Pintsch North America

We spent a pleasant afternoon at a port facility performing a flood mitigation survey in advance of a railroad signal construction project. Customers invest significant value in new construction projects so engineers and contractors should do their part to consider mitigation options for significant risk factors. This includes providing data and options so customers can make informed decisions beyond simply looking at the initial, bottom-line price of a project.

We recently upgraded an industrial crossing using our MC6 axle counting system. The original system, which worked on a timing principle with supplemental train detection from loop detectors had become unreliable and an almost daily source of problems for plant controls personnel. Here you can see the original crossing configuration built around directional switching amplifier modules associated with non-fail-safe wheel sensors, a PLC, and loop detectors.

Pintsch North America reconfigured the train detection portion of the crossing controller to facilitate a true axle counting arrangement using our fail-safe, vital wheel sensors and a compact axle counting system. This arrangement provides vital train detection and a much higher level of reliability at low cost. Total time for reconfiguring the case was six hours on site. The only remaining work to be done is to move the small case heater near the bottom of the case.

The new train detection system also incorporates networking capability, which, when added to this crossing and others within the plant, will allow both plant control technicians and Pintsch North America to monitor the status of the crossing and download data remotely for use when investigating any rare reliability problem that may arise.

Pintsch North America is the leader in axle counting technology because we do more than provide a "one size fits all" product. We combine applications engineering and manufacturing to solve unique signal problems that serve the needs of a diverse customer base.

Did you know that Pintsch axle counting systems are used for much more than yard controls and highway grade crossing signals. For example, this interlocking system utilizes our axle counting technology. In addition, our technology facilitates trap circuits, switch protection, advance preemption overlays, speed traps, and many other specialized functions.