OPTIMIZE YOUR RAILWAY OPERATIONS
Today's railroad services need to operate efficiently and safely, while maximizing customer experience by assuring excellent quality of service.
Rail Monitoring is becoming increasingly important in today's environment - including the capacity for Train Location, Asset Monitoring, Third Party Interference Monitoring and Fire Detection in Cable Ducts. AP Sensing's Rail Monitoring solution provides various benefits that include increased information, safety, efficiency, capacity and cost savings.
In conjunction with a track-side fiber optic cable infrastructure, AP Sensing's Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) system can detect and supply information about the exact position, speed and direction of moving trains in the network in real time. In contrast to conventional block status information, this spatially continuous information facilitates a smart traffic management that goes beyond previous system limits. Continuous train information enables travel at variable spacing. As a result, braking and acceleration processes can be minimized, and energy efficiency increased. This allows a higher train density and thus an increased capacity of the existing rail network. In addition, a range of real-time travel information is possible. The data from our DAS system provides information on the condition of vehicles and routes, as well as wear and tear over time. This provides the ability to conduct preventative and predictive maintenance.
Our technology supports the digitalisation of railways and helps to optimize operations. It enables preventive and predictive maintenance, minimizing unscheduled service disruptions. Our DAS system also increases safety by assuring train integrity and detecting people or falling objects on the tracks. Intrusion, vandalism and cable theft are detected and precisely located with the AP Sensing DAS.
To address the high safety standards and requirements in the railroad environment, a DAS system can successfully supplement complementary sensor technologies in a Sensor Fusion system. DAS data can be easily integrated into any centralized rail management system.
AP Sensing is the Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing (DFOS) and Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) solution provider for optimizing your railroad operations.
DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC & TEMPERATURE SENSING
AP Sensing's Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS), together with our unique SmartVision™ asset visualization and data management software, gives you the ideal solution to optimize and protect your railway infrastructure. Our DAS is based on the unique 2P squared technology and is the solution for various railway infrastructure applications.
Our Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) offers continuous temperature monitoring along the entire fiber optic cable, e.g. along cable ducts. This enables heat/fire detection and location within cable ducts and cable trays, and inside train and metro stations. Systems are completely certified for fire detection (VdS, UL, FM, IECEx, SIL).
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SMARTVISION
AP Sensing's SmartVision management suite shows the location, velocity and direction of trains and the condition of your assets at a glance, controlled by an easy-to-use graphical interface. It seamlessly integrates many sensors including DAS, DTS and CCTV into a single platform. Circuit layouts are mapped and color-coded to show the instantaneous changes in acoustic energy. Sections of the infrastructure can be individually defined for flexible alarm levels and types. Defined information is interfaced into higher level train management systems, enabling easy integration.
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OUR KEY FEATURES FOR RAILROAD MONITORING
Why you should choose AP Sensing!
| Feature | Benefit |
|---|---|
| Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) systems | ...continuous and continual acoustic and vibration data along entire track for train detection, asset condition monitoring and protection from TPI. |
| Superior coherent optical time domain reflectometry (COTDR) | ...longest range, high sensitivity and high linearity. |
| Comprehensive SmartVision™ management suite | ...GIS positioning and easy-to-integrate interfaces for network management systems. |
| Dual integrity detection scheme, utilizing smart algorithms and supervised AI | …best in-class detection and classification capabilities. |
APPLICATIONS
Our solutions monitor key application areas, including:
- Train location, speed, direction (also underground or in tunnels)
- Train integrity (length), number of train cars, bogies
- Track condition monitoring (cracks, joints)
- Train defect monitoring (flat wheel, brake noise)
- Intrusion detection (vandalism, cable theft)
- Natural hazards detection (rockfall, landslide, tree fall, flooding)
- Objects on track detection (work crews, persons, animals)
- Railroad crossing management (trespassers)
- Overhead contact line/Catenary flash-over detection
- Fire detection in cable ducts
- Cable overload monitoring and detection
Some of the listed features are already proven in extensive field tests, others need to be further developed and tested.
As we develop our products from the research and manufacturing stages to the project commissioning and maintenance, AP Sensing offers a completely integrated, end-to-end solution. Our team works together with you to select the right combination of technologies to fit your requirements. We also provide onsite services, hotline support, maintenance and product training.
RAILWAY AND TRAIN MONITORING DOCUMENTATION
Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing
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Digitization is the driver for quality, capacity and efficient railway operation for DB Netz AG. Fiber Optic Sensing is an outstanding technology that enables the improval of infrastructure capabilities at lightspeed compared to other solutions using existing cable infrastructure. AP Sensing is taking FOS-based railway monitoring to the next level with their true phase-based system and the extensive use of AI. We’re happy to work in collaboration with AP Sensing’s responsive and innovative team, helping us to get projects moving and getting FOS integrated in the daily railway operation.
AP Sensing's support team has been a fantastic resource for us over the years. They have helped us with system development and implementation planning, and they are always quick to respond to our technical queries with competent advice and helpful tips.
When I think of AP Sensing the first thing I think of is reliability. We completely trust and rely on their performance specifications and I know that their technical support team is dedicated and passionate about solving any problems that might come up.
Knowing the technology and market, it is evident to me that AP Sensing is the forerunner in distributed optical sensing. Their solutions reflect a combination of experience and creativity. Experience comes from their HP/Agilent heritage, the leader in test and measurement equipment, with decades of experience in developing and manufacturing extremely reliable and high quality products. The creativity comes from their passion and commitment to solving real customer problems.
When you do business with AP Sensing you get the feeling that you are working together as partners, because they listen to you and understand the challenges of your day-to-day operations. Communication with AP Sensing is always professional and it's obvious that they have the experience and the technical know-how to answer our queries.
AP Sensing's DTS is simply the best fit. We apply it together with ConveySafe in our coal power plants to protect our conveyors. The systems are rugged and completely reliable, need very little power, and can be seamlessly integrated into customer SCADA environments. Best of all, you don't just buy a box from them and that's it -- their post-sales support is outstanding.
The SIL-2 (Safety Integrity Level) rating that AP Sensing has achieved on its DTS gives us the confidence that their solution is going to work as planned, day in and day out, in high-risk environments. Our LNG terminal operators sleep better at night knowing that our assets are protected and security standards are met.
My AP Sensing regional customer support is fantastic: competent, thorough and quick to get back to me. They have been a key player in our complex pipeline projects over the years, and they truly offer through-life product support, from installation and commissioning to training.
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