System for determining remaining life of at least one component arranged to be installed on a vehicle, and braking system
AssigneeFaiveley Transport Italia S.P.A.
InventorMatteo Frea
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Abstract
A system is described for determining remaining life of at least one component arranged to be installed on a vehicle, particularly a railway vehicle, comprising a control means arranged for measuring, from when the at least one component has been installed in the vehicle, a usage data of the at least one component; receiving or including predetermined end-of-life data indicative of the expected end-of-life of the component; and determining a remaining life value of the component based on the difference between the predetermined end-of-life data and the measured usage data.
Claims36
A system (100) for determining remaining life of at least one component (102) arranged to be installed on a vehicle (104), particularly a railway vehicle, comprising a control means (106) arranged for:
- measuring, from when said at least one component (102) has been installed in the vehicle (104), a usage data of said at least one component (102);
- receiving or including a predetermined end-of-life data, indicative of the expected end-of-life of the at least one component (102);
- determining a remaining life value of the at least one component (102) based on the difference between the predetermined end-of-life data and said measured usage data.
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