Geomatrix Earth Science Ltd
AGICO (Advanced Geoscience Instruments Company) situated in Brno, Czech Republic, is one of the most respected world producers of scientific instruments for rock magnetism, palaeo-magnetism and magnetic surveying.
AGICO's tradition dates back to the late fifties when the first version of its spinner magnetometer was developed for measuring remanent magnetization of weakly magnetic rocks by the Instrument Development and Manufacturing Group of Geofyzika Brno Company. The group separated as AGICO Inc. in 1995.
The latest version of its spinner magnetometer shows outstanding sensitivity, limited only by thermal noise of its pick up coils. Its sensitivity has not been achieved by any contemporary instrument using the same operating principles.
AGICO also manufactures the most sensitive and accurate measuring system for the magnetic susceptibility and the anisotropy of susceptibility of rocks (and other materials). It can even measure the anisotropies of diamagnetic and near-zero susceptibility samples.
AGICO innovates its instruments systematically through computerization and automation in order to increase measurement rapidity and comfort and, if possible, also sensitivity and accuracy. These instruments are routinely interfaced to personal computers using AGICO's software.
AGICO, in addition to innovations of its traditional instruments, also develops new instruments with the aim of gradually covering the needs of standard rock magnetic and palaeo-magnetic laboratories. AGICO instruments currently permit the following activities: measurement of remanent magnetization, AF demagnetization, measurement of magnetic susceptibility and anisotropy of low-field magnetic susceptibility, investigation of temperature variation of bulk susceptibility (from liquid nitrogen temperature, -196oC to 700oC, in air or flowing argon atmospheres), measurement of high field magnetic anisotropy, investigation of isothermal and anhysteretic remanence anisotropy. More developments are underway.
