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Rolatube Technology
Briefing
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Executive Summary
• The Bi Stable Reeled Composite (or ROLATUBE)
• Company Formation 1997, Privately Owned
• Location: Lymington, Hampshire – Design and Manufacturing in house
• Unique to Rolatube Technology, Global Patents
• Numerous applications across multiple sectors
• Space, Defence, Homeland Security, Humanitarian and Disaster Response
• Nuclear, O&G, Civil Engineering
• Consumer & Retail
• Business Model:
• Route to Market through Partners by sector and region
• Technology Licensing to Partners by sector / application / region
• Establishment of Manufacturing Facilities, under license, with partners in selected regions
• Provision of Technical Support to Licensees
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Introduction
• Unique Technology – the Bi Stable Reeled Composite (BRC) aka Rolatube
• Patents (international and on going)
• Established in Defence, Space, O&G, Nuclear
• University Linkages:
– Imperial
– Cambridge
• http://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/partners/industry.html
– Warwick Advanced Manufacturing Group
– Surrey
– Glasgow and Strathclyde
– Loughborough
– Southampton
– DSTL: UK Defence Materials Centre (MAST STC)
• https://www.dstl.gov.uk/pages/231
• BRC technology offers the possibility of reducing costs and increasing functionality
across a range of industry sectors
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The Technology :
Bi-stable Reeled Composite (BRC) or Rolatube
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• Coil-able structural members
• Passive, self extending or self retracting with no moving parts
• Numerous base material options
• Majority use thermoplastic matrices
• Curved and Straight
• Min and Max Diameter/Length
• Range of cross sections
• Can be combined to form shapes
Numerous Applications Across Multiple Sectors
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Sector Some Applications by Sector Customers
Defence &
Security
Also
Disaster Relief and
Humanitarian
• Elevation of sensors, cameras, communications, lighting
• Embedded Antenna Systems
• Tactical Mobility Systems
• Deployed Shelters and Structures (structure, embedded cabling)
• Deployed Solar Systems (support and deployment system)
• Unmanned Ground Vehicles (actuators / booms)
Armies & Blue Light Organisations
Government Agencies
Defence Businesses ‘Primes’ / Systems Integrators
Security Companies
United Nations
NGOs
Space • Actuator Arms
• Deployment System for Solar Sails and Cells
• Booms on Space Robotic Vehicles
• Space Structures
Space R&D with European Space Agency, NASA etc
Space Lead Systems Integrators
Collaborative Work with Universities
Nuclear • Nuclear Reactor Inspection Systems
• Nuclear Spent Fuel Pond Inspection Systems
• Nuclear Actuators
British and French and other national nuclear authorities
Nuclear Plants such as Sellafield
Nuclear Engineering Companies
Oil and Gas • Condition Monitoring / Acoustic Leak Detection system for fixed and flexible
pipelines / flow lines and risers
• Coiled Tubing for a variety of down well applications
Oil and Gas Companies
Civil Engineering • Smart Infrastructure
• Retrofit to existing and ageing infrastructure to monitor condition
• Deployed to monitor ground movement to inform engineering plans for projects
(such as crossrail)
• Deployed to inform both on new build and also to inform of impact of new build
on old infrastructure (such as crossrail on underground pipe network)
• Build into new build infrastructure to provide real time condition data
Note Cambridge University Consortium
http://www-
smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/partners/industry.html
Civil Engineering companies
Utilities Companies
Consumer / Retail
/ Sport
• DIY: Tape Measures, Plumbing Rods, Survey Sticks etc
• Window Blinds, Sun Blinds, Awnings
• Small Flags, Big Flags
• Luggage Handles, Component Parts and so on
• Sporting and Safety Equipment
• Screens (see www.kwickscreen.com)
Companies like B&Q, Lowes, Rubbermaid Newell,
Samsonite, Black and Decker, Unilever etc
Various Retail and Sporting Companies
Hand and Self-Deployed Rolatubes
Brief Product Description
Product Examples
• Rigid structures, easily rolled by hand
• Can have simple cassette mechanisms
• Can self-deploy in a highly controlled manner
• More compact than alternatives
• No joints - reliable
Some of the Application Areas
• Communication/lighting & surveillance masts
• Deployed Solar Arrays
• Deployment & access booms
• Shelter structures
• Satellite Solar Arrays
• Bridging and Ladders
• Screens
• Tape measures/survey rods/plumbing rods
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNfxvdRWTkQ
Roll Up Mast Systems
4m (6cm when rolled)
Deployment Boom for
Satellite Solar Sail
Roll Up /
Collapsible
Combat Ladder
System
Kwick Screen – using
rolatubes for easy pull
out / push in screen
system
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Section Rolatube Multiuse Kit
