Rolatube General Presentation

Rolatube Technology

Briefing

07/02/2012 RTL Materials Ltd 1

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


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


http://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/partners/industry.html



https://www.dstl.gov.uk/pages/231

The Technology :

Bi-stable Reeled Composite (BRC) or Rolatube


• 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


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




http://www.kwickscreen.com/

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3r774QPnUc&f

eature=player_embedded

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


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3r774QPnUc&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3r774QPnUc&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNfxvdRWTkQ


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



• 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


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




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


• 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


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


Various

Antennas

embedded

within Mast

Systems

Special

Operations

Camera Boom


Powered Rolatubes


• V simple mechanisms

• No Need to constrain coil

• Low power consumption

• Can be driven accurately, repeatedly

• Integrated cabling

Product Examples


• 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


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



Coiled Tubing: Rolatube

being sealed to form full

pipe on O&G test drilling

platform

Product Example


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



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



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


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



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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