ASA-TRACK Power line: high railway safety

Hey! The safety of railroad use depends on many factors. Working with high voltage requires a high level of concentration from maintenance personnel every minute. However, not only the qualifications of specialists guarantee passengers comfortable conditions for traveling. High-precision automated diagnostics of railway tracks provides timely detection of possible and actual malfunctions, as well as the possibility of their prompt elimination. And all this is offered by the ASA-TRACK Power line software and hardware complex.

How it works?

The software package online analyzes several key parameters of the electrified part of the railway:

• zigzag and deflection of contact wire in the horizontal plane is determined visually on display by measuring grid ±400 mm;
• height of the position of the contact wire above the conditional horizon in the vertical plane along the measuring grid and the maximum (minimum) working position of the pantograph 400 -1900 mm;
• hard-spot pick-ups and tears of current collector — visually on a display by spark intensity.

Thus, in the event of an emergency or prerequisites for breakdowns on power lines, the operator at the station or at service points can quickly determine the cause and send a repair team to the site.

Not just for safety

The economic feasibility of using this complex is an additional incentive for its implementation.

The maximum economic effect is achieved from the integrated use of video and navigation information:

• improving the safety of track traffic due to the timely detection of contact wire defects, alarming of locomotive crews and power supply service;
• determination of locomotive and defect location from satellite information;
• increasing the operating lifetime of the equipment of the locomotive and the contact wire and power line grid;
• timely repair planning;
• reducing the congestion of laboratory wagons;
• reducing the traffic timetable slippages.

And the most important thing — payback period of capital costs is 1.88 years. Economic efficiency of the investment 0,53. For the strategic infrastructure industry, this rate is minimal.

If you are interested in cooperation in the direction of ASA-TRACK Power line or would like to receive more technical information on the project, please contact us.

This concludes the series of publications on railway automation from the Automation Spirit Alliance. We hope you learned something interesting and got new food for thought.

Our team will continue to highlight the achievements of the ASA in future publications, so stay tuned. See you!