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A rail gauge inspection system, mounted to the underside of a rail car,
will scan the entire shape of the track, collecting critical information
while traveling at speeds of up to 220 miles an hour.
The system collects geometry information to help improve safety and
efficiency levels while also reducing maintenance costs.
This breakthrough in advanced data processing technology also
eliminates the subjectivity of manual inspections.
Laser Design is supplying a new laser probe, the RPS-2000, for this
application and its current Railroad Inspection customers are providing
the data analysis of the profile information within their own inspection
software platforms.
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Railroad
photo courtesy of www.trainweb.com
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According
to Marty Schuster, CEO of Laser Design, “The Railroad Rail Inspection
companies we are working with already have the analysis software to handle
and process the constant streaming of rail profile and gauge data that we
output at very high rates. Mounting
of these new Laser Scanning Probes directly on the rail cars for
continuous inspection of the rail profiles has begun and is showing a
capability so far not seen in the industry.
With older technologies, the limited amount of data used for this
inspection greatly impeded true knowledge of the rail’s condition,”
said Schuster. “With the
increasing number of track condition-related problems throughout the
world, we see this innovative solution being quickly accepted by both the
railroad companies themselves as well as the specialized Rail Inspection
Technology providers.”
Since
1987, Laser Design Inc. has been the leading supplier of ultra-precise, 3D
laser scanning systems and services used for capturing the 3D shape of
objects with complex geometries and free-form surfaces.
Laser Design’s Surveyor line of automated and portable scanning
systems are ideal for 3D applications such as computer-aided verification,
discrete dimensional measurements, reverse engineering, rapid prototyping,
and manufacturing from scan data. The
company’s patented laser line-probe technology dramatically reduces
scanning time by collecting data substantially faster and more accurately
than conventional metrology technologies.
The 16-year-old company also operates an in-house Service Bureau
offering complete 3D scanning, modeling and inspection services.
For further information, contact Marty Schuster, by phone
(952-884-9648, ext. 202), fax (952-884-9653) or via email to sales@laserdesign.com.
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