TURBO Monitoring System

Mobile monitoring system for train, vehicle and infrastructure
under real operating conditions

A TURBO Sensor is simply clamped to the rail, thus no modification whatsoever is required to the existing rail track. Once it's installed it remains in position for years.

Its robustness and self-sufficiency make it suitable for remote areas. It will stand any climate and transmit data via internet, GSM, radio or satellite. This system can also run on solar power when required.

TURBO System assures the protection of infrastructure from excessive wear. It provides immediate information on the status of the wheels' tread defects like flat spots, spalling, shelling, out-of-roundness etc. The gathered long term trends of these quality characteristics can save a huge amount of money on maintenance costs.

Advantages
• Certified by German Federal Railway. • Suitable for all rail types, no modifications required • Self calibration, self learning • Measuring speed up to 400kmh.	• Fully automated, mobile with long term stability. • Centralised evaluation and trends observation. • Graphical data presentation

INFRASTRUCTURE MONITORING

VEHICLE MONITORING

PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE

Wheel defects and load unbalances provoking safety concerns will not go undetected.

One single passage, and static and dynamic wheel forces are well known.

Limit values based on vehicle type.

Train and vehicle identification.

Limit values monitoring.

TURBO will identify all vehicle types even without RFID tags. Optionally wagon numbers can be read optically.

Automated train and wheel/rail force analysis.

Load displacement within axle, bogie and vehicle.

Wheel flat spots, out-of-roundness, corrugation, polygonisation. There are many kinds of defects a wheel and its tread might have: TURBO identifies them all and automatically report their type and extent.

Workshop tread and roundness measurements can be dispensed with.

Wheels and bogies will be maintained only when necessary. The workshop will know what to do before the train arrives at the workshop.

Every wheel of a train passing repeatedly is monitored closely. Developing defects are observed and reported.

This is how it works: One fixture contains a laser emitting laser ray. The ray is shielded by a flexibly supported iron tube.

A passing wheel will bend the rail and displace the laser light spot downwards, proportionally to the bending moment. Thus the bending moment is detected with unmatched precision.

Wheel Defects No matter large or small, TURBO finds them all.
Over Load Overloaded wagons will not go unnoticed anymore. A train's finger print gives comprehensive information in a nutshell.
Precision Same train, same TURBO, two days apart, identical results.
Sites Many railways all over the world use TURBO. High speed or regional trains, heavy haul or tram, TURBO suits all.

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Note: Specifications subject to change without notice

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