This paper presents the research work carried out at Oxford University on condition monitoring of railway point machines. The developed condition monitoring system includes a variety of sensors for acquiring trackside data related to different parameters. Key events to be logged include time stamping of points operation, opening and closing of case cover associated with a points machine, insertion and removal of a hand-crank, loss of supply current and the passage of a train. The system also has built-in Web functions. This allows a remote operator using Internet Explorer to observe the condition of the point machine at any time, while the acquired data can be downloaded automatically for offline analysis, providing more detailed information on the health condition of the monitored point machine. A short daily condition report message can also be sent to relevant staff via email. Finally, experience is reported on the four trackside installed systems.
Remote condition monitoring for railway point machine
ASME/IEEE Joint Railroad Conference ; 103-108
2002-01-01
929357 byte
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Remote Condition Monitoring of Railway Point Machine
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