Monitoring system for railway maintenance
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Monitoring system for railway maintenance
- University of Vigo
- From Spain
- Responsive
- Patents for licensing
Summary of the technology
UVIGO researchers have developed an accurate and reliable system for monitoring the durability of pantograph components preventing manual operator inspection. Based on artificial vision, this system measures the remaining thickness of the graphite layers of the collector strips. Automatic processing of collected data generates a 3D model of the strips, analyzing it to detect cracks and wear, which is crucial for pantograph maintenance.
Innovative aspects and advantages
In comparison with current procedures:
• Fully automatic inspection and report generation.
• Faster and more reliable than manual inspection.
• High resolution and precision analysis allow implementation of predictive maintenance policy.
• Generation of a historical database, which allows the detection of structural problems.
Commercial applications and potential users Industrial partners involved in railway maintenance.
Type of collaboration
Collaboration for further development and licensing of the technology are offered.
Inventors:
Fernando Vázquez, Ricardo Samaniego and Ícaro Álvarez.
Intellectual property status
- Granted Patent
- Patent application number :Patent status : Spanish patent.
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