Rail Vehicle Defect Detection and Performance Monitoring Current
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Rail Vehicle Defect Detection and Performance Monitoring: Current and Pending Technologies Association of Car Accounting and Car Service Officers Pueblo, CO May 15, 2009 ® RB Wiley, Principal Investigator ACACSO 2009 TTCI - 1 © Transportation Technology Center, Inc. , a subsidiary of the Association of American Railroads, 2009
Agenda u u Predictive/Preventive Maintenance Concept ATSI Industry Systems Update on the Current technology: Why does it matter? ? What’s Next…and Beyond: WPMS, Laser Technologies, Integration, Imaging ® ACACSO 2009 TTCI - 2 © TTCI/AAR, 2009
Predictive/Preventive Maintenance Concept u So What? u ‘to facilitate the proper flow of equipment ‘ ® ACACSO 2009 TTCI - 3 © TTCI/AAR, 2009
Window of Opportunity 200 175 High 150 125 Medium 100 Low 75 50 25 0 ® ACACSO 2009 TTCI - 4 © TTCI/AAR, 2009
Objective: Change the rail vehicle maintenance paradigm… From: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” To: Predictive / Preventative Maintenance HOW? ? ? ® ACACSO 2009 TTCI - 5 © TTCI/AAR, 2009
Trend Analysis for Predictive/Preventive Maintenance Time/Trend Plot of Wheel Impact Loads 90 2 Mo+ Maintenance Window of Opportunity AAR Rule 41 Condemnable 80 MAXVERT: 70 60 50 UCL 40 LCL 30 2002 -01 -12 2002 -05 -02 2002 -07 -23 2002 -08 -15 2002 -09 -27 2002 -11 -09 2002 -03 -03 2002 -06 -14 2002 -07 -31 2002 -09 -06 2002 -10 -16 MAXVERT (Kips) ® ACACSO 2009 TTCI - 6 © TTCI/AAR, 2009
ATSI: Industry Systems u Inte. RRIS® Carriers Carrier u. Wayside System EHMS Raw Data Equipment Identification AEI Car Owners Outside of Stress State Condition Via Industry Systems ® Inte. RRIS ® Stress State Condition Industry Systems u Wayside systems feed Inte. RRISÒ after identifying the car with AEI u Inte. RRISÒ identifies a “Stress-State” Condition u Inte. RRISÒ communicates with Railinc Systems for processing ® ACACSO 2009 TTCI - 7 © TTCI/AAR, 2009
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Current Systems Update: Defect Detection & Performance Monitoring ® ACACSO 2009 TTCI - 9 © TTCI/AAR, 2009
Inte. RRIS® WILD Statistics: Seasonality ® ACACSO 2009 TTCI - 10 © TTCI/AAR, 2009
Inte. RRIS® THD Statistics Update * Salient Systems (SSI) Hunting Index (HINDX) values within specified range at specified repeat count, from SSI Hunting Truck Detectors (HTD) loaded into Inte. RRIS®. ® ACACSO 2009 TTCI - 11 © TTCI/AAR, 2009
Loaded Hunting - Symptoms u. Failed adaptor pads u. Failure is associated with: l Failure of CCSB elements u. Cause? ? ® ACACSO 2009 TTCI - 12 © TTCI/AAR, 2009
Acoustic Bearing Detector (ABD) Multiple Cup Spalls ® ACACSO 2009 TTCI - 13 © TTCI/AAR, 2009
OOPS! ® ACACSO 2009 TTCI - 14 © TTCI/AAR, 2009
Upcoming ATSI Support: Example Defect Detection & Performance Monitoring Systems ® ACACSO 2009 TTCI - 15 © TTCI/AAR, 2009
Upcoming ATSI Support: Overload/Imbalanced Load Detector (OILD) u Fore – Aft Imbalance ® ACACSO 2009 TTCI - 16 © TTCI/AAR, 2009
Upcoming ATSI Support: Wheel Profile Measurement System (WPMS) u Wheel Profiles: Vision-based ® ACACSO 2009 TTCI - 17 © TTCI/AAR, 2009
Upcoming ATSI Support: Wheel Profile Measurement System (WPMS) u Wheel Profiles: Laser-based ® ACACSO 2009 TTCI - 18 © TTCI/AAR, 2009
2010 & Beyond Vision Systems and then: TDTI u Monitor/Detect other Vehicle Components u Leverage all systems for Overall Car Health Status ® ACACSO 2009 TTCI - 19 © TTCI/AAR, 2009
Questions ? Thank you for your time and interest!! ® ACACSO 2009 TTCI - 20 © TTCI/AAR, 2009