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Keywords: alarming, analysis, assets, condition, database, monitoring, performance, real time, scenario, status, web application.

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Dutch rail network operator ProRail wishes to increase the availability of the network and has set an ambition of zero avoidable faults. Because ProRail has outsourced the maintenance of the rail network to contractors, new maintenance contracts on the market will be performance based instead of unit based to achieve this goal. Condition based maintenance is considered to be the most effective maintenance strategy in a performance contract, in which real time monitoring is a very powerful tool for gathering status and condition data. This paper demonstrates the application of real time monitoring in the performance contract for Zeeland in the Netherlands, where the contractor VolkerRail, in cooperation with ProRail, use real time monitoring to reduce avoidable faults and to improve the availability of the network. The paper also describes the flexible asset monitoring system, which is used by VolkerRail in Zeeland, and has been developed by VolkerRails measurement and inspection department, Inspectation. Key features of the asset monitoring system are the reliable data acquisition devices with system health monitoring that are remotely upgradable, and the specially developed event server application for fully automated fault scenario analysis and alarming.

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Front Page Browse CCP CSETS CTR IJRT Other Authors Search Purchase Guide FAQ Contact us	Civil-Comp Proceedings ISSN 1759-3433 CCP: 104 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RAILWAY TECHNOLOGY: RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE Edited by: J. Pombo Paper 100 Flexible Asset Monitoring System Improves Railway Infrastructure Availability F.L.J. van den Bos¹, R. Koopal² and N.J. Steentjes¹ ¹Inspectation, VolkerRail Nederland B.V., Utrecht, The Netherlands ²Asset Management - Infra Systems - Signalling, ProRail B.V., Utrecht, The Netherlands doi:10.4203/ccp.104.100 purchase the full-text of this paper Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper F.L.J. van den Bos, R. Koopal, N.J. Steentjes, "Flexible Asset Monitoring System Improves Railway Infrastructure Availability", in J. Pombo, (Editor), "Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance", Civil-Comp Press, Stirlingshire, UK, Paper 100, 2014. doi:10.4203/ccp.104.100 Keywords: alarming, analysis, assets, condition, database, monitoring, performance, real time, scenario, status, web application. Summary Dutch rail network operator ProRail wishes to increase the availability of the network and has set an ambition of zero avoidable faults. Because ProRail has outsourced the maintenance of the rail network to contractors, new maintenance contracts on the market will be performance based instead of unit based to achieve this goal. Condition based maintenance is considered to be the most effective maintenance strategy in a performance contract, in which real time monitoring is a very powerful tool for gathering status and condition data. This paper demonstrates the application of real time monitoring in the performance contract for Zeeland in the Netherlands, where the contractor VolkerRail, in cooperation with ProRail, use real time monitoring to reduce avoidable faults and to improve the availability of the network. The paper also describes the flexible asset monitoring system, which is used by VolkerRail in Zeeland, and has been developed by VolkerRails measurement and inspection department, Inspectation. Key features of the asset monitoring system are the reliable data acquisition devices with system health monitoring that are remotely upgradable, and the specially developed event server application for fully automated fault scenario analysis and alarming. purchase the full-text of this paper (price £20) go to the previous paper go to the next paper return to the table of contents return to the book description purchase this book (price £65 +P&P)
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