Infrastructure monitoring using special machines – Evaluating rail condition during operation
Special machines are specialized rail vehicles that are used for construction, maintenance, and repair tasks on the rail network. These include rail grinding vehicles, track work vehicles, and rail transport vehicles with special work equipment such as grinding technology, lifting and assembly equipment, or transport modules.
These vehicles regularly travel on the rail network as part of their work and move precisely in the sections that are particularly relevant to the condition of the infrastructure. This makes special machines suitable as mobile platforms for continuously recording information on the condition of the rails – without additional measurement runs or separate inspection cycles.
In particular, vibration- and acoustic-based anomalies such as roughness, slip waves, or other irregularities caused by running conditions can be recorded in this way on a section-by-section basis and processed for consistent presentation. This provides additional condition information that supplements the assessment of rail condition during operation.
SERVICE PORTFOLIO
Monitoring rail condition with CMS.Rail
- Recording vibration, acoustic, and position data during regular work assignments
- Automatic identification of track sections with abnormal or critical conditions
- Creation of heat maps for section-specific representation of rail quality
- Preparation of condition information for network-wide comparability
- Provision of a sound basis for section-specific evaluation from operational work
The advantages at a glance
Use of regular work assignments
for condition assessment
Additional knowledge gain
without separate measurement trips
Identification of
infrastructure hotspots
Extension of rail service life
through selective mechanical processing
Prioritized planning
of maintenance measures
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Nanostructure Technology (today's name: Quantum Engineering) at University of Würzburg
M. Sc.
Competence Network AI in SMEs "AI-HUB Northern Bavaria"
Real innovation requires not only knowledge, experience and creativity, but also a strong team and communication.
Because Wölfel is active across industries in the areas of expertise of vibrations, structural dynamics and acoustics, new challenges, customer requirements and knowledge transfers are constantly arising. This always opens up new use cases for the application of smart data-driven algorithms for us and our customers.
Nanostructure Technology (today's name: Quantum Engineering) at University of Würzburg
Competence Network AI in SMEs "AI-HUB Northern Bavaria"
Real innovation requires not only knowledge, experience and creativity, but also a strong team and communication.
Because Wölfel is active across industries in the areas of expertise of vibrations, structural dynamics and acoustics, new challenges, customer requirements and knowledge transfers are constantly arising. This always opens up new use cases for the application of smart data-driven algorithms for us and our customers.
Nanostructure Technology (today's name: Quantum Engineering) at University of Würzburg
M. Sc.
Competence Network AI in SMEs "AI-HUB Northern Bavaria"
Real innovation requires not only knowledge, experience and creativity, but also a strong team and communication.
Because Wölfel is active across industries in the areas of expertise of vibrations, structural dynamics and acoustics, new challenges, customer requirements and knowledge transfers are constantly arising. This always opens up new use cases for the application of smart data-driven algorithms for us and our customers.
Nanostructure Technology (today's name: Quantum Engineering) at University of Würzburg
Competence Network AI in SMEs "AI-HUB Northern Bavaria"
Real innovation requires not only knowledge, experience and creativity, but also a strong team and communication.
Because Wölfel is active across industries in the areas of expertise of vibrations, structural dynamics and acoustics, new challenges, customer requirements and knowledge transfers are constantly arising. This always opens up new use cases for the application of smart data-driven algorithms for us and our customers.