Advanced
Search
Your Total Source®
Consolidate Purchases | Lower Total Costs Need Help? Call (800) 472-7373
 |
|
 | |
| On this page: |
| Matrix Design Group |
 |
|
Matrix Desgin Group
Matrix Design Group is an engineering service, hoist systems and mine safety technology company. Matrix mine safety technology includes our production miner & equipment tracking system (METS) as well as underground network design, installation and service.
METS, the industry-leading underground tracking system, is installed and in daily production use in mines in WV, KY, IL, IN, PA and NM. Designed and built for operation in underground mining environments, METS is the proven choice for reliable tracking.
Matrix has designed two METS systems, an Ethernet-based system, METS 1.0, and an Intrinsically Safe system, METS 2.1. Both versions use METS easy-to-use software and high-strength, MSHA-approved tracking tags which transmit an identifying signal to ’Readers’ located at strategic points throughout a mine.
METS 2.1 was specifically developed to meet anticipated U.S. MINER Act underground tracking requirements. This system uses a wired mesh infrastructure to provide redundant, post-accident power and data to Intrinsically Safe (IS) readers. These readers are connected using inexpensive coaxial cable. Each reader may have up to four connections for redundant communication and power paths back to a hub mounted either above ground or in a specially designed underground XP enclosure. Each hub provides copper Ethernet switch connectivity, with optional fiber ports available. METS is an invaluable tool for increasing the safety, productivity, and efficiency of your mining operations. The system is scalable to accommodate small or large operations, and flexible to keep up with the ever-changing plans of soft rock operations like coal. Since receiving Part 23 Intrinsic Safety approval from MSHA (23-A080013-0) for the system, Matrix can supply a complete tracking solution.
Other features include:
- Flexible spacing - continuous (500’) to 3000’
- Cost-effective to purchase and maintain
- No underground batteries or XP boxes in many mine plans
- Reader/Node placement not limited to line-of-sight with other nodes
- Receives atmospheric monitoring data from Matrix IS Wireless Atmospheric Monitoring System (WAMS) sensors (MSHA approval pending)
- Mine emergency and custom reporting
- Local Distributors for sales and service
- COMPLETE Tracking system both WV and MSHA Part 23 Approved (MSHA # 23-A080013-0)
- MSHA Cable Certification P-07-KA080002-MSHA
- Fire Retardant Coaxial Cable
- Waterproof F-Connector Termination
Tunnel Radio
Tunnel Radio of America provides underground, two-way radio communication and tracking systems using world class technologies for superior range and crystal clear voice. We:
-
Build and install mining and railroad tunnel wireless systems worldwide
-
Utilize Distributed Antenna Networks (DAS) and Leaky Feeder radiating cables
-
Integrate Motorola Kenwood and Icom America radios over conventional networks or via IP
-
Integrate RoIP, Broadband, RF over Fiber Optic, RF over Fiber and Leaky Feeder technologies to meet any customer requirement.
We can help your mine become Miner Act 2006 and WV compliant to create a safer work environment for your entire workforce. Deployed with our new MineAx personnel tracking system your mine will have a complete communications and tracking solution.
Contact Tunnel Radio
Back to top
Wholesale Mine Supply, L.P.
All of your communication needs as the United States distributor for Varis Mine Technology and Becker Mining Systems. We at WMS have over 25 years of experience and we're the world's largest supplier of two-way underground communications systems. Our product is a complete turnkey system from design to test and termination.
Products Overview:
- The largest supplier of Kenwood MSHA radios to the mining industry. We carry two-way radios (handheld, mobile, and base), repeaters, and all accessories.
- Comtrol International is recognized as a major designer and manufacturer of industrial communications and control systems for more than 25 years. They have equipment for your mine paging and telephone needs (MSHA approved).
- MineTracer is an integrated wireless communication and tracking system designed specifically for use in underground mines. MineTracer was developed to address the MINER Act and West Virginia Rules for communication-tracking equipment.
Contact Wholesale Mine Supply L.P.
Becker/SMC
Becker/SMC provides a range of Communications solutions that include VHF & UHF Leaky Feeder Systems designed to provide seamless communications throughout an underground mine or tunnel. The Leaky Feeder cable acts as a mine‐wide antenna, eliminating the need to install and maintain dozens of hard‐wired cables and signal wires. The RF signals from the Base Station are transmitted throughout the site network over the Leaky Feeder System. This enables site wide personnel communication, system monitoring as well as control of electrical equipment (e.g., fans and pumps). Additional capabilities can provide video streaming from strategic locations to monitor safety, process or personnel throughout the site.
