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Infrastructure Protection Division

Locating & Marking

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3M Infrastructure Protection Division

GPS/GIS Implementation Overview- Flexible integration solutions

iD Marker

Data Synchronization with Mapping System

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Coil Antenna Tune and

Energy StorageEnvironmentally

Sealed/Hardened

Tuned Resonant RF Antenna A Complete Solution of

Form Factors and Depth Ranges

The highest standard of Positive Identification

• Precision accuracy of facility position in harshest field conditions

• Tolerant to congestion • Outlasts life of the facility• RFID identifies facility attributes• Mapping solution for assets • Ease of use, simple• Improved safety• Exceptionally cost effective in improving efficiencies• Reduced downtime in case of a failure.• Field proven over decades of use in over 60 countries

How it Works

Leading Applications

3M marking systems provide positive identification of buried plant for safe and efficient asset management.

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3M Infrastructure Protection DivisionPathway

Questions Company Description

Size and

Material

Depth = Difference

between pipe and

marker Pressure

Flow

Line #

Potential Answers Chevron Pathway 16" Steel 3.11" Hi 123456

Chevron Pathway 3" Fiber Glass 4' Lo

Chevron Pathway 6" Poly 6'

Chevron Pathway 2" Plastic

Chevron Pathway ect

Chevron Pathway

Point of Interest

Questions Company Description Size & Material PI Pressure

Flow

Line #

Potential Answers Chevron POI 16" Steel 45 Hi 123456

POI 3" Fiber Glass 90 Lo

POI 6" Poly Dir Change

POI 2" Plastic Paralel Line

POI ect Tee

POI Valve

POI

EMSSIGNAL

BALLMARKER

SOILMARKERSIGNAL

Locator Energizes

RFID Marker

RFID Data

read by Locator

• 40+ Million markers WW

• 40 years of experience

• Passive Transponder

• No Battery needed

• Precise & Accurate Location

• 40+ Year Lifetime

• RFID Capability

• Enhanced Asset Mgt - Mapping

• Positive Identification

• Certainty in an Uncertain Underground

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Pictures can be associated with Markers

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KML Photo attached

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• Photos can be imported into maps

Like Google Earth via a KML file

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Chevron Oklahoma Fiberspar Line


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Marker Applications in Power

Vegetation Management•HV line segments

•Reclamation areas

•NERC Alert rebuilds

RFID Marker Documents•Herbicide use info

•Aerial trimming info

•Permitted encroachment paths

•Contact-before-entry restrictions

•Changes in property ownership

•Edge of easements

•Right-of-way borders

Marker Applications•Direct Buried Splices

•Service drops & Laterals

•Street lighting

•Conduit Stubs, Stub Ends

•Hand hole covers (OEM)

•Repair points

•Exposed facilities

•Man hole covers

•Road crossings

•Utility crossings

•Rail crossings

•Path marking in highly congested

areas

•Abandoned & replacement cables

•Buried Transformers

•Below grade junction boxes

•Conduit vault dimensions

•Conduit ends of directional drilled

facilities

•All ‘Items of Plant’ or of special

interest

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New locator designed for accurate

location of EMS Caution Tape /

Pipe

New to the world antenna array,

calibration not required

All in One’ unit to locate both new

and legacy facilities in a single

instrument

Making Plastic Pipe LocatableLocatable Caution Tape &

Plastic Pipe Addresses a critical pain point for gas industry

Significant improvement to worker and area safety by

improving accuracy of locate

Life expectancy lasting that of facility

Increased locate accuracy reduces contractor and

customer liability while offering productivity gains in

installation

Does not provide a path for lightning

Robust

Continuity not required, if a cluster of tags is removed,

the other sections continue to function uninterrupted.

Corrosion resistant, maintenance free

Simple

Replaces tracer wire, access points and connections

required

Reduced complexity of locator

Easy to learn

Exact even in harsh field conditions

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All in One Locator

On Pipe Attachment

EMS Caution Tape

Rope

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• Marking System Lasts the Life of the Facility

• Pinpoint Accurate Locating

• No “Bleed Over” to Adjacent Facilities, Uses Discreet, Industry

Specific Freq.

• No Connection Points Needed/ No Transmitter Required/ No

Tracer Wire

• Not Susceptible to 3rd Party Damage/ Lightning Strikes/

Installation Complications

• Easy Installation/ Easy to Use

• Low Application Costs

• Low Life Cycle Costs

• 40+ Years of Electronic Marking Experience

Electronic Marking Benefits

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For More information on what 3M

Locating and Marking can do to

help you protect your assets

3M Denise Elliott

[email protected]

651-707-6586

Power Line Supply

Britt Jones

[email protected]

231-679-3752

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