Basic Training

Lesson 1
General Introduction

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The company
Company founded on:

19. March 1997

Workforce:

60 full-time
approx. 6 free lancer

Location:

Siershahn / Germany

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Our customers
Europe:

Worldwide:
Australia
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Southafrica
USA

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Hot box detection

Contactless temperature measurement of axle bearings, wheels and brakes

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Temperature feeling

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Infrared radiation

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Spectral distribution

Cooled sensors

Uncooled sensors

+ precise measurement
of higher temperatures
+ very fast measurement

+ accurately measurement
of low temperatures
- very slow measurement

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Temperature distribution of axle bearings

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Evolution of Hot Box Detectors

Began with ...

Visual checking
1975 ...
Single-element scanning

1990 ...
Tilting mirrors used to exprand
scanning width

2000 ...
Multi-element detectors widen
Scanning area further

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Requirements of axle monitoring systems

Safety features

Ability to identify all axle bearing types

(scanning of bearings and brakes up to a
width of 12 cm using a multi-element
detector)

Elimination of false alarms

(using Sun Shot Filter and digital postprocessing)

Service-friendly

Temperature profile analysis

(recording a heat image)

Extrapolation

Self diagnostics
(condition dependend maintenance)

Economy of operation

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Frame mounted sensors

(no need for readjustment after
replacement of sensors)
Sleeper-mounted sensor modules
(quick-in, quick-out system for
replacing sensors in less than 3
minutes)

Low initial investment

Low maintenance costs
thanks to small number of electronic
and mechanical components; wearand-tear of sleeper-mounted sensors
(vibration damage) reduced by a
factor of 10)

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Monitoring Technology = Innovation + Experience

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The sensor modules used to

analyse the thermal images of axle
bearings and brakes are mounted
as plug-in modules.

The core component of the

system
is an infrared optical sensor for
multi-beam scanning of the axle
over a width of 12 cm.

The system
can
identify and reliably detect hazard
conditions of all axle bearing types
and braking systems used by
international railway up to 500 km/h.

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Multi-beam scanning for enhanced safety

Axle bearing
Axle bearing

Traverse

1062
Y25 with traverse
1062 from track
centre

8 scanned points

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Temperature profile of a Y25 bogie

Axle graph

Temperature in C

8 pixel in C

Traverse
Axle bearing

Axle in cm

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Intelligent service-friendly design

All sensor modules of the

system are integrated in a sleeper.
They are precisely positioned once at the time of installation; thereafter, they
can be fully replaced for servicing within a few minutes without distorting the
optical geometry.

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