Road markings are among the most cost-effective solutions to make roads safer. A recent study carried out for the American Glass Bead Manufacturer’s Association quantifies by just how much Despite only making up 23% of the US mileage, fatalities on America’s rural two-lane highways made up 57% of all traffic fatalities in 2009 — resulting in more than $77Bn in losses for that year alone. Moreover, a rural motorist is 2.7 times more likely to be involved in a fatal crash per mile travelled than their urban
Among a range of equipment that MRL will showcase at Intertraffic Amsterdam will be the Mini Mac 400, an agile, compact design machine, perfect for increasing productivity applying thermoplastic intersection and lane markings. It has an easy-fill 400lb/181kg capacity material tank with an integral material pump, 100lb/45kg glass bead capacity, adjustable width ribbon extrusion die, 25hp LP-fuelled engine, and electronic skip line timing system.
Lindsay Transportation Solutions (LTS) will have a major presence again this year at Intertraffic Amsterdam and will feature its internationally successful Road Zipper barrier transfer machine as well as highlighting several new innovations including a new profiled marking tape and a new CE marked crash cushion.
Kamber, an internationally recognised company in the field of road marking, is here at Intertraffic to highlight a new glass bead gun, born out of requirements, feedback, and the expectations of existing customers.
The P86 glass bead gun is very easy to use and maintain. It is equipped with a hardened steel closing piston which is adjustable with a screw to finely and precisely increase or decrease the flow of glass beads, without changing the nozzle diameter. It is also fed easily with glass beads from a
