Israeli-designed products - including trash cans, mobile fences, and drones - help secure sensitive installations all around the world.
Israeli designed explosion-proof trash cans have now been installed throughout New York City's Penn Station and subway system. Eyal Banai, whose Israel- and Maryland-based company Mistral Security Inc., designed the cans, explains that the bomb-resistant trash receptacle has three layers built to withstand up to 10 lbs. (4.5 kg.) of explosives. The innermost layer is a simple thin bin in which to collect the trash. The middle layer is made of a patented material that is designed to absorb the blast and direct it upward. The outermost layer, made of stainless steel or regular steel, expands in a blast and has one weak point. In the event that a blast gets past the inner layers, the weak point will direct the explosion in one direction - up. Amtrak began installing the cans about five years ago, NJ Transit has recently put some in place, and they are credited with saving many lives in Jerusalem.
The Carmiel-based Trellidor company has developed a protective device it calls a Trelli-barrier - a mobile fence that can be put up, taken down and adjusted with ease. Outside eating areas at cafes, restaurants and malls can be easily "surrounded," leaving open only one entrance/exit but without detracting from the feeling of being outdoors. The fence sections connect with each other using the Trellidor locking system. The fence has so far been installed in some 15 Jerusalem eateries, as well as in BP gas stations in England and the Red Square Mall in Moscow.
Finally, two "Hermes 450" unmanned aircraft, or drones, made by the Israeli company Elbit Systems, have been assigned to the Arizona border patrol in western United States. The drones are being used to secure a 350-mile stretch of the U.S.-Mexican border that has become the most popular crossing for illegal immigrants. The remote-controlled drones can fly up to 90 mph, detect movement 15 miles away, and transmit live pictures of vast stretches of desert and grasslands during both day and night.
Israeli designed explosion-proof trash cans have now been installed throughout New York City's Penn Station and subway system. Eyal Banai, whose Israel- and Maryland-based company Mistral Security Inc., designed the cans, explains that the bomb-resistant trash receptacle has three layers built to withstand up to 10 lbs. (4.5 kg.) of explosives. The innermost layer is a simple thin bin in which to collect the trash. The middle layer is made of a patented material that is designed to absorb the blast and direct it upward. The outermost layer, made of stainless steel or regular steel, expands in a blast and has one weak point. In the event that a blast gets past the inner layers, the weak point will direct the explosion in one direction - up. Amtrak began installing the cans about five years ago, NJ Transit has recently put some in place, and they are credited with saving many lives in Jerusalem.
The Carmiel-based Trellidor company has developed a protective device it calls a Trelli-barrier - a mobile fence that can be put up, taken down and adjusted with ease. Outside eating areas at cafes, restaurants and malls can be easily "surrounded," leaving open only one entrance/exit but without detracting from the feeling of being outdoors. The fence sections connect with each other using the Trellidor locking system. The fence has so far been installed in some 15 Jerusalem eateries, as well as in BP gas stations in England and the Red Square Mall in Moscow.
Finally, two "Hermes 450" unmanned aircraft, or drones, made by the Israeli company Elbit Systems, have been assigned to the Arizona border patrol in western United States. The drones are being used to secure a 350-mile stretch of the U.S.-Mexican border that has become the most popular crossing for illegal immigrants. The remote-controlled drones can fly up to 90 mph, detect movement 15 miles away, and transmit live pictures of vast stretches of desert and grasslands during both day and night.
