PHOENIX MDS DED Dragging Equipment Detection

Train equipment such as couplings, chains or hoses could be dragged under the train damaging the infrastructure. The function Dragging Equipment Detection (PHOENIX^MDS DED) protects humans alongside the track, crucial fixed assets such as switches, crossings, ETCS balises or signals against these kind of damages. When components are being dragged with a train, DED generates an alarm to traffic control or to the train driver in real-time to limit consequential damages. Alarms are generated at user-defined tolerance levels. The system provides information about the position of the dragging equipment at the train, the side where the impact was detected and the severity of the strike.