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Test Facilities at CCMAT:


Name: Mechanical Equipment Test Facility
Short description: To evaluate mechanical assistance equipment (MAE), a series of test lanes were constructed and seeded with mechanical reproduction mines (MRM) developed at the CCMAT for this purpose.
Category:

Type:

Mechanical Equipment

Detector

Protection Equipment

EOD

Other

MAE


Point of contact

Name:  Mr Geoff Coley
Function:  Project officer
Phone / Fax:  +1 403-544-4046
Email:  


General information

Indoor / outdoor: Outdoor plus central instrument and control building
Test area (m2): 1000 m2 plus
Explosive allowed: All types of explosive, all types of mine and ordnance
Services:

Elec. (110/220V)
Working office:

Size (m2)

Heating / Cooling

Phone / Fax

Internet access
 (for visiting users)

25 m2 plus

heated

Yes / Yes

Can be given


Description

The test lanes are on level and sloping ground with a variety of soil conditions. These test lanes are seeded with hundreds of MRM which replicate real AP mines (including PMA-1, PMA-2, PMA-3, PMN and Type 72A) in shape, size, weight, fuze principle and trigger force characteristics. The reproduction mines do not contain explosive. Each mine is uniquely identified and can be remotely interrogated by means of a hand-held reader which logs location and functional state. The reader is used to determine whether the mine has fired.

The CCMAT has a working relationship with the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI) in Humboldt, Saskatchewan. Since most of the candidates for adaptation as MAE come from the forestry, agricultural or mining industries, the CCMAT normally conducts a preliminary evaluation at PAMI. These evaluate criteria such as performance on terrain with brush and tree overgrowth (not readily available at CCMAT), reliability assessment and power output and efficiency.

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