About Authors
Prosig, established in 1977, are experts in the capture, analysis and display of noise, vibration and associated data in the laboratory, on the workbench and under field conditions. The company is privately owned and has its headquarters in purpose built premises in Fareham, England.
In 1986 the company founded Prosig USA Inc. to develop business in North America. A Detroit office was opened in 1996 to give direct support to the company’s expanding automotive business. In 2001 an engineering center was opened in the same area to provide a high level of back up and support to present and future customers.
The current staff consist principally of software and hardware engineers with a small administrative support group. A number of technical agents are in place to provide support internationally.
The company designs, develops and manufactures all its products and is able to supply complete hardware and software solutions without reliance on third parties. The company is dynamic and technically sophisticated.
Prosig’s products are in use in more than 20 countries worldwide with the United States being the largest market. Exports account for more than 50% of the company’s business.
Prosig places great store on research and development. Currently 60% of the technical staff are working full time on updating existing products or developing replacements for them.
Prosig is proud of its history, enthusiastic about its current success and confident of its future.
Authors
Colin Mercer
Colin Mercer is the Technical Director of Prosig and has prime responsibility for signal processing and its applications. He was formerly at the Institute of Sound and Vibration research (ISVR), Southampton University where he founded the Data Analysis Centre. He is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the British Computer Society.
James Wren
James Wren is an Application Engineer and the Sales Manager for Prosig Limited. James graduated from Portsmouth University in 2001, with a Masters degree in Electronic Engineering. He is a member of the Institute of Electronic Engineers. He has been involved with motorsport from a very early age with special interest in data acquisition. James is a founder member of the Dalmeny Racing team.
Adrian Lincoln
Adrian Lincoln is a director of Prosig Ltd and has responsibilities for signal processing applications, training and overseas sales. He was formerly a Research Fellow at the Institute of Sound & Vibration Research (ISVR) at Southampton University. He is a Chartered Engineer and member of the British Computer Society and Institute of Mechanical Engineers.
Richard O’Sullivan
Richard O’Sullivan, of Quiet! Acoustic and Vibration Consulting, has been a Noise and Vibration Specialist for over 20 years. After graduating in Mech. Eng at Bradford University he worked for Rover, Landrover, MIRA, Ford, Visteon and Johnson Controls in the UK and Germany. He enjoys the challenge of noise and vibration problems and has developed many new measurement and analysis techniques to solve them. With portable measuring equipment from Prosig he is well equipped for world-wide troubleshooting.
Don Davies
Don Davies graduated from Southampton’s Institute of Sound and Vibration Research in 1979 and is now a director of Prosig Ltd. Don has many years experience in developing software specifically in the areas of signal processing and data acquisition. More recently he has specialised in the capture and analysis of vibration data from rotating machines such as power station turbine generators, leading to the development of Prosig’s PROTOR product. Don is the Product Manager for the PROTOR system. Prosig have installed PROTOR systems at more than 30 Power Stations world-wide, continuously monitoring over 150 individual items of plant. Don is a member of the British Computer Society.
