Tannay · Switzerland · Since 1997
Two sister companies, one shared expertise: from applied research to intelligent systems deployed in the field.
Our model
IAV Engineering explores, designs and validates solutions at the intersection of applied physics, electronics and software.
IAV Technologies turns this R&D into products, services and platforms built for sustained operation in the most demanding environments.
IAV Engineering SARL
We bring together the disciplines needed to solve problems that cannot be contained within a single specialty.
Selected examples of diverse challenges addressed
Miniature, synchronised, high-resolution and low-power digital heads combining acoustics, vibration, pressure, magnetism, gyroscopy, GNSS and optics to observe the most complex processes.
Ultra-dedicated application specialties for the analysis, simulation, diagnosis and control of mechanical movements, quartz movements and complications.
2007-2019 – For a global electrical-transformer manufacturer, a modular, self-adaptive and deployable technology for reducing low-frequency substation noise, combining smart acoustic sources, distributed microphones, decentralised processing and virtual design.
Understanding the vibroacoustic signature of products and linking auditory perception to design choices: for example, materials, structure-borne conduction interfaces, air volumes, guiding, clearances, impacts and damping, as well as near- or far-field acoustic radiation.
IAV Technologies SARL
Selected applications and projects
Territorial infrasonic surveillance
A permanent array of four to eight sensors analyses infrasound coherence and direction of arrival, then classifies and locates avalanches, explosions, aircraft and other long-range events in near real time.
Meteorological applications
A patented acoustic technology for monitoring extreme weather in the harshest environments: wind, snow, sand, rain and hail — more than 1,200 ISAW acoustic sensors operating in over 56 countries, across five continents, at every latitude and altitude, and in the oceans.
Intelligent Surveillance & Recognition
From territorial infrasound networks to mobile nodes: persistent, passive and intelligent acoustic awareness.
Biodiversity & apiculture
Connected acoustic monitoring of colony activity, designed for large-scale epidemiological surveillance of bee-colony health and to inform beekeeping decisions.
ISR Branch — Intelligent Surveillance & Recognition
Permanent infrasonic monitoring for the detection, classification and localisation of avalanches, explosions and long-range events.
arfang.com ↗Passive wideband network for zonal-to-territorial acoustic monitoring of aircraft, drones, explosions, natural events and, more broadly, any event with infrasonic or low-audible acoustic power.
acras.iav.ch↗Mobile or static acoustic node for real-time detection and localisation of all transient, multi-tonal or broadband acoustic events, including gunfire or explosions, drones and aircraft, noise nuisance, bioacoustic monitoring, and more.
exova.iav.ch↗Developed by IAV Engineering SARL, brought to market by IAV Technologies SARL.
Technology foundation
From infrasound to ultrasound, from source to propagation to information.
The most advanced MEMS technologies.
Detection, fusion, extraction, identification, classification and recognition.
Hardware, firmware, cloud, APIs, porting, interfaces, embedded systems and field deployment.
Ad augusta, per angusta (‘Towards the heights by narrow paths’) — A pioneering culture
A spin-off from EPFL's Electromagnetics and Acoustics Laboratory, IAV has cultivated a rare practice since 1997: staying close to the problem, working in symbiosis with partners and taking every system to its limits and through to proof.
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IAV Engineering SARL
IAV Technologies SARL
Chemin des Couleuvres 4A
1295 Tannay · Suisse
+41 (0)22 960 11 04 ·
IDE/UID IAV Engineering SARL : CHE-104.475.584
IDE/UID IAV Technologies SARL : CHE-197.530.466
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