Development, manufacture and distribution of sensors and turnkey measurement systems for soil physics, hydrology, meteorology and plant physiology
UP Umweltanalytische Produkte GmbH
Cottbus (headquarters) · Ibbenbüren (branch)New on Amplifa
About UP GmbH
UP Umweltanalytische Produkte GmbH (UP GmbH) has been developing, manufacturing and distributing sensors, data loggers and complete measurement systems for environmental measurement technology since 1993, with a focus on soil physics, hydrology, meteorology and plant physiology. The product range includes soil moisture and tensiometer sensors, precipitation and wind sensors, water level and discharge measurement technology, data loggers, LoRaWAN components, SDI-12 converters, as well as proprietary products such as the stainless-steel throughfall trough UP-BN1 and the polypropylene litterfall collector UP-SF1. Own components are manufactured in stainless steel (V2A) and UV-resistant plastics such as polycarbonate, polypropylene and GRP; the range also includes sensors made of anodized aluminium. Based in Cottbus with a branch in Ibbenbüren, the company supplies universities, research centres, agriculture as well as landfill and contaminated-site monitoring, and supports customers, cooperation and distribution partners worldwide. In addition to hardware and software, UP offers turnkey measurement systems with installation, commissioning, training, maintenance, data hosting and evaluation services via logstar-online.de, as well as rental, hire-purchase and leasing of measuring stations.
- Site
- Cottbus
- Processes
- Environmental measurement technology: soil moisture measurement systems (volumetric water content,, Manufacture and distribution of sensors and measurement systems (soil physics, hydrology,, Custom sensor and application development, Software and application programming (UP WEB visualisation, logstar-online.de), Installation, commissioning, instruction/training, maintenance, repair of measurement technology, Calibration of precipitation sensors (calibration set, simulation of 5 precipitation intensities), Soil moisture/soil temperature measurement with profile probes (PR2/4, PR2/6, GroPoint), Suction tension/matrix potential measurement (tensiometers, equitensiometers, pF meter, TensioMARK)
- Materials
- Stainless steel / rust-free steel, Stainless steel (ML3 sensor electrodes), Plastic (UV-resistant), PVC (ML3 housing), Polycarbonate (PR2 body, tipping counter), Polypropylene (litterfall collector), GRP (fibreglass tubes, temperature sensor body), Anodized aluminium (wind sensors, aluminium brackets, transport cases)
- Certificates
- IHK pre-qualification (PQ directory)
- Founded
- 1993
- Industries
- Environmental measurement technology, Soil physics, Hydrology, Meteorology, Plant physiology, Agriculture / fruit and vegetable cultivation
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Sensor and application development
- 02
Software and application programming
- 03
Manufacture of own products (e.g. measuring troughs, litterfall collectors)
- 04
Assembly of turnkey measurement systems
- 05
Installation, commissioning, instruction
- 06
Maintenance, repair, rental
- 07
Remote data transmission, data hosting, evaluation service
Materials and Processes
Stainless steel
For measuring troughs, tipping counters, Hellmann rain gauges and sensor electrodes; corrosion-resistant in continuous use.
Polycarbonate
Bodies of profile probes and tipping counter housings; robust and dimensionally stable.
Polypropylene
Weather-resistant collection funnel of the UP-SF1 litterfall collector.
Glass-fibre reinforced plastic
UV-resistant tubes for access tubes of profile probes and bodies of temperature sensor profile probes up to 9 m in length.
PVC
Housing material of the ML3 Theta probe, white to reduce heating by solar radiation.
Anodized aluminium
Corrosion-resistant external parts of wind sensors as well as aluminium brackets and transport cases.
Epoxy
Waterproof housing filling of the TDR sensors for long-term soil installation.
Ceramic cup
Porous measuring element of the tensiometers for measuring soil suction tension.
