RIM Technology

Stolar has continued with recent technical innovation in RIM technology with the development and commercialization of RIM-4* and RIM-5.

Representing a new standard in radio geophysics, these two systems proved:

• Realization of true phase-coherency
• Very narrow bandwidth has lowered system noise floor
• Overall increase in “dynamic range” allows for greater signal range
• Allows the use of higher imaging frequencies with improved resolution
• Improved tomographic processing algorithms have allowed refractive analysis and complex ray path geometries
• 5-year commercial history, with over 200 surveys worldwide
• Instrumentation packages for both handheld and drillhole applications (termed In-Mine and Bore-Hole, respectively)

* RIM-4 is a winner of the R&D 100 Award as one of the 100 most technologically significant products introduced to industry  (2004)

 

 

The various RIM instrumentation packages can be used in conjunction with one another. Typical deployment configurations include:

• Surface Boreholes - Vertical
• In-Seam Boreholes – Horizontal
• Hand-held used on surface or underground tunnels
• Borehole System used in Conjunction with Underground Entries, Drifts, or Adits
• Open Pit - Outcrop to Borehole or Underground

Important Note: Stolar’s RIM imaging tools are generally not for sale or lease. RIM mapping is a service performed by Stolar and all instrumentation and data processing is controlled by Stolar RIM Geophysicists.

 

 

 

Current Radio Tomography Tools Available for Survey Use:

Handheld In-Mine Radio Tomography Systems (IM)

 

Borehole Radio Tomography Systems (BH)

 

RIM Applications

For more information on Stolar's radio geophysics, please contact Joseph Duncan at: jtd@stolarhorizon.com