Title: A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO MONITORING ASSET RELIABILITY
Abstract: This paper outlines some of the issues involved in taking a whole system approach to produce successful remote asset monitoring systems for the rail environment with reference to switching track on the UK's railways. Monitoring systems are not signalling systems, but many of the safety requirements for vital signalling equipment apply, but equally many do not, making safety approval challenging. Monitoring systems can produce vast quantities of data in remote outside locations where conventional IT equipment cannot be used for data reduction. This problem is compounded by the low bandwidth communications links generally available. Information about an asset is frequently of interest to different parts of the organisation. Monitoring can provide information about physical movement, interlocking with the signalling system and heating in cold weather. System design and operation must cover the differing requirements of all interest groups. For the covering abstract see ITRD E123761.
Publication Year: 2003
Publication Date: 2003-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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