Remote condition monitoring and validation of railway points

Remote condition monitoring and validation of railway points were discussed. Recent developments in microelectronics and information technology (IT) made possible low-cost, high-quality condition monitoring for trackside equipment. These equipments reduced the likelihood to breakdown and to enhance...

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Những tác giả chính: Zhou, F, Archer, N, Bowles, J, Duta, M, Henry, M, Tombs, M, Zamora, M, Baker, S, Burton, C
Định dạng: Journal article
Được phát hành: Institution of Engineering and Technology 2002
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Tóm tắt:Remote condition monitoring and validation of railway points were discussed. Recent developments in microelectronics and information technology (IT) made possible low-cost, high-quality condition monitoring for trackside equipment. These equipments reduced the likelihood to breakdown and to enhance railway service quality. The results showed that there was value in continuous monitoring of the overall infrastructure which provided fundamentally new data not available under existing maintenance practice.