The Digital Optical Control Board (TCO)
The need
In order to guarantee the safety of workers at the rear base and to optimize the management of these sites via a decision support tool, infrastructure managers need to know and control track occupancy, the position of needles and derailleur cleats.
The prototyped solution
The proposed solution is based on historical sensors, improved and made connected thanks to IoT. They communicate their data to a dedicated platform. Route and lane occupancy information is visualized via a web application.
The sensor part includes:
Connected axle counters
Connected needle controllers and electronic position detectors
The display part includes 3 visualization interfaces allowing each user to access information useful to their needs:
A Digital TCO: web application, representing the digitized path map
A Connected Tip: connected light display positioned on the ground at the edge of the track, indicating the path marked to train drivers
A TIP Watch: smartwatch displaying the path traced
Learn more about SPRINT manufacturers
SFE STAND, a French company that designs equipment, systems and services for signalling rail transport networks.
VOSSLOH COGIFER, a major player in the design of rail fastening systems, concrete sleepers and switch systems
For more than 135 years, rail infrastructure has been the core business of the Vossloh Group.
A world leader in its field, Vossloh offers its customers — public and private railway companies, network operators and local and regional transport companies — a wide range of products and services ranging from switch systems and track cores, rail fastening systems, concrete sleepers, to innovative and digital services that allow products to be controlled throughout their life cycle.
Vossloh is involved in the Rail Open Lab because the collaborative framework it offers makes it possible to accelerate the marketing of digital solutions with high added value and high technology, intended to optimize and facilitate the management, operation and maintenance of the track to guarantee maximum availability. The proposed partnership framework also allows the rail sector to transform more quickly to meet the needs of passenger mobility and freight transport in a safe and sustainable manner.
Established in Toulouse and Marseille for over 50 years, SCLE SFE designs, produces, installs and maintains electronic equipment and software for rail and energy players. Agence Marseille is specialized in the design and production of analog (N.S1 blocks) and digital railway signalling equipment (safety systems up to SIL4 based on the BGS, Generic Safety Block). In addition to these highly safe signaling products subject to long and complex verification and validation processes, SCLE SFE has created an Agile team, dedicated to innovation and the development of connected rail solutions.
SCLE SFE's involvement in the Rail Open Lab is motivated by its operational experience in the Railway industry, its expertise in connected objects and in system and software architecture design, its ability to develop and industrialize prototypes and its strategy to develop its offer while remaining as close as possible to customer needs.
