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AssigneesWestinghouse Rail Systems Limited, Invensys Rail Systems Australia Limited, Safetran Systems Corporation, Invensys Systems, Inc., Westinghouse Brake and Signal Holdings Limited
InventorsStephen Baker, Jay Walser, Colin Burton, Manus Henry
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A system is disclosed for monitoring condition of a railways installation such as a points machine. The system includes a plurality of sensors (S1, S2, S3 - - - SN) associated with elements of the installation for monitoring parameters indicative of operating capability of the installation. The system includes means (12, 23) for processing the monitored parameters to determine whether the parameters are changing relative to reference values and to determine whether the changes are indicative of an increased risk of malfunction in the installation. The processing means may include a digital computer programmed with condition monitoring and fault detection software. A method of monitoring condition of a railways installation is also disclosed.
A system for monitoring condition of a railways installation such as a points machine, said system including:
A condition monitoring system according to any one of the preceding claims including means for interfacing said sensors to said processing means, said interfacing means including signal conditioning and buffering circuits, analog to digital converters and a logic array.
A condition monitoring system according to any one of the preceding claims wherein said processing means includes a digital computer programmed with condition monitoring and fault detection software.
A method of monitoring condition of a railways installation such as a points machine said method including the steps of:
A system for monitoring condition of a railways installation substantially as herein described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
A method for monitoring condition of a railways installation substantially as herein described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.