Kit either distributed amongst the section / squad or carried with tactical vehicles
Delivers Multiple Capabilities : (1) Fireteam Camera on a Pole (2.5 to 4m) (2) Fireteam Comms Range Extension (PRR, CLR, Bowman) (2.5 to 4 m) (3) Fireteam ECM Range Extension (2.5 to 4m) (4) Section 2.5m Ladder (antennas and cameras can be mounted on the ladder) (5) Section Stretcher Poles (6) Section 2m Gap Cross (7) Shelter Supports (8) Mousehole Charge Prop (9) ‘Cleared Route’ Guide (10)Cam Net Support
The Kit: ROLATUBE Section Kit System System Characteristics Total weight - 12kg 1 x Set Ladder Rungs - 3kg 1 x lightweight stretcher (NSN 8465-99-138-9928) 4 x 2.5m rolatubes - each 1.3kg 4 x End caps - 0.25kg 2 x Camera mount - 0.18kg Ancillaries - 1.2kg Operational temperature range -50 to +80oC Construction Material Pole and caps Thermoplastic construction Ladder Thermoplastic rolatubes with , Ti rungs and steel wiring
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Section Rolatube Multiuse Kit
• Surveillance:
• Hand held at 2.5m (or 4m using 2 x rolatubes)
• End Caps for Pic Rail or universal cam mount fittings
• Other cam fittings possible
• Guyed at 2.5m (or 4m using 2 x rolatubes)
• Comms and ECM:
• End Cap has 30mm spigot hole
• Designed to fit all UK Mil platoon and squad comms systems
• ECM attachments possible
• Mast can be handheld of guyed
• Guyed at 2.5m (or 4m using 2 x rolatubes.
• Ladder Fittings:
• The Top Rung assembly of the ladder also allows for the fitting of
cameras and antennas
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5m x 5” Double Skinned Mast designed for
Base Surveillance Camera Systems
5.5m system: 12kg with 20kg payload
3 m and 5 m Tactical Masts
New 8m Mast for use with Fractal Antenna
Weights:
3m system: 2.1kg with 2kg payload
5m system 2.6kg with 3.5kg payload
Section Rolatube Multiuse Kit
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Section Rolatube Multiuse Kit
Stretcher: • 4 x rolatubes • 1 x UK Issue Lightweight Stretcher • (NSN 8465-99-138-9928) • Doubled up rolatubes feed into the sleeves of the stretcher providing rigidity enabling carriage of the stretcher by 2 pers
Mousehole Charge Support: • Shown here as a prop for a simulated mousehole charge • Also other dems / EMOE utility
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• Roller Cage: Designed for all diameters and lengths
• Provides ease of deployment and retraction
• Allows mast to be locked off at varying heights
• Can be pegged to the ground
• Can be bolted to the sides , or within, vehicles
Embedded Technology:
Roll-up Convertible Wideband Antenna
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Item Weight
Dimensions Extended
Dimensions Rolled
Tech Specs
30-2Ghz roll up antenna
2 lb 2m x 3” 5” x 5” Freq: 30 Mhz to 2 Ghz Power Pattern: Omni Power: 50+ watts continuous Polarization: Linear / Multi-Polarized VSWR: <3:1 at feed Gain: -5 dBi nominal low, 0-2 dBi hi
8M Rolatube Mast
12 lb 8m x 3” dia 8” x 10” Material: Fibreglass Guy Points: Mid and Top IR Signature: minimal Temp Tolerance: -50 to +80 degrees C
8 m Rolatube mast + 30-2 Ghz Fractal Antenna = Roll-up Convertible Wideband Antenna Mast A flat, flexible antenna that can be shaped into a cylinder and fit inside the inner diameter of a Rolatube
Rolatubes with
Embedded Conductors, Sensors and Antennae
• Laminar composite nature of rolatubes allows inclusion
of power leads, data cables, antennae, connectors and
other devices
• Lower part count, fewer vulnerable exposed cables,
smaller package size
• No slip rings/sliding conductors – continuous cable
connectivity, completely sealed systems
Product Examples
Some Application Areas
• Antennas embedded within roll up mast systems
• Embedded sensors on sonar bouy arms
• Integrated cabling for inspection devices
• Integrated cabling for communications & lighting masts
• Actuators with embedded power and control cables for end effectors
• Camera booms with integrated power, video and control lines
• Smart Structures – embedded LAN and Power within the structure of deployed /
temporary / emergency facilities
Brief Product Description
Various
Antennas
embedded
within Mast
Systems
Special
Operations
Camera Boom
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Powered Rolatubes
Brief Product Description
• V simple mechanisms
• No Need to constrain coil
• Low power consumption
• Can be driven accurately, repeatedly
• Integrated cabling
Product Examples
Some of the Application Areas
• Industrial Inspection
• Actuators
• Aerospace
• Communications/surveillance and lighting
• Materials handling Boom
Nuclear
Reactor and
Pond
Inspection
Motorised
Camera mast on
EADS Astrium
Mars Rover
Vehicle
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Rolatube Pipes and Liners
• BRCs bonded along an overlapping seam – pipes & pipe-liners of
high integrity
• Very long lengths of pipe shipped in compact form, deployed
rapidly at the point of use
• Burst strength at level of conventional pipe
• Welded seams can be reversible
• Range of material choice – glass/PP & PE function at temperatures
where traditional extruded pipe fails.
