New Directions
With the establishment of the Centre for Transport Engineering and Research in 2005 came the full facility of ULTRAWave.
New vehicles and carriers of this system have been prototyped and tested to allow the unique RFD abilities to be fully scaleable across all platforms.
Two vehicles that we are excited about are the electric trolley and the hand-push carriage. With the use of ULTRAWave in both of these devices the RFD capabilities of any user has expanded significantly.
The electric trolley is suitable for shorter analysis sections such as in subways, enclosed spaces and urban light rail networks and is a great addition for a rail operator with a mixed network.
The HANDWave unit is unique in that it carries the full 5 channel facility of ULTRAWave enabling a user to have one pass over an area of interest with no need for channel changing thus reducing RFD time.
RIPWave coordinates all of the data into real world, easy to configure and understandable information. This is a real benefit to end-users of any analysis system by its ability to combine all the information from diverse sources such as ultrasonics, track geometry, rail imaging, peripheral imaging and existing data bases to communicate the result in a uniform way.
VLIDS images the rail in all light conditions and accurately identifies the location of objects of interest through post processing. These are then automatically notified to the operator for closer analysis.
Each rail operator is able to tailor their particular requirements according to the cost/need ratio of the level of RFD needed. This is a considerable advantage for any rail network operator as they can utilise the same software across all platforms and consequently each data collection is directly comparable with others.
As the company steadily expands, both in premises and in personnel, the new applications and vehicles for ULTRAWave are being brought to market. The future has never been stronger for our small group of dedicated and multi-skilled workers.
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