Locations
Cottbus
DEHeadquarters, development, manufacturing and sales
- Materials
- Stainless steel, plastic
- Manufacture of own products (UP-BN1, UP-SF1)
- System configuration for data acquisition
Ibbenbüren
DEBranch (near Osnabrück)
Products and Components
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental measurement technology: soil moisture measurement systems (volumetric water content,Testing | – | – | – | – | – |
| Manufacture and distribution of sensors and measurement systems (soil physics, hydrology,Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Custom sensor and application developmentEngineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Software and application programming (UP WEB visualisation, logstar-online.de)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Installation, commissioning, instruction/training, maintenance, repair of measurement technologyAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Calibration of precipitation sensors (calibration set, simulation of 5 precipitation intensities)Testing | – | – | – | – | – |
| Soil moisture/soil temperature measurement with profile probes (PR2/4, PR2/6, GroPoint)Testing | – | – | – | – | GRP (fibreglass tubes) |
| Suction tension/matrix potential measurement (tensiometers, equitensiometers, pF meter, TensioMARK)Testing | – | – | – | – | Ceramic (cup) |
| Penetrometer measurement of soil compaction (penetration resistance, probing cone)Testing | – | – | – | – | Aluminium |
| Meteorological measurement (precipitation, wind, radiation, air temperature/humidity)Testing | – | – | – | – | Plastic, Stainless steel, Anodized aluminium |
| Hydrological measurement (water level/gauge, discharge, water quality)Testing | – | – | – | – | Stainless steel (V2A), Polycarbonate |
| Data acquisition (data loggers 1-400 channels, LoRaWAN, remote data transmission)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Manufacture of own products (e.g. UP-BN1 throughfall trough, UP-SF1 litterfall collector)Joining | – | 5m (UP-BN1) × 500x500mm (UP-SF1) | – | – | Stainless steel, Polypropylene |
| Rental, hire-purchase and leasing of measuring stations and components; take-back of sensors forAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
71 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soil moisture probe (frequency domain reflectometry, 100 MHz) | Delta-T Devices ML3 Theta | – | – | – | – |
| Soil moisture and temperature sensor | Delta-T Devices SM150T | – | – | – | – |
| Multi-parameter soil sensor (water content, temperature, EC, SDI-12) | Delta-T Devices WET150 | – | – | – | – |
| TDR soil moisture sensor | Acclima TDR-305W/TDR-310H/TDR-315H | – | – | – | – |
| Soil moisture sensor (TDT method) | SMT100 | – | – | – | – |
| Soil moisture measuring band sensor (3m, measuring volume 6 l) | Aquaflex II | – | – | – | – |
| Profile probe (4/6 measuring levels, up to 100 cm depth) | Delta-T Devices PR2/4, PR2/6 | – | – | – | – |
| Soil moisture and temperature profile probe | GroPoint | – | – | – | – |
| W.E.T. sensor (water content, conductivity, temperature) | Delta-T Devices WET-2 | – | – | – | – |
| Field measuring device for TDR measurement (soil moisture, salinity, temperature) | E-Test FOM2/mts | – | – | – | – |
| Field tensiometer (matrix potential + temperature) | METER Group TEROS 32 | – | – | – | – |
| Matrix potential sensors | TEROS 21, TEROS 22, TensioMARK | – | – | – | – |
| Pressure transducer tensiometer head | ES-V1000 | – | – | – | – |
| PenetroLogger (penetrometer with data logger) | Falker PLG 2040 | – | Measuring depth up to 60 cm | – | – |
| Penetrologger (standard set, up to 80 cm depth) | Penetrologger | – | Measuring depth up to 80 cm | – | – |
| Hand penetrometer (penetrograph) | 0601SA | – | Measuring depth up to 1 m | – | – |
| Permeameter (hydraulic water conductivity) | Falker SoloFlux | – | – | – | – |
| Heat flux plate | HFP01 / HFP01sc | – | – | – | – |
| Temperature sensor (thermistor, voltage, Pt-100) | Apogee Instruments ST-100 / ST-xxx | – | – | – | – |
| PT-1000 soil temperature sensor / profile probe (SDI-12) | Tekbox TBSST03 / TBSST04 | – | Length up to 9 m | – | – |
| Precipitation sensor (tipping bucket) | Kalyx | – | 127 cm² collection area, resolution 0.2 mm | – | – |
| Precipitation sensor | MD532 | – | 200 cm² funnel, resolution 0.2 mm/tip | – | – |
| Precipitation sensor (self-emptying) | EML ARG314 | – | – | – | – |
