Automatic Inspection Of Railway Overhead Wires

C. Smorenburg; A. L.G. van Valkenburg

doi:10.1117/12.949225

15 February 1989 Automatic Inspection Of Railway Overhead Wires

C. Smorenburg, A. L.G. van Valkenburg

Proceedings Volume 1010, Industrial Inspection; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.949225
Event: 1988 International Congress on Optical Science and Engineering, 1988, Hamburg, Germany

Abstract

For the Netherlands railway company a system for inspection of the degree of wear of the contact wires is being developed. With an active sensor the reflective under-surface of the overhead wire is illuminated with a laserbeam and reflected radiation is detected by fast CCD detectors. With the sensor at a train speed of 90 km/hr. every cm of max. 4 overhead wires will be inspected, determining the wire thickness and the appearance of holes caused by local sparks. For illumination and detection a special optical system has been developed. From the railway inspection waggon measurements have been performed with a prototype system, demonstrating the feasibility of the measuring principe.

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C. Smorenburg and A. L.G. van Valkenburg "Automatic Inspection Of Railway Overhead Wires", Proc. SPIE 1010, Industrial Inspection, (15 February 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.949225

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