To overcome this type of situation, Stimio’s rail-certified MARTI solution was combined with pressure sensors. Information on pressure in the main conduit and starter reservoir is sent to the SNCF’s VIGILOC internal platform every 10 minutes. When an excessively low pressure level is detected, an alert is triggered allowing a service agent to restart the diesel engine, thus ensuring that it has sufficient pressure and assuring its future availability.
In addition to preventing complete stoppages, analysing the uploaded data also allows to verify the state of suppressor health in the future, to predict the end of its life, and to plan ahead to replace it.
The modularity and agility of the MARTI solution makes it perfect in this context, as it makes it possible to quickly put locomotives in operational condition without requiring large-scale interventions on equipment.
Eventually, more than 100 locomotives will be equipped with Stimio’s rail-certified IoT solution.