Normal coaxial cable is designed to keep RF signals within the cable and to block any external signals and noise from penetrating. Leaky Feeder cable is designed to intentionally ‘leak’ or radiate the RF signal out, as well as allow radio transceiver signals into the cable. To sustain the RF signal levels over long distances, Line Amplifiers are inserted along the Leaky Feeder cable. Becker/SMC offers VHF and UHF Leaky Feeder Systems, each providing reliable and robust communications solutions for the most demanding installations. The choice between the VHF and UHF systems depends on the specific application; please contact Becker/SMC to help you determine which system will work best for you.
Pillar Innovations
Pillar’s systems are capable of providing communication between personnel, vehicles, and equipment as well as providing high speed wireless, copper, and fiber optic backbones. Pillar’s software is available off the shelf or as a custom tailored package for specific monitoring needs.
Contact Pillar for:
-
Leaky Feeder Radio Systems
-
Becker UHF
-
VARIS VHF
-
-
Surface Microwave Towers
-
Mobile Communication Centers
-
RFID
-
Fiber Optic Networks
-
Mine Wide Monitoring Systems
-
PLC Programming and Software Packages
Contact Pillar Innovations LLC
Back to top
Active Control Technology
ActiveMine is a two-way wireless voice communications, tracking and data system for mines. The system is designed to improve mine safety, comply with new regulations, and through high-speed data communications, to enhance productivity.
ActiveMine is the only mine communications and tracking system that operates on a Third Generation 100% wireless Wi-Fi network backbone – the most advanced technology of its kind available today. The system’s unique “mesh” architecture enables wireless, real-time electronic tracking of personnel, production and equipment and clear, digital two-way voice communications with each miner. The Third Generation wireless Wi-Fi network backbone gives ActiveMine the unique ability to transport streaming data such as voice and video over multiple wireless hops. This enables efficiency gains provided by data and mine production applications, and live video.
ActiveMine's key features and benefits include:
-
Redundancy
Built-in redundancy thanks to a “mesh” network with multiple wireless data paths -
Emergency
Remains operational even if nodes are damaged in an emergency or line-of-sight communication links are blocked -
Install & Extend
Easy to install and extend as the mine face advances -
Reduced Maintenance
Reduced maintenance costs compared with hard-wired mine communication networks such as leaky feeder, which suffer frequent mechanical damage -
Digital Communications
Digital communications without the static and interference inherent in analog systems that use standard “walkie-talkies” -
Intrinsically Safe
Intrinsically safe components: no explosion proof enclosures are required -
Tested
Tested and hardened in working mines -
Proven
Uses proven, off-the-shelf technology -
Open-Standards
Uses open-standards technology, making ActiveMine fully compatible with most other mine communications and tracking technologies, including previously installed systems -
Four-Day Battery Back-Up
Provides four-day intrinsically safe battery back-up and power supply
Contact Active Control Technology
Back to top
Rajant Corporation
Rajant Corporation enables secure communications-on-the-move through a portable meshed wireless network that can rapidly reconfigure and adapt in real-time. Rajant's BreadCrumb Wireless solutions provide networks for Mining, Military, Homeland Security, First Responders and Public Safety and provide voice and data communications across a rootless, meshed, self-healing network. Rajant’s BreadCrumb network nodes communicate with IP based client devices such as laptops, PDAs, video cameras, satellite terminals, networked radios, RFID’s and sensor devices.
Rajant Case Studies
-
Rajant Corporation Aids in Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort
Rajant Supplies Relief Workers with Portable Networks to Speed Recovery Efforts -
Kennecott Utah Copper Mine
Mining Communications Using Wireless Mesh Networking -
Enhancing Situational Awareness
Naval Demonstration Using the Rajant Wireless Mesh BreadCrumb
Contact Rajant Corporation
Back to top
For more information contact TESSCO
by phone (below) or by email.
Existing Customers: 800-472-8065 | New to TESSCO: 866-352-9671
©2009 TESSCO. All Rights Reserved.TESSCO Technologies Incorporated
