COMMUNICATIONS
THE UNIMPORTANT
IMPORTANT PART
When working daily with tools, comfort, reliability and usability is key
ChrisKühnle, digital marketing manager, Imtradex
Headsets are one of the most
important tools of an ATCO, as they
need to provide a reliable
connection to the voice communication
system and hence the line to the pilot. The
highest standards of safety and reliability
must be addressed for a perfect choice of
headset, handset and microphones. Every
shift, everyday the headset, handset and the
respective PTT button will be withstanding
a high usage and demanding environment.
Founded in 1996, Imtradex Hör-/
Sprechsysteme is today one of Europe’s
leading manufacturer of headsets, handsets
and Push-To-Talk (PTT) buttons.
Production and development take place in
Dreieich, close to Frankfurt in Germany.
The company develops, produces and
distributes hearing and speech systems for
use in both classic and special security
applications. Innovative production
technologies, high quality, reliability and
flexibility characterize the performance of
the company’s products. A very special
market supported by Imtradex is the air
traffic sector, to which it supplies headsets,
handsets and other products for the use of
ATCOs in ACC (area control centre)
environment, tower or ground handling
workers. The products for the air traffic
sector are developed specially for daily use
in these environments.
Command & Control
Recently Imtradex is preparing for the future
with an even greater focus on command and
control, just as the air traffic management is.
Imtradex’s latest slogan, Command &
Control, represent the company’s and the
industry’s focus.
Individuality
Since its founding in 1996, the company has
been structured and deployed to support the
individuality of their customers, such as
ANSPs or different voice communication
system providers. This has resulted in a
tremendous amount of options, which
include: the connector and the pin-out to
the voice communication system, the wiring
and length to the push-to-talk buttons,
different types of PTT buttons including
adapted electronics, different functions and
headsets, such as monaural or binaural
versions with headband or neckband fits and
optional splitting – two channels on a
binaural headset.
Imtradex is also able to provide different
microphone types, such as omni directional,
bidirectional or directional types, with
noise-cancelling functions, achieved with
electret and dynamic type microphones to
be the perfect fit for any voice
communication system. Each customer is
different, so there are more than 1200
different kinds of headsets filling the
production system. This also means that for
testing purposes and customer sampling
each headset will individually adapted to the
specific needs of each customer. There is no
standard headset.
The different PTT buttons, such as the
PTT-13 and the PTT-19 support an
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ergonomic choice for each customer. The
insight technology is well adapted to the
need of the different VCS available.
Additionally, the PTT-13 can be supported
with a volume control at the PTT, which
allows a very easy adaption to the current
communication.
Furthermore, a lot of ANSPs and VCS
manufacturers focus on their brand while
selling their headsets to end user and their
teams. This option, to print the company
logos on the headsets, including white label
packaging is also a well-accepted service
Imtradex provides for the headsets, handsets
and push-to-talk buttons.
Mission critical technology
The Imtradex products are used in Air
Traffic Center, Tower and dispatch rooms in
more than 100 countries throughout the
world. Especially developed for the use in
ACC environments the product safety and
reliability is the key factor for an successful
long term business with the ANSP’s all over
the world.
The PTT13 and PTT19 are ergonomic
choices and can be customised to meet
the needs of different customers