Technology/Research:
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The small, low-cost prototype 'THAS'
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The Train Health Advisory System (THAS) is understood to be the
first low cost on-board train monitoring system in the world for
multiple wagon use. The THAS involves a low cost sensor
device installed on multiple wagons, which communicate with a Head
End Unit (HEU) via the ECP trainwire and report on rollingstock and
track health and defect events. Designed as an add-on
to the new OzECP brake system being developed by RIA and its
partners, the THAS in its current form will report on: wheel
unloading; L/V risk; track degradation rates; ride quality;
hunting; wheel flats; and axle derailment.
Status:
Rail Innovation Australia and project partners CQUniversity, QR and
Faiveley Transport have received a grant of $670,000 from the
Queensland Government Smart State Innovation Fund to develop and
commercialise this technology.
Industry uptake
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It is envisaged THAS could be marketed separately or as an add-on
to the much anticipated OzECP brake product. Major industry
operator QR and international transport company Faiveley Transport
have committed themselves as major project partners.
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Present or potential value to industry:
The project, and its associated technology, was estimated by
independent consultants STEM Partnerships in 2006, to have the
potential to deliver a risk-free-value of $27.2 million over the
next 15 years to the rail industry.
