Maligaon, July 12: In yet another effort to further improve safety of train movement, Automatic Computerized Axle Box Temperature measurement system has been installed in Kamakhya and New Bongaigaon stations of NFR.
This Automatic Computerized Axle Box Temperature measurement system is a fully automated wayside detection system. It consists of data acquisition equipment deployed by the side of railway track which acquires temperatures of axle boxes and wheels treads / rims of every passing train.
The acquired data is analyzed and axle boxes running hot due to some defects and wheels running hot due to brake-binding are identified. Alarms are raised when the parameters are found exceeding prescribed upper limits.
These alarms are dispatched in the form of SMS alerts or any other suitable means. The parameters acquired by system are also relayed to a computer server which is available to users of the system through a website.
Hot Axle and brake binding of trains due to various reasons are a major cause of concern, which even has the potential of causing derailment of train leading to substantial loss of property apart from blocking train movements. Such damages can be checked if defects are detected on time.
This newly introduced system improves the accuracy of the data. This system was installed in Kamakhya station in month of February 2020 and till now three successful detections have been done.
This system has also been installed at New Bongaigaon station in February 2020 and till now five successful detections have been done in freight carrying trains. It has been now planned to install Automatic Axle box Temperature Detector at New Guwahati, Lumding and Badarpur stations during the current year.
