Friends, colleagues, over the past year and change a good deal of us who have spent a large portion of our professional lives in the COT&S/Age-Ex field have been talking in hushed tones about the next area, next advancement. Well with extreme pride on the work done by the incredible people at Clever and Graham White (as well as our partner R/R's in this development), it is time to start speaking publicly about it as the pilots are going live. Please find the attached overview and article (in the hyperlink), which outlines our vision for the future of pneumatic systems. The incredible power of Clever's AVM SaaS with a long and successful history in OTR commercial vehicles, is now coupling with Graham White's (Wabtec's) world changing Air Smart drying technology. That is Air Drying technology both for MU motive power applications, via their well established 994 dryer and now, for EMU/Subway/DMU via their incredible work at applying that technology to their 469 family of dryers. Imagine a world without skewed static CDP tests, imagine understanding and viewing in real time, your rolling stocks actual Air Quality. Either at an individual level, consist level, or daily fleet cumulative. Imagine that information with a live and historical geospatial overlay, showing instantaneous variances in Air Quality based on environmental considerations (tunnels, standing water, under-platform temperatures) all at your fingertips with an intuitive, easy to navigate GUI. Imagine a dryer that modifies its cyclical regeneration times based on the real condition of the bed, as it actually is "live". Imagine your Air System smart enough to email or, text select members of the maintenance staff when maintenance is required or, if an immediate failure occurs. We did and we're going to change the paradigm together. The question is "why"? The answer is simple, it is the last frontier, nee hurdle in maintenance extension for pneumatic systems. Friends, what is the limiting factor? It is not dynamic movement and wear of seals and bores in a pneumatic systems as it used to be. Due to the acceptance and reliability of ED in this "modern" era, the bulk of wear and limiting factor is caused by lubricant degradation. Lubricant degradation caused by long term Air Quality factors. Control the Air Quality, protect the lubricants, extend the intervals, drastically lower maintainability costs and have no loss in safety.
Air quality plays a pivotal role in pneumatic systems due to the risk of corrosion from moisture and the impact of airborne contaminants, like dust and oil, on performance. Disruptions to the "air quality chain" pose serious downstream risks to vital components, potentially causing sudden issues or prolonged deterioration.
Current limitations in dryer technology and testing metrics arise from fixed parameters and static procedures that fail to adapt to changing environmental conditions. Graham White's Air Smart dryers, integrated with Clever Devices' AVM-SaaS systems represent a groundbreaking advancement. This technology will enable real-time monitoring, eliminating the need for static air quality tests and offering autonomous operation. Its transformative potential extends beyond pneumatic systems, ushering in a new era for rail technology. #Pneumatics #AirQuality #RailTechnology #Innovation https://hubs.li/Q02c3pq60
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