If an embankment failure is not managed from an early stage the result could be derailment.
Around the world service operators are under pressure to increase capacity, reduce costs and save time by improving safety.
Embankment slips or other earthworks problems can go unnoticed until the worst could happen, a derailment leading to injury or fatalities.
Some of the causes are:
- A defective drain saturating the soil
- Leaning OHLE/signals
- Animals – rabbits/badgers undermining the slope
- Cracks appearing or vegetation movement
- Signal disturbance
- Poor control of mineral extraction works
- Blocked or overloaded culverts
Yeltech’s Solution
Our Earthworks Monitoring System combines intelligent inclination sensors with a central solar powered web-based platform.
The integrated system is a highly effective tool for making safety-related decisions.
The server continuously transmits reliable data from our secure cloud. Meaning remote access to equipment in the field 24/7 – removing the need to send engineers to site.
This article was originally published by Yeltech.
