Products

Computer hardware specialist Congatec is making its first appearance at Intertraffic, exhibiting products at the cutting edge of modern computing power. So far, footfall and interest generated at the company’s stand has been very good, said Congatec marketing director Christain Eder.

Integrating components from a variety of suppliers can be a major problem for car park operators. But it’s a problem to which German company Sensati believes it has the answer.

The latest traffic sign printer from Avery Dennison will produce CE-certified signs faster and less expensively than those of rivals, claims the company.

Italian company Meccanica Fadini, a specialist in bollards, gate automation and barriers for perimeter security, has launched its new Talos bollard at Intertraffic. The presence of a quick release junction connector improves security standards, facilitating and speeding up electrical connections and making the device quick and easy to install and service.

PostPullers, a UK company specialising in the manufacture of machines that remove posts from the ground quickly and easily, will use Intertraffic to feature a manual and powered puller. The PostPuller machine can extract posts with heavy concrete footings in minutes which otherwise would take hours of back-breaking work if done manually. The complete post and footing can then be simply wheeled away.

DynaWall is, literally, a dynamic wall, or barrier in this case. DynaWall’s main application is for use during road construction where it can assist in traffic management by shifting traffic lane barriers. The system can move up to 1,000m of safety barriers within minutes without the need of heavy duty equipment.

The very latest in windshield tagging has arrived at Intertraffic as a new era in the security of vehicle identification is ushered in. Schreiner PrinTrust is exhibiting its Windshield Label Global Secure RFID (radio frequency identification) tags – at a highly significant time for security in the traffic management sector.

Swiss company Wey Technology will launch the Wey Smart Touch keyboard to significantly simplify processes in all multiscreen workplaces where users need to switch between different systems.

Small is big news on the Siemens stand as the company unveils its ultra-low consumption One-Watt technology for traffic lights. The move from incandescent bulbs to 230V LED lamp heads had seen an enormous reduction in power consumption (down from 60Watts per head to around 15W) but means the load resistors and switching elements in the signal units are often the biggest energy consumers.

Shinsung Control of South Korea will be at Intertraffic Amsterdam with a range of road safety products including the EuroSmart Cushion, the company’s impact attenuator which has very recently been listed on Highway England’s list of EN 1317 Compliant Road restraint Systems. Shinsung’s patented system features an energy absorption pipe (EAP) that absorbs the energy of an impact, as it bursts and coils from the rear of the device.

Intertraffic sees the launch of Redflex Traffic Systems’ latest solution in traffic enforcement - Halo. The company says this innovative multi-capability system uses the most advanced image technology with up to 30 megapixel effective resolution, combined with a single wide beam high definition mapping radar and high-powered LED in-line flash. The result, says Redflex, is that Halo can deliver detection rates up to five times higher than competitor products across six lanes of approaching or receding traffi

Proving the whole can be greater than the sum of its parts, Georg Kapsch, CEO of Kapsch TrafficCom, came to Intertraffic yesterday and challenged attendees with a new vision of how motorists and commercial operators will overcome the competing challenges of congestion, environmental quality and mobility.

Korean safety products manufacturer Shindo Industry is showing its new Crash Cushion System II.

Drop by the stand of Reflective Measurement Systems (RMS) to see its new RetroTek-M mobile dual-line system which at traffic speed can simultaneously measures the nighttime retroreflective properties of road markings (lines) and of raised pavement markers (studs) on both sides of the traffic lane. According to the company its dual-line mobile retroreflectometers, which meet EN 1436, are twice as efficient as single-line side mounted systems and have the repeatable accuracy of hand-held units.

A device for enhancing and cleaning up video surveillance in real-time, the GANZ-INVU, is available from CBC (Europe). The unit, incorporating Image Detail Enhancement technology, is capable of cleaning up and enhancing video in rough weather. It also adjusts video in back-light and low light conditions.