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REF TEK Technology Overview
Leonid Zimakov ‖ Sales Segment Manager - Earth Systems
IRIS SEISMIC INSTRUMENTATION TECHNOLOGY SYMPOSIUMIN, OCTOBER 30-31, 2018.

INRODUCTION
Refraction Technology, Inc. known as REF TEK, was established in 1975 and became a part
of Trimble Inc. in October 2012.
REF TEK primary business is the design, manufacture, sale, and service of digital seismic
recording equipment and systems. Our equipment is mainly used for research and hazard
mitigation seismology, specifically:
Portable seismic stations for hazard mitigation

Telemetry seismic stations and networks for a variety of communications media
Including VSAT, Spread Spectrum Radio, GSM networks, Internet, etc.
Permanent broad-band stations,
Strong motion stations,
Structural monitoring,
Earthen structure monitoring (earthen dams, open pit mines, landslides, etc.)
Induced seismicity monitoring
BACKGROUND
Applications Experience
 Local/Regional Seismic Networks  Approved instrument supplier for
 Broadband Array Studies IRIS/PASSCAL experiments
 Aftershock Studies  About 25% of all GSN stations use
instruments supplied by REF TEK
 Telemetry earthquake monitoring
 More than 12,000 REF TEK High
 Active-Source Crystal Studies
Resolution seismic recorders are
 Micro-zonation Surveys deployed in the field
 Site Noise Surveys  Customers in more than 70 countries
 Wide angle reflection & refraction  All REF TEK telemetry networks are
 Passive broadband and short true error-correction digital telemetry
period tomography & imaging  More than 50 telemetry networks
 Oil & Gas production monitoring installed around the world with different
communication media
Seismic Equipment Product Line:
Command/Control &
SeismoGeodetic System
High Resolution Recorders Post-processing SW
Sensors
High Resolution Recorders: Seismic Recorder
High Resolution Broadband Seismic Recorder, Model

130S-01 (available in 3- and 6-channel configurations
Applications Main Features:

 Local and Regional  Compact and light-weight
 Broadband Observatory  Full duplex error-correction data transmission
protocol
 Aftershock Study
 Multiple sampling rates; data streams, and
 Active Source trigger modes
 Micro-Zonation Survey  Two Removable mass data storage
 Site Noise Survey  Standard and REN firmware w/ Ultra-low
 Induced Seismicity latency data transmission
High Resolution Recorders: SM Recorders
High Resolution Accelerograph, Model 130-SMHR
(available in 3- , 6- , and 9-channel configurations 12- or 18-channel Central Recording
Accelerograph, model 130-MC
3-channel
Accelerograph
6-channel
Accelerograph
Applications
 Building Response Monitoring,
9-channel  Bridge Response Monitoring,
 Dam Response Monitoring
Accelerograph
 Tunnel Monitoring
 Building Around Excavation
 Free Field Site Response Analysis
Sensors Product Line: Broadband Seismometer
Ringler, A. & Hutt, C. (2010, November - December). Self Noise Models of Seismic
Instruments. Seismological Research Letter, 81(6)
Main Features:
 Exceptional self-noise
 GSN Vault Design
Applications  Low Power Consumption
 Broadband Observatory  Force-Balance Electric Feedback
 Local and Regional Seismic Observation  Robust Mass Locking Mechanism
 Robust Thermal and Mechanical stability
Sensors Product Line: Accelerometers
Class A, Low Noise Accelerometer Model 147A-01/3
Applications
 Building Response Monitoring,
 Bridge Response Monitoring,
Class A, Low Noise Accelerometer Model 147A-01/1  Dam Response Monitoring
(available in Horizontal and Vertical orientation)  Tunnel Monitoring
 Building Around Excavation
 Free Field Site Response Analysis
Software: Data Acquisition & Command/Control s/w via LAN/WAN
iFSC for field operation
Applications:
 Command/Control in field
 Remote Command/Control via
LAN/WAN
 Network Monitoring
 Interactive Data Processing
COMPASS: Comprehensive Data processing software
SeismoGeodetic System: SG160-09 Kestrel
USB Drive
GPS
Antenna
Connector
Power
LED
indicators Etherne
t
Attachment for GNSS Antenna

Leveling Plate (removable)
Advanced Features of SG160-09:
 Combined true acceleration (200 sps) and displacement (10 sps) observations: GNSS
displacements processing on board receiver (Trimble RTX PPP)
 Instantaneous displacements processed, recorded and transmitted from receiver
 Unified recording format of both seismic and geodetic data (MRF)
 Low power
 RTX correction over satellite L-bandwidth or IP network
 Fast data delivery algorithm (REN) with low latency (0.2sec)
 Error-correction communication protocol with Backfill algorithm for data integrity
 Different geodetic antenna to choose
 Low maintenance
 Real Time data display for high resolution acceleration and displacement data (10 or 200
sps) to real-time processing s/w: Earthworm and SeisComp3
 Predictive Kalman filter combines GNSS solutions and high frequency accelerometer data
– Output 200Hz displacements
– Raw data can be post processed:
 Forward Kalman filter
 Backward Kalman filter
 Smoothing with forward-backward filter, and
 User defined filter parameter
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REF TEK Technology Overview

Leonid Zimakov ‖ Sales Segment Manager - Earth Systems

IRIS SEISMIC INSTRUMENTATION TECHNOLOGY SYMPOSIUMIN, OCTOBER 30-31, 2018.

Portable seismic stations for hazard mitigation

High Resolution Broadband Seismic Recorder, Model

Applications Main Features:

Class A, Low Noise Accelerometer Model 147A-01/3

iFSC for field operation

Attachment for GNSS Antenna

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