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Automation

Automation

Train weighing for ultimate precision

Downer is the exclusive distribution partner of Railweight in Australia and provides pioneering dynamic weighing technology for rail vehicles, with a significant number of in-motion weighing systems in operation globally.

Our specialist team develops weighing solutions for all rail users, from raw material producers to end-users and our systems are in action in almost every industry connected to rail networks.

Our team of experts create tailored solutions to meet our customers' needs, delivering a system that provides accurate and reliable weighing results. 

Why choose our weighing systems?

Technical capability

  • Up to 16 independent weighing channels
  • Rail mounted transducers – Weighline or Streamline
  • TSR4000 Processing unit
  • Wheel sensors – Low or High speed
  • A.V.I. (Automatic Vehicle Identification) tag reading system
  • PC-based data handling system – iLine2

Speed of operation

  • Transducers will operate within a speed range of 0.1km/h to 110km/h.
  • Transducers are trafficable at unlimited speeds without damaging the system’s on-going metrological performance.
  • The system will calculate and display average wagon speed, in km/h to one decimal place.

System accuracy

Using Weighline transducers trains can be weighed to an accuracy of:

  • Better than OIML Class 1 (+/-0.5% total train weight) up to 10km/h
  • Better than OIML Class 2 (+/-1.0% total wagon / axle weight) up to 10km/h. 

System regulatory compliance

OIML Certificate of Compliance. The equipment offered in this RFP complies with the following OIML recommendations:

  • Weighline System – OIML R106 Automatic Rail Weighbridges 
  • Weighline System – NMI Certificate of Approval No 6/14H/5

Our global presence

Our systems are installed and working across Australia throughout New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia for customers including ARTC, Aurizon and Rio Tinto. 

We also have a large global presence with well over 300 systems installed and working across 6 different continents including North and South America, Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia, with customers including Shell Total, Vale, Anglo American, Network Rail UK, Deutch Bahn Germany, KoRail Korea, SNCC Congo, Setrag Gabon and PT KAI Indonesia.

Contact us

For more information or to discuss with our team a package that is right for your application, contact the  Automation team at Automation.NSW@downergroup.com 


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