Eurotunnel selects Arbor Technology to maximise toll check-in efficiency

Eurotunnel, owner of the Channel Tunnel, a key high-speed trnsport connection between the UK and France, has selected Arbor technology’s FPC-7701 fanless box PC for both its manned and fully automated toll booths which require reliable ruggedised embedded computing systems to maximise check-in efficiency. Processes such as number plate recognition, barrier control and ticket printing are controlled through this PC interface.
September 7, 2016 Read time: 1 min

Eurotunnel, owner of the Channel Tunnel, a key high-speed transport connection between the UK and France, has selected 7953 Arbor technology’s FPC-7701 fanless box PC for both its manned and fully automated toll booths which require reliable ruggedised embedded computing systems to maximise check-in efficiency. Processes such as number plate recognition, barrier control and ticket printing are controlled through this PC interface.

The Channel Tunnel is used by 2.5 million cars, 1.5 million trucks and 21 million people every year. High-speed passenger trains and rail freight trains also run through the tunnel.

Following evaluation of a demo system, which allowed Eurotunnel to evaluate the  hardware, check compatibility with their custom software and conduct extensive testing to ensure long term reliability, custom metalwork was designed by Arbor to enable the PC to fit on to the existing mounting points. By using in-house CAD modeling the design concepts could be evaluated without the need for prototyping.

Charging, Tolling & RUC

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