Eberle Design Inc. (EDI) and Reno A&E (RAE) will exhibit at the 2018 Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC, January 7-11. EDI is a proud sponsor of the 2018 TRB Annual Meeting. The EDI and RAE booth will feature a variety of products in booth 625:

The basis of Inductive Loop detection has not changed in over 40 years of use in detecting vehicles at intersections, entrances and exits to parking lots, drive-thru restaurants or secure areas. However, the advancement of the technology now allows for better, more accurate and robust systems that will last longer than before and work better than what was previously available just 20 years ago.

 

The advancement of digital signal processing and microprocessors, over analog circuitry, is one significant change. The other is the materials and changes made to the loop wire, loop cable and the loops themselves. Our superior RAE loop products incorporate Cross-Linked Polyethylene (XLPE) insulation, pre-tinned wire, and glass-impregnated polycarbonate splice housings, to provide the ultimate inductive loop detection solutions for all your vehicle detection applications.

 

With the technology today, Reno A&E (RAE) has developed a detector for differentiating bicycles from other vehicles on the road utilizing modified algorithms in our C model detector and our prefabricated loops, thus making intersections safer for bicyclists and more efficient for traffic engineers and the driving public.

 

RAE continues to be the world's leading manufacturer of prefabricated loops for parking, access, traffic, and railway control applications.  Along with Eberle Design Inc. (EDI), we are the global leader of mission-critical intersection safety and vehicle detection devices

 

In regards to roadway loops, there are some major operational differences between a "Wound-in-the-Ground" loop and Prefabricated loops. There are several physical differences between the two types such as wire separation, issues with vibration between separate turns of the wire, movement between the turns of the wire and saw cut depths. The Reno loop series of prefabricated loops eliminate issues with vibration or movement and require less depth for installations, making it much more reliable than wound-in-the-ground loops for detection. Our custom designed wire and cable utilizes many layers of XLPE insulation along with providing excellent thermal, electrical and physical properties to resist abrasion, moisture and chemicals.

 

RAE manufactures the Prefabricated Loops in many standard configurations and in any shape and size, the customer may need and for any application needing inductive loops. Depending on the application there are four different series of prefabricated loops to choose from:

Utilizing RAE or EDI vehicle detectors with the RAE prefabricated loop provides the most reliable vehicle detection system today and delivers an extremely long life cycle for your overall access, traffic or railway control system.