The recognition of surface demage on rails is of critical importance in order to guarantee a high level of safety for normal train operation. THIS has been particulary developed in order to detect “head check” defect and to provide information on its position and dimension.
The measuring system allows maintenance team to explore rail structure even more accurately. THIS, through the use of a no-contact optical scanning system, is capable of finding gage corner cracking in its earliest stage, when rail grinding is still a feasible option, before it leads to bigger problems.
A unique laser illumination system, developed by MERMEC Group, is used to illuminate the rail enabling THIS to determine crack dimensions from 0.15 mm to 0.50 mm, their angle, length and frequency.
| Served Markets |
Versions available |
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| Parameters / Accuracy |
Rail Surface Damage |
 Request product brochure for detailed information about Acquisition Speed, Field of View, Resolution and Sampling Interval |
| "Head Check" Position & Dimension |
| Operating Characteristic |
Technology |
Optical, No-contact |
| Climatic Conditions |
All with exception of heavy rain/snow |
| Operating Temperatures |
-40 to +45 °C (-40 to +113 °F) |
| Mounting |
Center Bogie |
