konux
Smart Railway Operations for a Sustainable Future
Andreas Kunze, Founder & Vice ChairmanThe KONUX system is an end-to-end solution that uses IoT devices and artificial intelligence to increase network capacity, extend asset lifetime, and lower expenses.
The company’s platform includes various solutions to improve the railway infrastructure. ‘The switch’ is considered as the railway infrastructure's most important asset. Railway networks must deal with rising traffic and deteriorating infrastructure. Manual checks are no longer sufficient to uncover maintenance needs in advance as they become increasingly frequent. Switches are the most significant aspect of the train system, accounting for 20-30% of all infrastructure-related delay minutes and costing €12 billion per year to maintain and replace globally. In this context, infrastructure managers can use the KONUX Predictive Maintenance System for Rail Switches to increase network availability, extend asset lifetime, and empower their personnel to perform more efficient maintenance.
The KONUX system is an end-to-end solution that uses IoT devices and artificial intelligence to increase network capacity, extend asset lifetime, and lower expenses. It continuously monitors and evaluates the health of critical switch components like the trackbed and frog, and makes actionable recommendations as a result.It enables for better maintenance planning by assisting infrastructure managers in anticipating problems and determining the best time and type of maintenance required.
The KONUX platform offers a dashboard solution where users can get the whole picture at a glance. The dashboard provides users with a real-time view of all essential assets and their status.This lets users to see at a glance what the most current and essential events are, as well as which ones require action. The company has also developed an innovative method based on machine learning technology that can forecast how switch component condition will evolve over the following 90 days. This enables users to spot early indicators of wear and tear, plan ahead for inspections, and prioritize maintenance on the most critical assets.
The platform also offers the KONUX Load Factor which helps users to plan smarter. To alter the planning of inspections, maintenance, or replacement cycles, users can always know their switch usage at a much more detailed level. Users may observe which switches are being examined too much or too little and take action accordingly.
The platform offers frequent maintenance quality checks. This feature allows users to examine the impact of maintenance actions over time to identify optimal practices and avoid failures or inefficient tasks. They can also find which actions were successful and for how long in order to determine the most cost-effective and long-term regimes. With the use of the platform, users can examine the frog health and act accordingly. By recognizing irregularities in the vibration data from the frog region of the switch, users may plan prompt action and prevent more significant and costly damage to the frog.
In less than ten minutes, each of KONUX’s internet-of-things devices may be deployed in the field. They are self-contained and have a four-year battery life. The sensors are permanently attached to the railway sleeper and continuously monitor crucial factors including vibration and acceleration without interfering with normal traffic flow.
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By boosting capacity, dependability, and cost efficiency, KONUX hopes to make railways the most popular mode of transportation in the future.
The KONUX platform offers a dashboard solution where users can get the whole picture at a glance. The dashboard provides users with a real-time view of all essential assets and their status.This lets users to see at a glance what the most current and essential events are, as well as which ones require action. The company has also developed an innovative method based on machine learning technology that can forecast how switch component condition will evolve over the following 90 days. This enables users to spot early indicators of wear and tear, plan ahead for inspections, and prioritize maintenance on the most critical assets.
The platform also offers the KONUX Load Factor which helps users to plan smarter. To alter the planning of inspections, maintenance, or replacement cycles, users can always know their switch usage at a much more detailed level. Users may observe which switches are being examined too much or too little and take action accordingly.
The platform offers frequent maintenance quality checks. This feature allows users to examine the impact of maintenance actions over time to identify optimal practices and avoid failures or inefficient tasks. They can also find which actions were successful and for how long in order to determine the most cost-effective and long-term regimes. With the use of the platform, users can examine the frog health and act accordingly. By recognizing irregularities in the vibration data from the frog region of the switch, users may plan prompt action and prevent more significant and costly damage to the frog.
In less than ten minutes, each of KONUX’s internet-of-things devices may be deployed in the field. They are self-contained and have a four-year battery life. The sensors are permanently attached to the railway sleeper and continuously monitor crucial factors including vibration and acceleration without interfering with normal traffic flow.
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Company
konux
Management
Andreas Kunze, Founder & Vice Chairman
Description
KONUX is a leading German AI scale-up, transforming railway operations for a sustainable future. We combine Machine Learning and industrial IoT to make railway the mobility choice of tomorrow by increasing capacity, reliability, and cost-efficiency.
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