Vaisala on Europe wide tour with claimed first in mobile sensor technology

Vaisala will be demonstrating what it claims is a new first-of-its kind mobile sensor technology product to its customers in Europe during a mobile road weather tour over the winter months of 2012-13. Starting from Vienna, Austria, the tour will take vehicles equipped with the new and revolutionary Vaisala Condition Patrol DSP310 road surface monitoring technology through 15 European countries especially prone to snow and ice. The tour will end at Vaisala's head office in Helsinki, Finland in March 2013. Na
November 8, 2012 Read time: 2 mins
355 Vaisala will be demonstrating what it claims is a new first-of-its kind mobile sensor technology product to its customers in Europe during a mobile road weather tour over the winter months of 2012-13.

Starting from Vienna, Austria, the tour will take vehicles equipped with the new and revolutionary Vaisala Condition Patrol DSP310 road surface monitoring technology through 15 European countries especially prone to snow and ice. The tour will end at Vaisala's head office in Helsinki, Finland in March 2013. Named Tracks Across Europe, the tour is a sequel to the extremely successful Vaisala Across America tour which took place last winter.

"We are truly excited to offer our road customers the opportunity to experience our mobile data collection system in a unique and hands-on way," said Antero Jarvinen, director of Vaisala's roads and rail market segment.

Vaisala claims the DSP310 features the first mobile road weather sensing equipment to measure pavement temperature, air temperature, atmospheric moisture, road state, thickness of water or ice, and surface friction. Said to be a perfect complement to fixed road weather stations, the Condition Patrol provides those in charge of road maintenance information to make better decisions, reduce costs, protect the environment, and reduce the likelihood of traffic crashes.

The mobility of the system allows maintenance crews to gather road weather data along their entire road network or highways in real time, which Vaisala claims has never before been possible. Obtaining data from the Vaisala Condition Patrol DSP310 is said by the company to be easy and flexible, as it can be viewed by the driver, stored in the vehicle, or transmitted for viewing over the internet.

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • Weigh-in-motion key to maximising road life
    February 24, 2012
    The market and technology for weigh-in-motion systems continues to evolve – Mike Woof writes. for both mature and developing highway infrastructure networks, traffic densities play an important role in determining road wear and life. Monitoring traffic volumes and individual vehicle weight is crucial for ensuring roads can cope in the long term and that maintenance can be planned, while the problem of overloading can be eliminated.
    Read More
  • Progression in concrete plant and mixing solutions
    July 14, 2014
    Big orders for and progress in plant and concrete mixing technology has been continuing at a rapid pace over recent months, as Guy Woodford reports Shantui recently completed an eye-catching US$3.2 million deal with a customer in the United Arab Emirates for 50 concrete mixer trucks. The deal is said to be an important breakthrough for the Chinese company’s concrete machinery in the Middle East market, raising brand awareness and laying a solid foundation for building market share. Over the past y
    Read More
  • Finnish research body highlights hydrogen as future fuel
    May 7, 2013
    The Finnish VTT research body believes that hydrogen offers considerable potential as a future fuel, according to its latest study. The Finnish hydrogen roadmap has been compiled by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and partly funded by the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation (Tekes). According to VTT’s study, hydrogen fuelled vehicles will be as important as electric/battery types in minimising traffic pollution. The study says that transport applications for hydrogen are now close
    Read More
  • Tolling innovation
    January 4, 2013
    Leading European tolling solution companies are involved in a number of innovative tolling projects across the continent and further afield. Guy Woodford looks at some of the latest Siemens Mobility & Logistics (SML) has received orders from Eurotoll and Total, two of France’s largest electronic toll on-board unit issuers, to supply technology for the new French toll collection system. The equipment comprises on-board units for the vehicles as well as the electronic detection system. The SML orders’, worth
    Read More

Highlighted Content