Sign Manufacturer's Brochures and Manuals
Vultron, Incorporated
Vultron, Incorporated was established in 1966 to provide electronic products to the transportation industry. The initial product line of reflective disk changeable message
signs utilize Digi-Dot technology and were installed as destination signs in transit buses. Vultron became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Trans Industries, Inc. in 1979.
Customer demands for variable message displays in other transportation-related applications allowed Vultron to penetrate many new markets including airport, commuter
rail and highway information systems. In addition, Vultron signs have many commercial applications such as sports arenas, theaters and schools. In-house capabilities
include sheet metal fabrication, environmental and optical testing, and software development for full systems integration. Manufacturing facilities were located in Rochester
Hills, Michigan as well as two other facilities in the United Kingdom, with sales and service organizations worldwide. Vultron's complete line of sign products included:

Reflective Disk - Rectangular elements that are electronically activated and have one moving part.
Display and blanking are done by hinged flap to expose/cover the fluorescent surface.
High Intensity Light Emitting Diode (LED) - Individual ultra bright light-emitting diodes soldered directly to a
circuit board in various pixel arrangements to obtain desired character sizes. Available in red, amber or green.
Fiber Optic - Fiber optic strand bundles with non-reflective disk mechanisms and lamp light source.
Automatic switching between primary and backup lamps.
LED-Enhanced Reflective Disk (LED-Dot) - Pixels containing (one or two) LEDs mounted into the stationary
base of the reflective disk element. Requires no external light source.
Fiber Optic-Enhanced Reflective Disk (Fiber Dot) - Reflective disk elements containing (one or two)
fiber optic light points per pixel. Also requires no external light source.
Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) - Displays for indoor use that provide high contrast characters on a uniform dark background.
LCDs are electro-optic devices with no moving parts that form character fonts in a 5x3 matrix format.

Vultron also provided products to the highway market since 1985. Through Addco Corporation, an exclusive distributor based in Minneapolis,
over 2,000 portable trailer signs are in use by the transportation departments worldwide. Overhead sign installations are also in place nationwide
as well as in the United Kingdom. The technologies used in these signs include refleftive disk, multi and mono color LED, fiber optic and LED-Dot.
Vultron's walk-in cabinet design for overheads is superior in the industry as it allows for internal access to all sign components for ease of maintenance.
The design virtually eliminates the worker and traffic hazards of servicing the sign from the outside and the need for lane closures.

On April 5, 2006, Trans-Industries, Inc. and its related subsidiaries including Transmatic Inc., Transign Inc., and Vultron Inc., announced that they filed a voluntary
petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code with the Eastern District of Michigan. Trans-Industries Board of Directors directed the company
to take this action after determining that Chapter 11 reorganization was in the best interest of the company, its employees, customers, creditors and other stake
holders. This filing will allowed the Company to address its financial challenges and support its ongoing efforts to become a more efficient and cost-effective company.
The Company tried to continue to focus on finances by reducing corporate management expenses and reducing fixed costs through manufacturing plant consolidations.
Trans-Industries expected to continue normal business operations throughout the reorganization process. In 2005, American Technical Fabricators purchased virtually
all of the manufacturing assets of Vultron, Incorporated. Beyond the assets, American Technical Fabricators also retained all of the experienced key personnel
associated with the Vultron manufacturing process, however, in July of 2006, Vultron ceased all business operations under a Federal Bankruptcy order. In August,
American Technical Fabricators purchased the entire remaining key inventory, service equipment, and fabrication molds from the defunct company.
Vultron DVS10000
"TransDOT" 7x75
Full Matrix Signs
brochure. (Front)
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Vultron DVS10000
"TransDOT" 7x75
Full Matrix Signs
brochure. (Back)
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Vultron DVS10000 "TransDOT" 7x75 Full Matrix Signs brochure - Front. (Click / tap the X to close.)
Vultron DVS10000 "TransDOT" 7x75 Full Matrix Signs brochure - Back. (Click / tap the X to close.)
During their tenure, Vultron offered several different
collaborative devices for the transit industry. These
included the Translator (a segmented rollsign design with
character modules) and the DAS2000A Trans-Dot flipdot
sign, both in collaboration with Transign.

Stand alone devices included DigiDot (Image 1 & 2, right),
DVA10015, DVA10016, DVS7100, DVS7300, DVS7400,
DVS8000, DVS1000 (Image 3, right), Vultron III, VMX08080,
VMX16112, VMX20128, LED/Dot, and LED (Image 4, right).

The sales brochure for the DVS10000 with reflective dots,
along with info on the DVS7100 and DVS8000 are seen below.

The controllers for these signs used hexadecimal dial
switches to select the code number. Early ones used the
three dial DA3006 or four dial DA6000 series (Image 5,
right) configurations. Later versions used dial switches for
some functions. Newer LED/Dot and full LED signs used
carbon membrane push button controllers (Image 6, right).
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