PALMDALE, CALIF. - February
6, 2007 - Delta Scientific, the leading manufacturer of counter-terrorist vehicle
control systems used in the United States and internationally, today announced
that its new 12 to 30-foot wide (3.7 to 9.2 m) DSC7000 beam barricade meets
and exceeds multiple agency - DOS (US Department of State), DOD (US Department
of Defense), USACE ACP (US Army Corps of Engineers, Access Control Points) and
USACE EFO (US Army Corps of Engineers, Emergency Fast Operating) - standards
for closing time requirements and is suitable for applications where a fast-acting
K12 barricade is needed to provide security.
"Used at locations where wide roadways need to be secured from attacking
vehicles, organizations worldwide can now use the DSC7000 beam barrier with
the confidence that it will protect them," said Delta Scientific Senior
Vice President David Dickinson. "Being able to be closed in less than a
second means that attack vehicles are not going to be able to speed through
an opened barrier."
In its first crash test, the 725-pound beam of the vertical lift barricade stopped
a 15,000-pound (66.7 kN) vehicle traveling 50 mph (80 kph) dead in its tracks,
equivalent to 1.2-million foot pounds of kinetic energy. By doing so, the new
DSC7000 meets the K12 crash certification standard set by the United States
Department of State.
The DCS7000 is designed to be installed at the sides of a roadway to avoid lengthy
road closures during construction. It is also ideal for operation in extreme
environments where heavy snows, blowing sand or surface flooding might limit
the use of other types of barriers.
Delta's beam barricades are available in hydraulic and manually operated models.
All models are crash rated with one version enhanced for applications at nuclear
power plants. Their clear openings range is from 10.5 to 20 feet (3.2 m to 7.3
m).
Delta builds seven broad classes of counter terrorist vehicle barricade systems,
including beam barricades, wedge barricades, bollards, sliding gates, shallow
foundation high security barricades, surface mounted barricades and portable
barricades.