Vossloh has introduced its cloud-based platform ‘Vossloh connect’ a user-friendly platform that provides tailormade, data-driven solutions related to the rail infrastructure and whose applications will drive the digitalisation and the transformation of the rail industry.
The platform offers an array of cutting-edge solutions designed to optimise rail infrastructure management and maintenance as well as contributing to increased safety, reduced costs and improved overall performance.
Vossloh has created a one-stop-shop-platform for railway customers across the rail network. It offers a comprehensive suite of digital solutions, seamlessly integrated into one single, user-friendly system. It comfortably provides a holistic view on rail infrastructure and operations.
Vossloh connect platform offers customers not only access to Vossloh’s self-developed solutions for various areas of rail infrastructure but is also open to selected third-party partners offering complementary products and solutions.
The tools enable real-time monitoring capabilities providing instant insights into rail network performance and asset health as well as relevant information for predictive maintenance. In addition, the platform comprises advanced analytics and alert systems in order to significantly reduce the risk of accidents and disruptions. This is not only crucial for the paramount of the railway industry – safety – but also helps to reduce costs for emergency repairs and extends the lifespan of the rail assets and therefore contributes to sustainability. The core of ‘Vossloh connect’ is formed by the range of sophisticated predictive maintenance algorithms which enable rail operators to schedule maintenance tasks more efficiently while reducing downtime and costs whereas the central customer request – the availability of the track – can be increased by these means. Customers have access to their condition data via ‘Vossloh connect’. The visualisation in the Vossloh applications makes this data intuitively usable and translates it into recommendations for tailormade action.
Certain Vossloh inhouse developed solutions offered on the new platform are focusing on switches as one of the technically most complex and fault-prone elements of the rail track. Smart Turnout provides advanced monitoring of switches including information on vertical displacement, train speed and train recognition, Smart Point Machine enables quick asset assessments and adjustable alarms and can be adapted to any specific customer needs. Advanced monitoring prevents failures of point machines and specific algorithms aim at failure prognosis and forecasting. With a set of laser-equipped sensors the solution SMV measures displacement and vibration to provide insights on tamping needs of the ballast bed in the switch area, but also to assess maintenance effectiveness.
The concept of mapl-e offers a seamless solution combining measurement, analysis, and maintenance, in order to reduce and control costs through combined grinding-activities and train-based measurement. It allows for continuous data collection even during high-traffic periods, providing rapid access to valuable information and increasing operations efficiency.
Besides, Vossloh’s Datalab can be considered a real Jack-of-all-trades in statistics offering rail-infrastructure data visualization for insights, statistical KPIs and alarms for monitoring, topped with a flexible dashboard for asset oversight.
In addition, the platform serves as a marketplace for selected third-party providers or partners and their solutions.
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