Weir Jones
Calibre Technology is the Australian distributor for the Weir-Jones range of vibration and micro-seismic monitoring products. These systems offer a broad range of applications in the following sectors:
- Geomechanics, Mining Engineering
- Pipeline Engineering
- Perimeter Intrusion Monitoring and Security
- Offshore Resource Exploration and Production
- Oil and Gas
- Tunnels, Rapid Transit Systems, Automotive
- Dams
- Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering
- Maintenance Engineering
Calibre Technology offers supply, installation, and on-going maintenance and monitoring of systems for a broad range of applications. Examples of the current range of applications for these monitoring systems, and examples of previous projects completed by Weir-Jones include:
Geomechanics, Mining Engineering
- Microseismic monitoring systems for use in mining, petroleum and construction industries.
- Automated slope stability monitoring systems for use in the mining and transportation sectors.
- Underground resource characterisation for oil and gas, coal seam gas, mining and underground coal gasification.
- Tailings dam monitoring systems.
- Microseismic monitoring systems for underground mines for detection of potential failure in structures and workings.
- Detection of fracking and underground fractures and movement [link to microseismic case study].
- Rockfall®TM monitoring systems for road, rail and other installations.
Pipeline Engineering
- Long term structural integrity monitoring system for pipelines, including pipeline bending, buckling, displacement, stress, fracture and corrosion monitoring.
- Management and monitoring system development for gas pipeline burst test facilities.
- Testing and stress analyses related to the operation of gas and oil pipelines.
- Dynamic analysis of pipeline compressors.
Perimeter Intrusion Monitoring and Security
- Microseismic monitoring to determine animals or unauthorised personnel on rail tracks or in rail corridors.
- Microseismic monitoring to identify unauthorised intruders.
Oil and Gas
- Design, development, installation and operation of large scale microseismic reservoir monitoring systems, North America, Europe, Middle East.
- Induced Seismic Monitoring using the QuakemonitorTM system.
Offshore Resource Exploration and Production
- Development, installation, and operation of large-scale geotechnical, environmental, and structural monitoring systems for offshore platforms.
- Provision of design services and structural health monitoring systems for jackets, jack-ups and gravity-based structures.
Tunnels, Rapid Transit Systems, Automotive
- Seismic early warning systems.
- Site investigation and safety monitoring of station and tunnel excavations.
- Detection of structural movement and risk of failure during construction and operation.
Dams
- Earthquake early warning systems.
- Dam safety monitoring systems, instrumentation, and testing for both seismic and operational integrity.
- Logistical support for hydro electrical projects in North America, Europe and S.E. Asia.
- Preconstruction in-situ testing programs for major utilities in Canada and overseas.
Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering
- Automatic Draft Indicator System, stability monitoring of commercial work.
- Performance monitoring of vessels for government and private clients, including bulk carriers and high speed craft.
- Hull strain monitoring systems to DNV, ABS and Lloyds standards for bulk carriers, high speed craft and ice breakers.
- Development of vessel safety and loading control systems.
- Stress analysis and testing of underwater structures.
- Hull-monitoring equipment for super tankers (VLCC) and bulk carriers.
- Load/stability control systems.
Maintenance Engineering
- Investigation of drive train reliability problems and foundation stability of crushers, grinding mills, pumps and conveyors in the resource and forest product industries.
- Re-engineering and redesign of process equipment in the mineral industry, in order either to enhance performance or accommodate new process parameters.
- Investigations and corrections of problems with mineral-processing equipment in S.E. Asia, North and South America, and Africa.
Customers
Weir-Jones has supplied monitoring systems and products to many international companies including:
- BHPbilliton
- BNSF Railway
- Canadian Pacific
- Chevron
- ConocoPhillips
- Esso
- Exxon
- Imperial Oil
- Marathon
- P&O Ferries
- Royal Australian Navy
- Seaspan
- Shell
- Suncor Energy
- Syncrude
- Texaco
- Weyerhauser
Further Information
Additional information on specific products including case studies and application notes can be obtained by contacting Calibre Technology
About Weir Jones Engineering
The Company was founded in 1971 to provide specialised structural and geomechanical monitoring and testing services to the resource and transportation sectors. The Company’s capabilities subsequently expanded in the areas of data processing and testing system design, the application of this expertise has been extended considerably, notably in the fields of structural integrity monitoring for heavy structural, energy and offshore systems.
The Company has its headquarters in Vancouver and has been active in projects in 55 countries. The Company has maintained branch offices in St. John’s, Newfoundland; Fort McMurray, Alberta; and Oakville, Ontario.
Whilst some products offer turn-key solutions, a significant portion of the Company’s projects incorporate elements of system design, data acquisition, system planning, data collection, analysis, and redesign. Clients often retain the Company on a project basis in order to characterise a problem, develop a solution, and evaluate its effectiveness in the medium to long term.