurement of Force

Guide to the Measurement of Force

This guide aims to help anyone wishing to measure force in any industrial or laboratory environment.
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Mass flow rate measurement

Mass flow rate measurement

February 27, 2012

The Tomoflow mass flowmeter can measure the mass flowrate of dry solids, thus avoiding the need to have loss-in-weight feeders or needing to interrupt the flow to weigh batches.
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