BROKEN RAIL DETECTION SYSTEM USING LASER BEAM
Ahmad Sugiana (a*), Fiky Y. Suratman (a), Krisna Muhammad Luthfi (a)

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Department of Electrical Engineering
School of Electrical Engineering
Telkom university
Jl. Telekomunikasi Terusan Buah Batu Indonesia 40257, Bandung , Indonesia
sugianaa[at]telkomuniversity.ac.id

Abstract

Recently, train contol system has emerged to impact railway technology in order to improve its services especially for passenger. To ensure a safe train operation, some devices are applied to control the infrastucture and rollingstock work safely such as track, signaling system, rollingstock and etc. Track is a main part of infrastructure that has to be monitored before train operation passes it. By operation times, the rail will decrease in quality due to several factors such as temperature and material durability. If the condition is not handled, the rail can be damaged. One type of rail damage that is often encountered is broken rails. If the rail breaks, the train passes through it can be derailed.
To address this problem, periodical rail check need to be carried out. At present, railroad operators have a manual rail checking program by a railroad checking officers. In this research, a rail damage detection system will be developed using a laser beam. Lasers have been used for many years in various fields. The use of lasers is considered more sophisticated, efficient, and practical to use. This rail detection laser will be designed as a prototype. If this prototype successfully fulfills the criteria with 5 mm gap. It is supposed to be implemented directly to assist officers in checking the railroad tracks.

Keywords: Insfrastructure, rollingstock, train control system, broken rail, laserbeam

Topic: Electrical Engineering