THE TICOPTER COMPANY
The Ticopter company has been working in the field of road barriers since 2004 and It has developed and patented the metal barrier “New Jersey”. Moreover this company has developed thirty other types of barriers in partnership with a lot of different companies , such as Marcegaglia S.p.a. , Autostrade per l'Italia S.p.a. and Profilafroid s.a..
Thanks to its great experience in this sector and in the production of crash tests has identified a demand from the market of a product (crash cushion) that meets the above requirements.
In constant specialization of production activities TICOPTER uses, as well as internal staff, many external resources represented by workshops, laboratories and artisans both for prototyping and for series production of its systems.
In the project provisionally called "TUBE" the TICOPTER stands as coordinator of all resources and developer. The coordination and management are entrusted to Eng. Mauro Monteleone who possesses all the skills and technical regulations necessary to the project.
THE ATTENUATOR TUBE
It has been built a group of attenuators, in accordance to the law 1317 part 3, in order to cover all requested types: speed 50, 80, 100 and 110 km/h, with re-directive and not re-directive capability.
This new technology develops a complete group of cushion devices:
- for frontal impacts;
- for frontal and lateral impacts;
- for the beginning of a section of barrier;
- for motorway toll station;
- for lateral protection in tunnels.
At the time of impact the attenuator “Tube” retracts, sliding on a rail, and its telescopic elements fall within one inside the other. Through the air compression inside these telescopic elements, the attenuator “Tube” ensures that the vehicle is stopped without damages to the passengers compartment. So we can say that this device is not just an attenuator, but it is also a crash cushion with an innovative ability: it can be repositioned and reused after a collision.