Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/startup-signs-mou-on-rail-safety-tech/articleshow/90384775.cms
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Bengaluru: The IIR-incubated startup L2MRail and Society for Innovation and Development (SID) at the institute have signed an MoU with the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL) to enhance rail safety by automating rail wagon inspection and defect detection.
The L2MRail team and I ISc have pioneered the Machine Vision-Based Inspection System (MVIS), the first of its kind in India, overcoming the limitations of human inspection. “While rail safety has traditionally been associated with passenger carriers, freight trains also require real-time monitoring. While accidents are always a possibility, goods also need to arrive on time, for which timely inspection is essential. We are proud to say that the home-grown L2MRail is stepping in to fill in that gap,” said Prof Gurumoorthy, chief executive of SID.
MVIS can enable automated inspection of wagons during day and night, at high train speeds, with wide variations in load and wagon types and on any kind of terrain. This end-to-end automated system will be developed within a year and can be deployed anywhere in the world for fast detection of defects in wagons.
Initially, at a single location, MVIS will eventually be installed across the stretch of eastern and western corridors between Kolkata and Ludhiana (eastern) and Mumbai and Dadri (western). “While trains are routinely inspected, manual inspection has its limits. We welcome the channelling of innovative solutions towards strengthening rail safety through predictive maintenance, preventing potential accidents and downtime,” said RK Jain, MD of DFCCIL.
