Monitoring Traffic

Detecting potential Fire Sources at the Karawanken Tunnel

The thermal portal hardware is set up in front of the entrance to the Karawanken Tunnel. It can also be installed at any desired signal or toll bridges as was the case during the test phase, as seen in the picture Quelle/credit (2): Sick System Engineering AG
The thermal portal hardware is set up in front of the entrance to the Karawanken Tunnel. It can also be installed at any desired signal or toll bridges as was the case during the test phase, as seen in the picture
Quelle/credit (2): Sick System Engineering AG
The software generates an image of the vehicle with the temperatures of all components from the 3D models provided by the laser scanner and the temperature profiles of the infrared line cameras
The software generates an image of the vehicle with the temperatures of all components from the 3D models provided by the laser scanner and the temperature profiles of the infrared line cameras

The Swiss specialists for optical traffic data collation Sick System Engineering AG have developed a detection system for preventing tunnel fires. The thermal portal system enables potentially dangerous vehicles to be identified in advance without impeding the flow of traffic. The German DIAS Infrared GmbH from Dresden produces the infrared cameras integrated in the system. The almost 8 km long Karawanken Tunnel between Austria and Slovenia is operated by the Austrian ASFINAG infrastructure company. The single-bore road tunnel was fitted with the thermal portal early detection system in 2013.

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