20251ROB5: Portable road sign maker

Last updated on 27 Jul 2025

Brief Description & Functionality

A Portable Road Sign Maker is a compact, mobile system designed to quickly create, customise, and deploy temporary road signs on the go. It is ideal for use in construction zones, traffic management, emergency routing, and event-based crowd control.

Reduces reliance on pre-manufactured signage
Saves time during urgent deployments
Enables custom designs or temporary alerts
Suitable for remote areas or on-site roadwork

Working Principle:

This system combines sign-design software, a material feeding system, and a cutting or printing mechanism to produce signs quickly. Depending on the design, it can be manual, semi-automatic, or fully electronic.

Direct Printing System – Uses UV or solvent-based printers to print road signs directly on metal, plastic, or reflective sheets

These are operated via a laptop interface, touchscreen, or preloaded templates.

How Equipment Works:

Component	Description
Cutting/Printing Head	Vinyl blade (like Cricut/Silhouette) or large-format printer
Media Feeding System	Rollers for reflective tape, sticker sheets, metal boards
Controller/Interface	Touchscreen or PC-connected software
Design Software	CorelDRAW, Adobe Illustrator, custom sign template editor
Power Supply	Battery pack or vehicle-based inverter
Frame & Mobility	Wheeled structure for portability

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Skills Required

PCB Design
Manual Soldering
Electronic Testing
ESP32 Programming
Milling
CAD design
Sheet cutting
CNC lathe turning