Duos Technologies, Inc.
Safety Is the #1 Concern of the Railroad Industry!
This article first appeared in the Railway-News magazine, Issue 2 2023.
Railcars contain hundreds of parts and critical components that must be inspected frequently to ensure safe and reliable operations.
With more than 1.6 million railcars running on nearly 200,000 miles of track in North America, railroads and railcar owners are seeking advanced technologies to keep their operations safe, reliable and efficient. Improving processes in this area is key to improving operations.
Railcar Inspection Portal (RIP®)
Duos Technologies Railcar Inspection Portal (RIP®) is an advanced, AI-enabled railcar imaging system that produces high-resolution images of railcars moving at track speeds. The wide array of crisply detailed images offers a full, 360 ‘all-around’ view of each railcar — not just the top and sides, but the undercarriage as well. An intuitive, streamlined user interface allows mechanical railcar inspectors to scan trains, review railcars and perform detailed, thorough inspections quickly and easily.
The RIP’s optional artificial intelligence (AI) detections help to elevate inspections to a highly automated process. Professionally developed AI models are available to automatically target and identify a wide variety of specific railcar defects, providing inspectors with alerts and notifications. This greatly reduces the inspection time by immediately drawing attention to targeted areas of interest.
Beyond simple imaging, the RIP® is a comprehensive inspection solution with a proven record of success in streamlining railcar inspections.
Features / Benefits
- Increase safety: employees, general public and customers
- Reduce cost of risk: reduce mainline service interruptions and derailments
- Decrease dwell times and improve equipment turns
- Improve overall fleet health by proactively managing car repair process
- Accelerate customer communications and regulatory compliance
