The Softstop solution was developed from Laservision’s Government endorsed Research & Development facilities. The emergency response system was primarily designed for vehicle tunnels and has the following key objectives;
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Safety, (prevention of vehicles entering a dangerous environment), and
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Infrastructure protection
The Research and Development phase included the following elements;
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A specialist hydraulic mix from our considerable experience in water screens spanning 3 decades of hydraulic engineering solutions,
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Technical obstacles included but not limited to: correct air mix ratio on a variable basis,
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Critical pressure levels to drive against distortion from wind currents,
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Rapid start techniques ie less than 3 seconds,
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Hydraulic efficiencies in terms of flow rates and demand and catch supplies technologies.
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Recycled or limited waste techniques for resource sensitive environments,
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Critical screen thickness for effective projection avoiding parallax error distortion,
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Rapid response interlocked projection technologies to compete with opaque surface and daytime usage,
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Integration technologies to interlock with other safety devices,
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Monitor loop backs of key data areas to monitor.
Additionally a myriad of other failsafe and pre emptive strategies make ‘ Softstop ’ a highly effective rapid response barrier system.
Unlike conventional warning lights, signals or signs that appear in the peripheral vision of drivers, the Soststop Barrier System is the only visual messaging system that appears in the direct view of drivers (making it impossible to miss).
Laservision’s Director of Design, Simon McCartney commented that “as impressive as the Sydney Harbour Tunnel structure is, it’s rewarding that our design and R&D teams are able to engineer solutions that will assist in reducing the risk of dangerous events.”
