Timeline:
Since
that time, we have supplied and installed 7 more high speed WIM systems
on up to 5 lanes and over 30 permanent Automatic Vehicle Classifiers, the most sophisticated
on the Auckland Harbour Bridge with 8 lanes of classification with inductive
loops and piezo axle sensors.
2000: PAT NZ became independent.
2002: PAT was awarded a national
contract for data-collection and related maintenance services at 71 traffic
monitoring sites by Transit NZ, HO Wellington.
Classifier equipment used at other than PAT installed sites included Golden
River Equipment MK3 and M660. The MK3 units have been replaced by ITC
classifiers TRS in 2003. After 5 Years PAT was awarded the follow-on contract for
the TMS-sites and in 2013 another 3+ year term.
The PAT Germany Traffic Division was acquired by INternational Road Dynamics who is now our main supplier and leader in weigh in motion technology.
2004: PAT has supplied and installed equipment for slow motion scale systems for truck weight checks, located at both the Port of Auckland container terminal exit and Mainfreight terminal (Otahuhu). A further seven permanent slow WIM scales have been supplied to NZTA for use by the CVIU. The CVIU is also using portable truck scales, originally designed and manufactured by PAT Germany.
Experience:
The
owner and manager of PAT NZ gained his experiences in Weigh in Motion and
traffic-data collection as a design-engineer in the early seventies, in the
late seventies as product manager and in the eighties as general manager of the
Traffic division in Germany and 8 years in USA.
Method:
Pat NZ works with subcontractors for manufacturing, equipment installation and data collection.
Customers:
Authorities and private enterprises involved in truck weights/overweight checks and traffic data collection.
See below for contact details.
