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Transportation Technology Center Inc. TTCI, a subsidiary of the Association of American Railroads (AAR) is a world-class transportation research and testing organization.

TTCI is a worldwide provider for high-value rail transportation technology development, testing standards, training and have extensive track facilities, state-of-the-art laboratory facilities for research & testing needs. TTCI will provide Wayside Monitoring Systems like TADS, TPD, etc in India with ApnaTech as per IR Requirements.

National InstrumentsNational Instruments is a global leader in the field of Measurement, Automation and Control Systems and the pioneer of Virtual Instrumentation and Graphical Systems Design. ApnaTech is a SELECT Alliance Member of National Instruments providing solutions and products based on NI technologies.

IIT-KanpurIIT-Kanpur is one of the leading educational and research institute in the world. ApnaTech works closely with IIT-Kanpur as a Technical & Industrial Partner on several Research & Development projects and have commercialized the indigenous technology & research from the institute.

ABOUT US

ALLIANCES

CERTIFICATIONS

Apna Technologies & Solutions (ApnaTech) is part of the Apna Group of Companies which was

established in 1979. ApnaTech specializes in the development of Knowledge Engineering Products

(KEPs) and providing Systems Engineering solutions exclusively for the Indian Railways.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Computing Technologies

Programming & Scripting

and Storage Solutions

FOCUS AREAS

Health Monitoring

for Workshops & Manufacturing Facilities

PRODUCTS & SOLUTIONS

Acoustic Detection System ( TADS

Registered trademark of TTCI, Pueblo,

Colorado, USA)

Systems

System (TBMS)

Data Acquisition System)

Systems

Biometric Products

S Y S T E M S A N D P R O D U C T S

Wheel Impact Load Detector (WILD)

Wheel Impact Load Detector (WILD)

Graph showing the Impact Load on the Track S A L I E N T F E A T U R E S

Instrumented TrackWheel Flat

WILD system was initially developed along with RDSO & IIT Kanpur.

Wayside system with reliable 24x7 operation without

Manual Intervention

Automatic Identification of Trains and Automatic Measurements

Impact Load Measurement (ILM) & Impact Load Factor

(ILF) Measurement of all Wheels

Automatic Transfer of Report & Analysis to Railway Control

Office or Train Examining Station through GPRS

Transferring of Data through OFC link

Automated Alarm Notification based on Load Levels & ILF

Notification of Alarms & reports through SMS and e-mail

Speed Measurement of each axle and average train

speed measurement

Works for bi-directional Traffic

Provides Wagon/Coach Wheel & Axle Information

AEI & RFID Capability

Instrumentation optimized for capturing maximum Wheel

Circumference Data

Measurement Zones designed to provide greater accuracy

Self-Calibration of Channels to maintain accuracy & Self-Diagnostics

Remote Monitoring & Diagnostics Capability

Solar power as secondary power

Programmed software available at website for easy analysis &

trend of defective wheels

Impact load occurs on rails when a defective portion of a

wheel falls on the rail head. The impact load is transferred

to the rail head from the wheel through a combination of

any or all of the following defects: Wheel having a flat; Out

of roundness of wheels; Overloaded Axles; Defect in

suspension system; Misalignment of bogies; Skew in the

car body, etc. Wheel Impact Load Detector (WILD) is a

Safety System used to identify the high impact load caused

by the defects at a very early stage, hence protecting the

Rail Infrastructure, avoiding derailments and catastrophic

failures. WILD also reduces service failures and unplanned

maintenance cost of Rolling Stocks and Tracks.

Solar Powered Wayside Data Acquisit ion System

Hot Box and Hot Wheel detectors are trackside devices designed to

monitor axle, wheel and brake temperatures and to indicate any

overheating which could lead to derailments and transmits this data

to the traffic control and monitoring section. This is an unmanned

system, which consists of high speed pyrometers installed at axle

box level to check the temperature in near axle and far axle and at

the track level to measure the wheel temperature.

These pyrometers are connected with real time embedded data

acquisition system that wakes up on

train arrival to capture and analyze

the data from all pyrometers. The

real time software possesses the

intelligence to process the recorded

data and produces the report with

axle wise temperature information

and transmits the data to Traffic

Control or Monitoring Station. The

cut-off limits and the alarm limits can

be set by the user for flagging the

hot axles, hot wheel & cold wheels.

