DUTCH infrastructure manager Prorail has awarded machine-to-machine technology company Dual Inventive a contract to supply 1500 wireless sensors to remotely monitor the health of points and crossings at key locations across the network.
Voestalpine Signaling Sainerholz has developed a range of modular and compact point machines which can be laid on top of concrete sleepers or slab track and in the centre of the track gauge. CEO Holger Puetz explains how the new machines should be more reliable and need less maintenance than traditional point motors.
An innovative concept for turnouts functioning in sub-zero temperatures that eliminates the need for a point heater has been developed by Dutch mechanical design engineer, Richard de Roos, at his own risk and expense.
Ecostar 4 is a new generation of point machines which can be used in a variety of applications and is compatible with most interlockings, explains Alfred Pölinger, technical marketing manager with Voestalpine Hytronics.