About this industry
Transportation infrastructure runs on equipment that lives outdoors, mostly unattended — movable-bridge machinery that has to lift on demand, flood-control gates that move rarely but can never refuse, roadside cabinets carrying traffic and ITS electronics through every season, and signal sites the utility never reached. Prater Technical Partners supplies that equipment layer across Reuland Electric movable-bridge and gate-hoist motors, SunWize remote solar power, Aspeq electric heating (Heatrex, Accutherm) with Hi-Heat flexible heaters, and ATi GasSens gas detection for tunnels and enclosed bays. Prater Technical works with you to spec each one from the structure, the load, and the site conditions.
- Condensation control inside roadside traffic & ITS cabinets—Heatrex Enclosure Heaters·Hi-Heat Flexible Heaters
- Portable 1 kW solar power for staging areas & event sites—SunWize Rapid Deploy
FAQ: equipment for transportation & infrastructure
Who supplies drive and brake motors for a movable-bridge rehab?
Reuland Electric builds the motor set movable bridges use: NEMA Design D high-slip motors for across-the-line span lifting and travel drives, integrated brake motors where the structure needs a fail-safe park brake, and the same hoist-motor line that drives dam and sluice gates. All of it is engineered to order — start at the Reuland Electric page.
Can you power a flasher, beacon, or ITS device where there is no utility drop?
Yes — SunWize packaged solar power covers exactly that. PRE Power Ready Express systems are pre-engineered for standard, repeatable loads like flashers and beacons; PVK 40/50/60 W kits run solar signage and small devices on a dawn-to-dusk duty cycle; and the system-components line includes traffic-cabinet-style weatherproof enclosures for the rest of the build. See SunWize.
How do you keep roadside equipment cabinets working through the winter?
With enclosure heating sized to the cabinet. Heatrex enclosure heaters hold traffic and ITS cabinets above the condensation point, and Hi-Heat flexible heaters add freeze protection and condensation control on outdoor roadside equipment and instrument cabinets. Start at the electric heating page.
Do you cover CO and NO₂ monitoring in tunnels and enclosed bays?
Yes — the ATi GasSens line handles CO and NO₂ monitoring in tunnels, parking structures, and enclosed bays, tied to ventilation control, with the GasSens Midi controller at the center of the loop. Details on the ATi GasSens page.
Can you heat asphalt storage tanks at a paving-material terminal?
Yes — Accutherm tank heaters cover asphalt storage-tank heating at paving-material terminals, engineered to order from your tank size and hold temperature. Start at the Accutherm page.
Working a movable-bridge rehab, a roadside power problem, or a cabinet-heating spec? Talk to Scott — send directly to Scott Prater at scott@pratertechnical.com, or call him directly at 917-580-0878 during business hours.
Compiled by Prater Technical Partners.