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Integration and
safety controls
References SmartTECS Rail Service (SmartTECS Group, AAIT) (excerpt)
Gain an impression of the rail vehicle modernization work carried out by SmartTECS Rail Service GmbH.
Overall railway technology
Trams / Metros
Regional Trains
Locomotives
Project reference: ETCS retrofitting of old vehicles
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Project
- Retrofitting a locomotive with an ETCS system.
- Client: Energy supply company based in Germany.
- Order volume: Integration and installation of the ETCS system on several vehicles.
- Focus: Integration without support from the vehicle manufacturer.
- Project duration: 2 years + warranty management
Requirements
- Integration without support from the vehicle manufacturer.
- Processing and recovery of the commissioning authorization.
- Preparation of evidence for DeBo, NoBo and AsBo as well as project coordination of the assessment bodies.
- Compliance with the tight time frame set by the funding body.
Implementation
- Achieving vehicle competence through testing and evaluation.
- Concept development based on vehicle knowledge and the system requirements of the ETCS supplier.
- Installation planning and construction supervision for a railroad workshop.
- Conversion testing, technical documentation and approval processing.
- Safety Manager, preparation of safety documentation and handling of the safety assessment body.
Added customer value
- Complete project implementation from a single source.
- Interface between ETCS supplier, workshop, assessment bodies and safety authority.
- Preparation of documentation such as EC declarations for the change management body (RU).
Project reference: Safety control system for light rail vehicle
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Project
- Retrofitting a safety control system on a light rail vehicle to achieve the new approval after modernization
- Client: Supplier of traction converters
- Scope: Modernization of 10 low-flood streetcars
- Project duration: 2 years
Requirements
- Existing car control units including drive technology were replaced with non-safety-related technology as part of a refit.
- The safety functions of the existing system had to be replicated or other suitable measures had to be taken to maintain the overall safety level.
- The commissioning permit in accordance with BOStrab had to be processed and obtained again.
Implementation
- Concept development of a safety control system that implements the safety functions according to VDV 161 and monitors/prevents further hazards due to the new technology.
- System and software development according to SIL 3 with assessment.
- Safety management, risk evaluation, development of safety measures, safety verification with external assessment.
- Development of regression test specifications for future software changes to the non-safety-related control system.
Added customer value
- Development processes could be simplified and designed according to basic integrity.
- Future software changes can be handled just as easily.
- External outsourcing to nativ Speaker of security management and approval processing.
- Use of tried and tested SIL 3 technology from previous projects.