| Precipitation transmitter (WMO tipping bucket) | Thies | – | – | – | – |
| Laser precipitation monitor (particle size 0.16-8 mm, intensity up to 250 mm/h) | – | – | – | – | – |
| Hellmann rain gauge | 200 cm² | – | 200 cm² collection area, scale 0.1 mm | – | – |
| Throughfall trough | UP GmbH UP-BN1 | – | Length 5 m | – | – |
| Litterfall collector | UP GmbH UP-SF1 | – | 500 x 500 mm collection area | – | – |
| Precipitation sensor calibration set (5 intensities) | EML Ltd. | – | – | – | – |
| Photometric sensor (illuminance, 0-200 klx) | Apogee SE-100-SS | – | – | – | – |
| PAR quantum sensor (0-3000 µmol/m²/s) | Apogee SQ-100X-SS | – | – | – | – |
| Wind speed sensor (0-75 m/s) | A 100R | – | – | – | – |
| Wind speed sensor | First Class advanced | – | – | – | – |
| Wind speed transmitter (0.5-50 m/s) | Compact | – | – | – | – |
| Weather station sensor (air temp., humidity, pressure, wind direction/speed, ultrasonic) | Lufft WS500-UWB | – | – | – | – |
| Data logger (environmental monitoring, RS-232/RS-485 Modbus) | Geolux SmartObserverPlus | – | – | – | – |
| Data logger with integrated modem (2/3/4G), solar panel | Ydoc RS-525 | – | – | – | – |
| Micro data logger for light sensors (Bluetooth/Android) | AT-100 µCache | – | – | – | – |
| SDI12 data logger | Acclima DataSNAP | – | – | – | – |
| Data logger/irrigation monitor | Delta-T GP1 | – | – | – | – |
| Soil moisture logger (6 voltage inputs) | Delta-T DL6 | – | – | – | – |
| Data logger/controller (12 differential, 24 single-ended inputs, SDI-12) | Delta-T Devices GP2 | – | – | – | – |
| Humidity/temperature data logger (IP65, 4 million readings) | DK320-DMTR HumiLog ruggedPlus | – | – | – | – |
| Monitoring camera for hydrological sites | Geolux HydroCAM | – | – | – | – |
| Handheld reading and storage device for soil moisture probes | Delta-T Devices HH2 Moisture-Meter | – | – | – | – |
| Multi-function handheld terminal (water quality) | ODEON X | – | – | – | – |
| LoRaWAN gateway (indoor, 10+1 channels) | LG308 | – | – | – | – |
| LoRaWAN gateway (outdoor, 10+1 channels) | DLOS8 | – | – | – | – |
| Solar-powered LoRaWAN RTU for SDI12 sensors | Tekbox TBS12S | – | – | – | – |
| Battery-powered LoRaWAN RTU | Tekbox TBS12B | – | – | – | – |
| LoRaWAN RTU multi-sensor bridge | Tekbox TBSL1/RFB-LoRa | – | – | – | – |
| LoRa node pulse counter | Tekbox TBS12PC | – | – | – | – |
| LoRaWAN data logger (air humidity/temperature) | LR35W1NTV | – | – | – | – |
| LoRa data logger for dendrometers (resolution 1 µm) | LoLoP-DEN35X | – | – | – | – |
| LoRaWAN data logger as pulse counter | LR35WPTC | – | – | – | – |
| SDI-12 to USB converter | Tekbox TBS03-00 / TBS03-01 | – | – | – | – |
| SDI12-USB converter | Apogee AC-421 / AC-422 | – | – | – | – |
| Analog-to-SDI12 converter | Tekbox TBS02B / TBSAB02 / TBSAB03-DR / TBS02PA | – | – | – | – |
| Strain gauge to SDI12 converter (24 bit) | Tekbox TBSSG1 | – | – | – | – |
| Counter-to-SDI-12 converter (IP67) | Tekbox TBSRGC2 | – | – | – | – |
| Radar water level sensor (non-contact, beam angle 2.5°) | Geolux LX-80 | – | – | – | – |
| Water level logger (absolute pressure differential measurement) | DCX-22AA | – | – | – | – |
| Niveau water level probes | Series 36XW / 36XiW | – | – | – | – |
| Water level probe (measuring range up to 16 bar) | PR46 | – | – | – | – |
| Ultrasonic water level sensor (water level, snow depth) | TekBox TBSL series | – | Measuring range 0.3-... | – | – |
| All-in-one hydrology monitoring station | HydroStation | – | – | – | – |
| Surface velocity radar (non-contact) | RSS-2-300W | – | – | – | – |
| Tipping counter (100 ml, polycarbonate / stainless steel; 1 l stainless steel) | – | – | max. 5 l/min or 1800 l/h | – | – |
| Water meter with S0 pulse output (MID-certified) | – | – | Resolution 0.25 l/pulse | – | – |
| MID flow meter DN65 with measuring transducer (up to >84 m³/h) | – | – | DN65 | – | – |
| Measuring flume for flowing waters (0.1-145 l/s) | RBC | – | – | – | – |
Additional services
Reference customers
Quality
UP GmbH is registered in the Official Directory of Pre-Qualified Companies of the German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (IHK). Precipitation sensors can be checked in the field using a calibration set at five intensities; quality assurance is provided through own calibration and evaluation services.
| Evidence | Cottbus | Ibbenbüren |
|---|---|---|
| IHK pre-qualification (PQ directory) |