The tCat allows a fast, agile and automated measurement of the main geometric parameters of the overhead contact line. In this month's article we aim to analyse the measurement performance with tCat for a campaign that we have defined as “typical”. That is a campaign in which we have tried to make its execution
This 2021, from Telice we have been working on improving the LiDAR point cloud processing software integrated in our tCat unit, refining it, and adding new automatic calculation functionalities that our users demand. Today we focus the blog article on one of these new additions: the automatic calculation of the REFOS. REFOS is a
Last June 2021, a field campaign with the tCat took place for the SIA Project “A System for vehicle-infrastructure Interaction Assets health status monitoring” (Grant Agreement no. 776402). SIA is an H2020 project with funding from the European Commission, formed by a consortium of 9 companies, of which Telice is part as an expert
The tCat equipment incorporates powerful processing software with two different functions: Field measurement functionality: “NEW SURVEY” Back-office analysis functionality: “SURVEY ANALYSIS In today's article, we will focus on the “SURVEY ANALYSIS” functionality and its feature of exporting the information contained in a measurement session to multiple formats. Often, the work of sampling catenary heights
Last 31 October 2020, the indexed journal Sensors, rated Q1 in “Instrumentation”, published the article “Automatic Extraction of Power Cables Location in Railways Using Surface LiDAR Systems”. Based on the collaboration between Telice and the Robotics Group of the University of León, a new method that allows one to check the state (height and stagger)
As-built documentation in electrification projects using tCat: a race against the laser gauge In an OLE system, the catenary runs in a predefined path above the track in order to guarantee good electrical contact with the pantograph as well as minimize wearing. Before the authority performs his own OLE tests or the system is commissioned
Final Event. Horizon 2020 project Last November 13th (2019) took place the first part of the Final Event programmed for the Horizon 2020 project. The aim of the project was to improve the technological and estructural design of the initial tCat prototype, as well as, build a network of stakeholders and design a market-oriented communication
Measuring the height and stagger of a contact wire In an OLE system, the catenary runs in a predefined path above the track in order to guarantee good electrical contact with the pantograph as well as minimize wearing. This is usually implemented at the design phase by establishing the location of the contact wire at
Last week TELICE was at Railway Interchange launching the tCat in the US market. For the launching, we chose Railway Interchange because it is the largest railway exhibition and technical conference in North America, with around 9.000 attendees from all around the world. It also congregated more than 700 exhibitors from different fields within the
Smart Rail World took place between the 17th and 19th of June in Munich, Germany. It hosted infrastructure managers, passenger rail and freight operators and industry suppliers to discuss new technological solutions for the railway industry. In this case, TELICE has participated as a Silver sponsor of the event and the tCat had a relevant