Wayside Hot Box Detector

S Y S T E M S A N D P R O D U C T S

Acoustic Bearing Detector (ABD) | Hot Axle Hot Wheel Detector

Hot Axle Hot Wheel Detector

S A L I E N T F E A T U R E S

Multiple microphone trackside array

AEI & RFID integrated

Internet connected

Reliable 24X7 operation without Manual Intervention

Automatic Identification of Trains and Automatic Measurements

2 outputs for suspected defects

Notification of Alarms & reports through SMS and e-mail

Operating Shock of 50g and IP65 standard enclosure mail

Remote monitoring and diagnostic capability

Lightning protected as per ANSI/IEEE C37.90.1

Notifications by e-mail or modem connection

TADS data sent to single or multiple databases

(e.g. customer owned and/or InteRRIS)

Evaluation results sent on each bearing of each train - defect present (Y or N)

Automatic Transfer of Report & Analysis to Railway Control Office

or Train Examining Station through GPRS

Defect location, severity ranking

Database tools available for graphical display of train, car, or bearing history

Acoustic review of detected bearing defects

Ethernet linked, multi-computer high-speed data acquisition system

Acoustic Bearing Detector (ABD)

ABD - Track side Microphone Array

Roller Bearings health of the Rail

plays an important role in deciding

the safety of Rail Transport.

Acoustic Bearing Detector or

Trackside Acoustic Detection

System (TADS) is a technology

designed to monitor roller bearings

and identify the same with internal

defects prior to overheating, costly

train stops and ultimately failure.

This technology enhances

equipment performance and

prolongs infrastructure life, and

enhances safety & efficiency of Rail

Transport

TADS-Registered trademark of TTCI, Pueblo, Colorado, USA

S A L I E N T F E A T U R E S

Automatic Identification of Hot Axle Box, Hot Wheel & Cold Wheel

Detailed report with data of axle box and wheel temperature at two sides of an axle

for complete train

Automatic Identification of the train

Automatic Transfer of report & analysis to railway control office through GPRS/Existing OFC Line

Identification of train type, number of engines, wagons/coach,brake vans

IP 65 grade cabinet to house data acquisition system & pyrometers

Reliable 24X7 operation without Manual Intervention

Notification of Alarms & reports through SMS & e-mail

Solar power as secondary power

Audio Visual Alarm for given alarm condition

The system was developed along with IIT Kanpur as part of the Technology Mission for

Railway Safety.

S Y S T E M S A N D P R O D U C T S

Truck Performance Detector (TPD) | Track Side Bogie Monitoring System (TBMS) | On-Board Diagnostics (OBD)

Truck Performance Detector (TPD)TPD is a product from TTCI, Pueblo, USA. The objective of TPD System is to detect & remove poorly tracking cars (curving

& tangent performance). TPD systems identify railcar truck suspension systems that do not perform optimally in curves.

Poor performance results in derailments due to wheel climb, gauge spreading, rail roll over and panel shift. Poor

performance also contributes to wear on track, wear on wheel profile and flanges and rail. TPD Systems also is able to

indicate poor bogie performance by measuring Vertical Force & Lateral Force. Derivatives of the vertical and lateral are

used to assess the curving performance of the bogie.

Track Side Bogie Monitoring System (TBMS)

On-Board Diagnostics (OBD)S A L I E N T F E A T U R E S

On-line data acquisition

Display over multiple channels simultaneously

Frequency analysis and Real-time FFT display

On-line analysis

On-screen trend display

Data storage with date-time information

Safe and tolerable limits for all channels

Automatic visual and audio alarm in case of limit crossing

Algorithmic diagnosis

Communication through mobile network to central control unit

OBD Systems provide complete access to the location of

the locomotive and health information of various

components on-board the locomotive.These systems

enable real time monitoring of various parameters like

vibration, temperature, pressure, voltage, current, etc for

vital locomotive equipments like rotating machines, traction

motor suspension bearings, axle bearings, air compressor,

etc and could be used on both Electric and Diesel

Locomotives.

S A L I E N T F E A T U R E S

Automatic train detection

Measures Vertical Load, Lateral Load & Angle of Attack

Calculates L/V Ratio, Tracking Error, Inter Axle Miss-Alignment

Secondary power - solar power

Reliable 24X7 operation without Manual Intervention

Automatic Identification of Trains and Automatic Measurements

Automatic Transfer of Report & Analysis to Railway Control Office

or Train Examining Station through GPRS

Notification of Alarms & reports through SMS and e-mail

The system was developed along with IIT Kanpur as part of the Technology Mission for Railway Safety.

The system was developed along with IIT Kanpur as part of the Technology Mission for Railway Safety.

Track Side Bogie Monitoring Systems (TBMS) monitors &

provides data about the health of bogies. The forces acting

in the vertical & lateral directions of the wheel-rail contact

zone will represent the true health status of the bogie.

Bogies with poor health are identified and isolated from the

fleet for immediate repair & rectification.

Wayside Truck Performance Detector

apnaVDAS - a compact, modular, rugged and portable

Versatile Data Acquisition System is an ideal platform for

stand-alone and portable Data Acquisition applications. The

compact form factor of apnaVDAS and the apnaVDAS

software makes it easy in configuring, setting up and

handling the system. apnaVDAS facilitates connectivity to a

variety of sensors & different bus technologies and

compatibility with wide variety of voltage and current levels.

Along with data logging the system offers post-test analysis

and real-time analysis as well.

