PHOENIX MDS DED Dragging Equipment Detection
Dragging Equipment Detection (DED) monitors the undercarriage of passing trains for dragged parts using accelerometers.
Train equipment such as couplings, chains or hoses could be dragged under the train damaging the infrastructure. The function Dragging Equipment Detection (PHOENIXMDS 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.
