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Rail Surface and Wear Condition Measurement Systems

Rail Profile Measurement Systems

Non-contact, completely digital, optical imaging technology improves performance of rail gage measurement.

ENSCO’s transverse rail profile system is a high-performance system that can measure transverse rail profile, rail wear, and rail cant in real time at a one-foot sample rate up to the maximum speed of the car. Parameters such as rail wear and cant can be displayed alongside track geometry data in real time. The system also detects rail cant and rail wear exceptions in real time. The ENSCO rail profile system has a very high rate of successful automatic rail size recognition, minimizing the need for rail profile post processing.
 

Ride Quality and Wheel Impact Measurement System

A low-cost, reliable way of measuring the quality of the ride and detecting track defects at joints, switches and on the rail surface

Measuring the quality of the ride of a vehicle can provide valuable information to the railway, both about the vehicle and also about the track. With instruments mounted at different locations on a car, problems with the suspension of the car as well as defects in the track that cause vehicle/track interaction performance issues can be detected. The data can be integrated into the track geometry data stream for review with the other measurement systems. Using our advanced signal processing algorithms, sensors can locate misaligned switches, crushed rail heads, surface flaws, and large gaps between rails.
 

Rail Corrugation Measurement

Complements your track geometry measurement program

Corrugations on the surface of the rails not only provide a rough ride, they can also cause serious vibrations in the vehicles and with time will cause excess wear and tear on the suspension. Typical track geometry systems do not measure rail corrugation. To combat this issue, ENSCO’s laser-based Rail Corrugation Measurement system takes multiple measurements of the rail, creating a spatial representation of the rail surface. The host computer calculates the irregularities and reports locations where the corrugation exceeds predefined thresholds. This data helps railroads plan their rail-grinding and repair programs.

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