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A World leader in wavemaking environments

Edinburgh Designs Limited specialises in wave generators and equipment for marine and coastal engineering laboratories. In the last six years we have installed seven multi-paddle tanks with a total of more than 300 paddles across the world. All our customers have different research goals so the designs are continuously being adapted and improved. Edinburgh Designs offers a unique combination of proven technology alongside innovation based on previous experience.

Edinburgh Designs Piston Type Wavemaker

Edinburgh Designs Piston Type Wavemaker

We offer flap or piston type wave generators ranging in size from 300mm wide to 3m deep. They can be configured as single units or arranged in a line to produce a "snake" type wave generator. All paddles have wave energy absorbing controllers that use combined force and velocity feedback. This process will provide over 95% power absorption over a significant bandwidth. The resulting waves have minimal spurious harmonics even at high amplitudes. Elimination of friction using forced feed back allows accurate waves of heights as low as 3mm. Paddles are controlled by a PC running OCEAN software that provides simple commands to produce complex wave patterns spectra. We manufacture a wave gauge for measuring the waves and equipment for moving models in the tank in two dimensional paths synchronised with the waves.

Projects

All projects that we undertake are of custom design and manufacture, specific to the context, location, user and available resources. Most projects utilise components from a full set of standard products and a user friendly software package to enable a PC to run the wavemakers and provide necessary analysis. The same PC can also be used to control other features associated with the operation of the wave tank, and the experiments taking place therein.

Commissioning

Most manufacturing is undertaken at our manufacturing unit in Edinburgh and assembly takes place on site. All products use standard communication systems allowing for easy maintenance and the supply of components for future expansion can be guaranteed. It is a top priority that future requirements, including upgrades of Software, are anticipated at the design stage. All wavemakers are designed to be maintained by the staff operating the tank, who are provided with on-site training.

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