SRS SafeRailSystem
A fast and non-destructive solution for inspecting railway ballast, SafeRailSystem (SRS) enables you to autonomously inspect railway ballast for renewal and maintenance.
This high-speed radar system (more than 300km/h) is made of three or four antennas and can be easily mounted on any rail carriage or locomotive safe rail system. SRS also offers: Continuous mapping of ballast thickness; Location of areas with poor bearing capacity (e.g. ballast pockets); Differentiation between clean and fouled ballast; Detection of drainage problems.
IDS GeoRadar North America
Golden, US
Description
Other features of the system include:
- High speed: The SRS ground penetrating radar for ballast inspection can reach more than 300 km/h with 12 cm scanning steps.
- Dedicated post processing platform: Dedicated post processing software will guide the user through the interpretation of the data and detection of subsurface layers in a semi-automatic way.
- Video camera and GPS: The SRS solution can be integrated with a video camera, GPS and a Doppler radar encoder to provide the exact location of a scan and save time in post processing.
IDS' innovative use of its SafeRailSystem means a reduction in the current cost of under track investigation, maintenance and renewal of ballast. This improvement in the specification of maintenance results in less reworking, a reliable calculation of investments, and an improvement of maintenance quality.
Benefits of SafeRailSystem include:
- Improved track maintenance decision making;
- Increased rail network management profitability due to continuous monitoring;
- Cost reductions in track investigation procedures, maintenance and renewal operations;
- Easy interpretation of ballast status through the use of automatic tools;
- Minimised survey time due to high-speed GPR solution;
Specifications
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General
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Application Type
Mounting
Max Power Consumption {W}
35
Power type
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Antennae
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Type
Antenna Technology
Central Frequency (MHz)
400
Max acquisition speed (@ standard scan interval)
280 kph @ 12 cm trace interval
Certificates and Standards
FCC
Bits per Sample
Antenna Coupling
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Control Module
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Type
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Datalogger
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Type
Operating System
Display Type
Data format
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Positioning
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