Remote Condition Monitoring (Telecoms)

Projects have included UK wide Bridge Strike monitoring for Network Rail, Flood Monitoring, Lanslip monitoring, Cable theft prevention, Cable joint location and global installations such as Rockfall and Avalanche detection.

Programmes like Network Rails “remote condition monitoring of rail infrastructure using a strategic approach to technology, information management and business process to deliver benefits in performance”

L.B. Foster are part of this journey, delivering global solutions with partners L.B. Foster Salient Systems Inc . There are two primary goals of performance monitoring as it relates to the modern railway; safety and cost improvement. Passenger and freight railways are currently monitoring the health and safety of infrastructure and rolling stock which allows them to run a more profitable and safer operation. L.B. Foster Telecoms and Salient Systems, are helping railways on six continents to make these ideas a reality by:

• Monitoring wheel impacts with WILD (Wheel Impact Load Detector) systems.
• Monitoring train and vehicle weights with WIM (Weigh-In-Motion) and TOID (Train Overload Imbalance Detectors)
• Monitoring high speed stability with the HTD (Hunting Truck Detector).
• Integrating all of these systems with other “smart sensors” to give decision-makers the complete picture of their railway system..