S Y S T E M S A N D P R O D U C T S

Dragging Object Detector | apnaVDAS | Load Box Test System for Loco Engine

S A L I E N T F E A T U R E S

Fail Proof Mechanical Design for Detection System

Automatic identification of engine/wagon/coach having the

hanging object & its position from the engine

Two stage protection system to protect sensing elements

S A L I E N T F E A T U R E S

Web Connectivity

Custom Reports

On-line Data Analysis

On-Board Memory

Remote Data Acquisition

Operating Shock of 50g and

IP65 standard enclosure

All Inputs & Outputs Vibration, Noise, Current, Voltage, Load, Pressure,

Strain, Digital, Image, Motion, Speed, Pulse, etc.

Bus & Connectivity - CAN, Serial (RS232 & RS485),

Ethernet, GSM/GPRS, etc

Dragging Object DetectorDragging Object Detector is used to detect the low level hanging

parts on the moving train. Cases such as loose hose, loose

tarpaulin sheets are a potential risk on the live track and can cause

damage to the sleepers and lead to derailment. These low level

hanging parts are detected mechanically (by using a sensing plate

which is slightly above the rail level) or optically.

apnaVDAS (Versatile Data Acquisition System)

Load Box Test System for Loco EngineThe Load Box Test System is

developed to perform tests on the

Diesel Loco Engine under different load

conditions.

In real time the loco engine is coupled

to an alternator which provides the

electrical power to the traction motors

that drives the wheels of the

locomotive. In the test system, the

electrical output from the alternator is

provided to a water load box instead of

the traction motor.

The system is capable of starting the

diesel engine, controlling the alternator

output (the loading condition by

controlling the load box), running the

engine at various loads for set time, acquiring various

operational parameters of the engine, alternator & load

box. The system can also calculate and log various derived

parameters like SFC, etc. The system can display the data

in various user-configurable formats, log the data at high

speeds and can provide custom reports as per customer

requirements.

S Y S T E M S A N D P R O D U C T S

Rail Fatigue Rig | Remote Health Monitoring of Structures

Rail Fatigue Rig is an automated system to measure the

Fatigue Life of the Railway Track and Sleepers by creating

progressive & localized structural damage to the Railway

Tracks and the Sleepers from different directions. Based

on the cyclic loading of the Railway Track & the Sleepers

their Fatigue Life is determined. These tests help the

Engineering Department design & construct better

Railway Infrastructure. This system was developed for

RDSO along with IIT-Kanpur

Rail Fatigue Rig

Remote Health Monitoring of Structures

Function Generators to control the Fatigue as per the users requirement

Modeling & Analysis Services

Finite Element Modeling

Operation Model Analysis

Dynamic & Static Response Analysis

Fatigue Analysis

Crack Propagation & Failure Analysis

Validation of Numerical Model &

Corrections based on actual measurement

Instrumentation & Data Acquisition

Temperature Stress Analysis

Strain, Load, Deflection, Temperature, Vibration Measurements

Wireless Remote Data Acquisition & Monitoring

Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) based Sensors & Data Acquisition

Permanent Sensing & Data Acquisition

Distributed System with wireless & FBG providing High Noise

Immunity & near-zero transmission loss

Remote Bridge Monitor ing- Architecture

Structural Health

Monitoring for Bridges

and other structures - a

growing need in

Railways.

ApnaTech uses the

i n s t r u m e n t a t i o n

technologies and

modeling & analysis

technologies to provide

the status of structures

continuously, also

calculate the effects

of higher loads;

temperature stresses

and provide fatigue

analysis of the

structures.

Engineering Design and Analysis

CAD/Meshing/FEM/CFD

Fatigue Fracture and Durability

Life Estimation (cycles for crack initiation)

Crack Propagation & Failure

Effect of Residual Stresses on Life

Repair Strategy Evaluation

Multi-Body Dynamics

Full Vehicle Dynamics

Engine Dynamics

Transmission Design

Wind-mill

Rail/Wheel Interaction

Dynamic Forces on Wagons & Bogies

Electromagnetic Field Analysis

FEA

Composite Analysis

Contact Details

B A N G A L O R E

#01, Coconut Garden Cross, Outer Ring Road, Kalyan Nagar

PO, Bangalore-560043 Ph: +91-80-43424000 Fax: +91-80-25426463

L U C K N O W

18-F, Samar Vihar, Near Manak Nagar Railway Station,

Alambagh, Lucknow-226005 Ph: +91-88009-56688

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C H E N N A I

E-10, Industrial Estate, Guindy, Chennai-600032

Ph: +91-44-22500274 Fax: +91-44-22500269

N O I D A

A-175, Sec 63, Noida -201301

Ph. +91-120-4743200 Fax: +91-120-4743209

Design, Simulation & Modeling Services

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Inspection Systems

Wheel Inspection &

Measurement Systems

Brake pad & Brake Shoe

Inspection & Measurement

Systems

Stereo Vision Systems for

Surveillance & Tracking

Fog Vision & Vision

Enhancement Systems

Wireless Sensor Networks

Devices & MOTE

Passenger Information Systems

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Product Development please

contact : +91-88009-56688 or

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