SIGNAL+DRAHT | Issue 12/2023
Switches and their characteristics - can they be monitored using trackside optical fibre?
The automated condition monitoring of railway infrastructure and switches in particular has become more important than ever. This requires innovative solutions as additional data sources, especially those that do not interfere with traffic. One such system is Fibre Optic Sensing (FOS), which can detect and visualise alterations to the infrastructure using optical fibres and lasers. This article demonstrates how signal validation models can be used and how a differentiated look behind the data can provide more information...