Maligaon, July 12 (MExN): In continuation of its efforts to improve safety of train movement, Automatic Computerized Axle Box Temperature measurement system has been installed in Kamakhya and New Bongaigaon stations of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR).
This newly introduced system which improves the accuracy of the data was installed in Kamakhya and New Bongaigaon stations in month of February this year. Till now three successful detections have been done in Kamakhya while five successful detections have been done in freight carrying trains in New Bongaigaon, according to a statement from CPRO, NFR Subhanan Chanda .
The NFR also plans to install Automatic Axle box Temperature Detector at New Guwahati, Lumding and Badarpur stations during the current year, the release added.
According to the NFR press statement, the 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, the release added.
