New company to help improve H&S standards in rail
A
chartered surveying firm is improving health and safety standards nationwide by introducing a safer way to view complex railway structures through 3D modelling, with the launch of its new sister company SEEABLE. SEEABLE is being launched by Severn
Partnership to allow non-technical access to complex 3D data on desktops, smartphones and tablets. By liberating 3D data and building information modelling (BIM) from design teams and allowing access to site workers or board directors who cannot operate complex CAD or BIM software, SEEABLE will make important building information visible to a greater number of people.
Cytec looking for prepreg research partners
C
ytec Industrial Materials has two new prepreg products in its rail portfolio that meet the fire requirements of EN45545-2:2013. The first, MTM® 348FR, is a versatile curing epoxy resin prepreg matrix offering fire protection to category HL2. MTM348FR, in combination with either glass or carbon fibres. It is ideal for the manufacture of lightweight composite components for interior and exterior structural and non-structural applications. The second, XMTM30, is a
development product produced from a bio-renewable sustainable source and meets the requirements of category HL3. It is particularly suitable for the production of non-structural interior components and can be used with natural
fibres to create a bio-sustainable system. Cytec is looking for partners and
projects to develop this new technology. ‘We are very excited about the development of these two new products,’ said Dr Richard Horn, rail market manager, ‘as they complement our existing phenolic and epoxy rail focused prepregs. The key advantage of prepreg technology is that it enables the manufacture of lightweight complex monolithic sections and sandwich structures, thereby offering weight saving and a reduction in running costs to the Toc.’ Typical railway interior applications include wall panels, window frames, partitions, archways, floors, ceilings, standbacks, luggage racks, seats and doors.
Visit
www.umeco.com/Business-streams/ Structural-materials
SEEABLE hosts this data in a games engine
app, augmenting it with information, images and interactive features to communicate in an intuitive, non-technical manner. By re-using BIM data and re-purposing it for safety briefings, marketing purposes and client/user visualisation, executives will be able to visit a railway site virtually from their desktop, without requiring complex BIM software knowledge. Mark Combes, partner of SEEABLE
explained: ‘SEEABLE hosts 3D data in a serious games environment, creating app’s which are then sent to mobile, tablet, PC, Mac or the web. The app’s allow users to explore or examine the 3D environment and use the principles of experiential learning to communicate risks and visualise complex 3D environments. ‘Reality capture by 3D laser scanning technology used by the company will be particularly useful in potentially dangerous environments,’ continued Combes. ‘Already SEEABLE has been used to create an accurate 3D model of a live electrical transformer from a distance of 100 metres and on active construction sites without endangering surveyors or disruption operations. The rail industry is one of many that is set to benefit.’ Visit
www.seeable.co.uk
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