• Oil and Gas: low to medium pressure pipes, liners for corrosion/leak
remediation, umbilical services
• Utilities: leak remediation, low & medium pressure piping
• Electrical: conduit on-a-roll, rapidly deployed insulation jackets,
structural protection, water exclusion
• Irrigation: closing of the seam can be modified to allow controlled
leakage
• Rehabilitation of leaking pipes – deployed within pipe and sealed on
site
• Continuous welding and de-welding
• Demonstrated burst strength 1,300 PSI
• Expected to take this to over 5,000 PSI.
• Current demonstrated crush strength 750 PSI
Brief Product Description
Some of the Application Areas
Coiled Tubing: Rolatube
being sealed to form full
pipe on O&G test drilling
platform
Product Example
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Rolatubes with Embedded
Condition Monitoring (CM)
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• Fixed Surface Pipelines – flow and tamper monitoring
• Flexible Sub Sea O&G risers and flow lines
• Perimeter / Route Security Monitoring
• Smart Infrastructure
• Geo Sensing
Brief Product Description
Some of the Application Areas
Acoustic Leak Detection –
Rolatube strips with
embedded fibres placed onto
fixed infrastructure.
Flexible Flow Lines and Riser
Condition Monitoring:
Shown here on bend test rig.
Product Examples
• Optical fibres can be embedded within rolatubes at manufacture
• Well developed techniques allow measurement of strain,
temperature, flow, vibration and leak detection
• Placing the fibres in rolatube carriers allows ease of emplacement.
• Special rolatube carriers can have effectively zero impact on
underlying structures.
• Embedded fibre optics can provide integral condition monitoring of
both the rolatube and any associated structures
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Rolatubes with Embedded Condition Monitoring (CM)
Civil Engineering, Geo-technical, Smart Utilities
• Sub-surface work: tunnels, foundations, pilings, major sewers,
geo-technical surveys
• Above ground: monitoring the performance of bridges and
large buildings – “structural health monitoring” (SHM)
• Allows easy retrofit to existing structures, and temporary
placement for monitoring response to special events
• Rolatubes carrying embedded sensors allow easy handling and
placement of previously fragile fibre optic systems with minimal
training
• Can be new-fit or retrofitted
• Can carry multiple sensor systems on the same sleeve
• Provide high levels of redundancy, coupled with the possibility of
replacement at end-of-life or for upgrading
Some of the Application Areas
Brief Product Description
Rolatube with embedded fibre
optics installed to conduct geo
technical survey
Trial at UCLH new cancer ward site
in central London: installation
compared to orthodox fibre optic
system, reduced a four hour
installation time to less than ten
minutes
Product Example
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Rolatubes as structural members for solar arrays,
gap crossing and shelters/structures
• Temporary shelters (disaster response)
• Deployed military facilities
• Temporary camps for remote Civil Engineering / Mining /
O&G Projects
• Deployed Solar Arrays
• Bridging Solutions
• Rolatubes have the strength to provide the support elements
for structures and shelters
• The ability to roll up the structure provides both logistic
(weight / volume) and speed of erection / take down
• Embedded power and network cabling provide the means for
the structures to be smart
• Combining with flexible / roll-able solar screens provides
power
• Strength and nature of rolatubes lend themselves to small gap
crossing and bridging solutions solution
Some of the Application Areas
Brief Product Description
Roll Out Solar
Power System
Simple Bridge with
2m span showing
load carriage
Product Examples
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Bi Stable Reeled Composites (RolaTubes)
• Compact.
• Simple.
• Rugged.
• Easily to deploy by hand.
• Powered masts arms and actuators.
• Continuously manufacture as a volume product.
• Forming a wide range of shapes and sections.
• Welded or bonded to form closed pipes or liners.
• With antennas, cables and other devices embedded within their structure.
• Embedded optical fibres to measure strain, temperature and leakage, as retro-fit devices
and built into structures.
• Highly cost-effective.
• Applicable to a solving broad range of problems in many industries.
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Points of Contact
Canadian Distributors
Trenton, Ontario
Jim Leonard Milspec Consulting Ltd
A Member of the Primex Group of Companies
613-920-1915
Ottawa, Ontario
Alan Sarsons Primex Project Management Ltd.
613-2618898
www.rolatube.com
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