Alert System
ALERT SYSTEM is a safety system based on new short- and long-range railway traffic detection technologies, designed to prevent the risk of personnel being struck by trains and dangerous collisions whilst construction and maintenance work is being carried out on railway lines.
One of the main risks during maintenance and construction work on railway lines, in addition to train traffic itself, is the risk of staff being struck by trains and collisions between machinery or construction equipment, whether belonging to the company itself or to other contractors carrying out work on site.
The short-range ALERT SYSTEM detection system uses laser technology to detect objects of a certain size (workers, other machines, etc.) in the immediate vicinity of the machine and to interpret movement patterns. Furthermore, the long-range ALERT SYSTEM detection system uses machine vision techniques to locate other machinery or trains near the site where maintenance work is being carried out and to detect traffic from other vehicles near the work area on a parallel track.
Purpose of the Alert System
The end result of the project is a comprehensive system designed by Rover Rail to ensure the safety of staff carrying out construction and maintenance work on railway lines, significantly reducing the risk of these workers being run over or involved in collisions, and thereby reducing the number of workplace accidents.
