20 – 22 May 2014 Earls Court 2, London
Prefab pits for depots
A full size cross section of a prefabricated steel maintenance pit specially developed for the rail sector will be exhibited by Premier Pits. It will include examples of the wide range of options available, including a fully galvanized finish, safety lights, raised grated flooring, access steps and rail clips. Premier Pits originated the concept of prefabricated pits over 30 years ago. Since then the company has designed, manufactured and installed more than 3,500 pits for the commercial vehicle and coach & bus sectors in the UK and worldwide. Prefabrication is now looked on in these markets as the recognised way of installing pits rather than using reinforced concrete or bricks and blocks. As a result, rather than being a dirty hole in the ground, pits have become a sophisticated piece of workshop equipment. The firm now believes that the benefits enjoyed by the commercial vehicle and coach & bus sectors can be experienced by the rail industry, leading to lower costs during construction and installation, followed by ongoing operational savings and enhanced productivity. A wide range of options for railway workshops includes supplying pits varying in length from a few metres to hundreds of metres, incorporating features such as connecting tunnels, provision of automated safety covers and safety lights, and a new facility of fitting rail clips to specification prior to delivery.
Rowe Hankins (RHC) will focus on its highly successful Non-Intrusive Current Monitoring (NIC) product, which meets the industry’s increasing desire to move from ‘find and fix’ to ‘predict and prevent’ maintenance.
The NIC361 Series Monitor, a non-intrusive measuring device that detects variation in current with no direct effect on the power supply, is already used extensively by Network Rail as part of its Intelligent Infrastructure initiative. The monitored power cable passes through the current transformer in the NIC361 and, using a transducer, the device is used to detect variations in the magnetic flux generated by power flow. The output signal, which is proportional to the power cable current, may be
Rowe Hankins will focus on its ability to repair, overhaul and maintain electro- mechanical equipment
either voltage or current as required.
NICs may be used to record
exceptional events or provide active protection to plant by linking to a trip relay. They are ideal for monitoring remote operations or plant for early warning of developing faults so that preventative maintenance can be programmed in good time or plant can be de-activated should system integrity and therefore safety be threatened.
Rowe Hankins NIC361 Series Monitor, used extensively by Network Rail as part of its Intelligent Infrastructure initiative
RHC will also profile the capabilities of its Service Centre, which has been repairing, overhauling and maintaining electro-mechanical equipment for over a decade,
extending the service life of safety-critical vehicle components and reducing subsequent maintenance costs. Working to an IRIS- certified quality assurance regime and customer- specific requirements, the company offers an effective flexible service to keep rail fleets operating at optimum performance. The firm adds that continued growth and success over the past decade has resulted in extension and refurbishment of the Service Centre and its production facility, giving it the capacity and capability for projects of increasing size, number and product variety.
Wayside monitoring from Moxa
The Moxa stand will showcase effective wayside monitoring systems that increase operational reliability and sustainability while also reducing cost, with its IP-based technologies providing solutions for remotely maintaining and collecting real-time information on railway infrastructures. The firm’s ioPAC 8500 series are modular RTU controllers made to specification that collect and record real-time measurements from sensors to monitor railway equipment status in preventive trackside asset management systems. ioPAC 8500 series RTU controllers offer precise data acquisition with a high-speed capture rate and a millisecond timestamp. In addition, its pre-recording function enables it to record analog input data before an event trigger. And it includes a software package that eases the integration of data into a database for further analysis and optimised maintenance. Moxa will also feature its onboard rolling stock video surveillance systems. As train control and communications networks become more advanced, such systems must adapt accordingly. IP video technology is proving the best approach for true systems-wide integration of train operations, as this is able to tightly integrate with the train control system.
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Moxa´s VPort P06HC-1MP-M12 series of HD video image hidden IP cameras are compliant with EN 50121-3-2 and EN 50155 and come with a -25 to 55°C operating temperature. They provide an HD (720P, 1280 x 720) video image, and feature 3 H.264/MJPEG video streams, giving them the versatility and ruggedness to excel in many different installations and environments. Moxa will additionally present its new product, the RNAS-1200 Series rugged, industrial-grade network attached storage (NAS) system, designed for environments demanding a compact industrial storage device with high performance, high reliability, and high capacity. This is a response to the need for many video surveillance and media storage applications to operate in harsh environments unsuitable for commercial NAS hardware.
New from Moxa will be this RNAS-1200 Series rugged, industrial-grade network attached storage system
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