KA-TE SYSTEM AG, CH-8807 Freienbach

Company Overview
Pioneer in developing and manufacturing of
non man-entry robot system for sewer rehabilitation
First system to market 1980
Privately held stock company
Shareholders
Erich Himmler
MBT Holding (VIAG)

86 %
14 %

The graph shows the

home base country of
the KA-TE customers.
Some ot them operate
in several additional
countries.
KA-TE South West Inc. 1
Insituform East Inc.
2

Europe

1 unit
Dong Kook Chemical

3 units

Europe; 100 units

KMG / JP

1 unit

Germany
Arge Kbe
Berliner Wasserbetriebe
Brochier
Dineiger/Volkner/Kuchem
Diringer & Scheidel
DITOM
Geiger & Kunz
Huthmann & Kunz
KATEC
Kanal Mller
KU Kanalunion
Kanaltechnik Maul
PKT Pader Kanaltechnik
TST Kanalsanierung
Starlline

KA-TE Systems Ltd.

KA-TE Holding AG

D&S

FPS

AKIBA

100 units

Ilbau

KA-TE Australia Pty Ltd.

2 units

KA-TE Sewer Rehabilitation

Robot Systems / worldwide
Issue January 2001

Tlrep France
Phoenix
Services
SCREG
SEGEX

A Total of 110 KA-TE Systems in the Market !!

FCC

Switzerland 17
KA-TE
Kppeli
Arpe
Landolt
Notter
KA-TE Insituform

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Development Partners KA-TE FAST

Pioneer in developing and manufacturing of non
man entry robot system for sewer rehabilitation
Engineering and planning of city networks and
modern access networks in Germany
One of the world-leaders in manufacturing of fibre
optic cables and components
Hamburger Stadtentwsserung, one of the big
sewer network operators / owners in Germany

Milestones
Feb 98

Installation of the first fibres

in a sewer of Regensburg

March 98

first presentation on CEBIT

March 99

First Sale of a FAST robotic system:

to HSE-KOM

July 00

Second Sale of a FAST robotic

system: to HSE-KOM
Sale of 53 FAST robots to CityNet

FAST Robot System

Carrier Robot 200-300mm

Full system
Cable drum with robot

Control room

Carrier Robot 350700mm

Cables in a sewer tube

Technologie FAST
This is an example of FAST in a
vitrified clay pipe / diameter
400mm
Installed with 3 empty conduits
11.5mm for fibre optic cables
This sewer tube is located in
Madrid (Spain)

The essential elements of FAST are:

FAST allows very flexible broadband networks in
an existing infrastructure in the access domain
The sewer receives an additional purpose and
with that it generates an income for the city.

FAST Installation Step 1

Analyse and precisely measure
out existing situation in tube.
Write protocol
pipe diameter
location/position of access
pipes
Define optimum cable routing in
the tube to attach fibre optic cable

FAST Installation Step 2

Install internal mounting rings in

the sewer pipe
Every 1.5 m
Rings have clips of empty conduits

FAST Installation Step 3

Pull protective tubing
in sewer-pipe
by Robot
by conventional winch

FAST Installation Step 4

Robot drives through tube
and pushes the conduits
into the clips on the rings
Up to three conduits can
be attached during this
process

FAST Installation Step 5

Pull cables into conduits
11.5 mm
15.5 mm

max. 9 tubes
max. 6 tubes

Cables available (so far)

tube 15.5 mm up to144 fibres
tube 11.5 mm up to144 fibres

mounting ring
with 3 fixing
protective
tubes

Mounting rings and operational

aspects of sewers

After the installation the mounting rings are

loaded with a permanent pushing force by
means of springs.
Even at temperature induced changes of lenght
the mounting rings remain under stress and
close to the wall.

FAST Installation Step 6

Final installation for access
manhole to fibre optic cable
Installation of

bend protector elements

boxes to hold extra cable length
distribution boxes for fibre optic
cable
Manhole components

Manhole examples:

Non-man-entry

Man-entry

Cable reserve box

and splice box

FAST Installation Step 7

Whole cable laying process is
permanently monitored and
documented (Paper, CD, Video)

Robot system
Robotic carriers for different working modules are
available for subsequent diameters of sewer pipes:

Small carrier:

Dia. 200 to Dia. 300

Large carrier:

Dia. 300 to Dia. 700

Modules
Sewer investigation
module
Analyse and measure
sewer pipe
300

200

Modules
200

Fix mounting rings

Magazine trolley for

mounting rings

300

Modules
Mounting module

200
300

Protective conduits 11.5 mm and 15.5 mm

FAST Benefits

reduced construction cost

short planning time
eliminate underground civil work
up to 1000m/day with 3 robots working in 3 shifts
safe against damage through excavation
access to cable every 50-70m (manhole)
quick customer connection
very high overall network availability
no Electro-Smog

cost per m conventional network CHF 500.00/m

cost per m with FAST
CHF 150.00/m

FAST Installations:
Hamburg
Regensburg
Hanau
Landau
Dsseldorf

Bern
Uster
Winterthur

Practical experience
FAST Installers:

Madrid
Amsterdam
Schweden
Albuquerque, USA
Indianapolis, USA
Okayama, Japan
Yokohama, Japan

with a total of 58 Robotic Systems:

CityNet
HSE KOM
KA-TE System AG
FAST Opticom AG

Thank you for your

interest and your kind
attention.

Questions ?

KA-TE System AG
Schwerzistrasse 4

Phone: +41 55 415 58 58

Email: info@ka-te.com

CH-8807 Freienbach

Fax:

Internet: www.ka-te.com
and www.fast-system.de

+41 55 415 58 59