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SUMMARY:Qld Event (Webinar) - Automating Rail Network Asset Management and Inspections
DESCRIPTION:Understand critical points of inspection in railway assets to safety and efficiency of maintenance strategies of railway operations using automated technology for asset management. This presentation will be delivered in two parts. \nPart 1: Automating Rail Network Asset Management (presented by Daniel Buntine)\nUsing automated inspection systems\, Aurizon Network is on a journey to ramp up network inspections to meet the requirements of a modern heavy-haul railway. Aurizon Network operates Australia’s busiest coal transport system\, and with such immense traffic comes rapid degradation of asset condition\, quality and performance. Through targeted investment in emerging technology to link developments in asset measurement\, telecommunications\, data analysis and asset management\, Aurizon is on track to monitor critical safety parameters much more frequently and facilitate a shift towards more predictive maintenance and renewals across the asset portfolio. Two case studies will focus on how the $30m annual rail replacement programme is now generated accurately at the push of a button\, as well as new industry-leading technology being trialled to increase measurement frequency of track and overhead traction geometry by up to 100-fold. \nDaniel Buntine\, MIEAust CPEng\, Asset Management Engineer\, Aurizon \nDaniel is an engineer and data guru in Aurizon’s Network Asset Management area. He is passionate about leveraging technology and crunching numbers to help make better business decisions that lead to improved operational performance for Aurezon’s customers. Daniel has previously completed investigations into extreme rail temperatures under traffic at Connors Range near Sarina\, the relationship between curve superelevation imbalance and rail wear\, as well as spearheading visualisation of asset information\, activities and disruptions through GIS platforms. \nPart 2: Inspections via Machine Vision and Why You Should Be Excited (presented by Nicholas Keogh) \nThe maintenance of a railway poses numerous unique engineering challenges\, many of which are exacerbated by the physical environment in which the railway exists. A heavy haul railway can stretch over thousands of kilometres\, often to remote locations\, and is directly exposed to harsh physical conditions all year round. Exposure to such elements raises the risk of failure and necessitates that the condition of the railway is continuously monitored to ensure safe operation; this poses a significant logistical challenge to maintainers. How best to safely and efficiently provide maintainers with the inspections they need to manage the asset? In 2019\, Aurizon embarked on a trial of using an inspection regime that relied on autonomous object detection within videos captured from track vehicles\, with the aim of using machine learning to identify and report on basic defects. \nThis presentation will provide an overview to the problems being sought by the trial\, the process followed throughout as well as what it was able to find. \nNicholas Keogh\, Senior Track & Civil Engineer\, Aurizon \nNicholas Keogh is a distinguished Senior Track & Civil Engineer who’s worked in various streams of the transport sector for over 10 years. He found his engineering passion while finishing his trade in aviation maintenance at Boeing before moving on to the Heavy Haul railway industry where he’s spent the last eight years with Aurizon. When he’s not wading through asset data and automating solutions to meet business needs\, he’s looking into how we can use today’s technology to provide a safer future. \nClick on the link below to register:
URL:https://www.rtsa.com.au/events/qld-chapter-event-webinar-automating-rail-network-asset-management-and-inspections/
LOCATION:QLD
CATEGORIES:Queensland Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200826T163000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200826T173000
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SUMMARY:Qld Event (Webinar) - Reliability Improvement - A Case Study from the Rail Sector
DESCRIPTION:Across all infrastructure sectors\, asset managers face an ubiquitous challenge of working within constrained budgets to deliver services to the satisfaction of the communities and customers they serve. This challenge is pronounced in the rail sector\, where a single equipment failure on the rail network can lead to cascading\, widespread losses of customer connectivity and productivity. \nFor this event\, Frank Gabriel\, Principal Consultant at Railconfidence\, will present a case study on a reliability improvement program undertaken for a major Australian rail operator. \nLike all modern railways\, this major Australian operator uses a fleet of mobile equipment to maintain their rail infrastructure. Over years\, this fleet had become quite diverse with a mix of make\, age and capability\, and these variations made it difficult to meet production and reliability targets within the allocated budget. \nAn increase in the traffic task on the network and changing business environment meant that performance of the fleet became more critical. Breakdowns could lead to degraded infrastructure and leave the railway unable to meet transport contracts. \nA program to renew the fleet with modern\, high production equipment would take three to five years\, assuming that funding could be found in a capital constrained environment. In the meantime\, a reliability improvement program was undertaken to improve the performance of the existing fleet. \nThe approach was to identify the key drivers of reliability\, and implement targeted\, practical improvements to address each of these factors. This case study describes the process used\, what drivers were identified and what improvement strategies were implemented. \nSpeaker: Frank Gabriel\, Principal Consultant\, Railconfidence \nFrank Gabriel is a Principal Consultant with Railconfidence Pty Ltd. He is a professional engineer and manager with 35 years of experience in rail infrastructure equipment and rolling stock. He has been involved with the acquisition\, operation and maintenance of significant rail infrastructure plant involving: Rail supply and distribution\, Ballast cleaning\, Grinding\, Resurfacing\, Construction and Re-sleepering. \nWith a special interest in maintenance management and reliability improvement initiatives\, his focus is on maximising asset productivity using appropriate technology and resources. \n  \nNote: This is an AMCouncil Event.  Fees for non-members are applicable. \nClick on the link below to register:
URL:https://www.rtsa.com.au/events/qld-event-webinar-reliability-improvement-a-case-study-from-the-rail-sector/
LOCATION:QLD
CATEGORIES:Queensland Events
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SUMMARY:CORE Connect Webinar Series - Collaborative Rail R&D - Successes\, Challenges and Future Opportunities
DESCRIPTION:Funded jointly by participating Australian rail organisations and the Commonwealth Government’s Cooperative Research Centres Program\, the Rail Manufacturing CRC began operations in 2014 for a term of six years\, with a focus of driving the development of new products\, technologies and supply chain networks to enhance the competitiveness of Australia’s rail manufacturing industry. Following the Rail Manufacturing CRC’s closure in June 2020\, this CORE Presentation will focus on sharing the Centre’s project successes\, challenges and future opportunities to pursue in rail R&D. \nWhat are the main take-aways/key learnings? \nThe presentation will provide an overview of the following: \n\nhistory of the industry push to set up a Rail Manufacturing CRC including the On Track to 2040 consultation;\nan overview of the RMCRC\, its focus on addressing the priorities of On Track to 2040 and the outcomes of these projects;\nthe significant changes the heavy haul and rail manufacturing sector over the last six years\, the consolidation of the industry and the effect on R&D;\nthe emerging skills shortage and the changing multi disciplinary technical skill sets to address future rail needs;\nfuture domestic opportunities; and\nlikely future R&D priorities (from an RMCRC perspective).\n\nKeynote Speaker: Stuart Thomson\, CEO of the Rail Manufacturing CRC \nStuart completed his PhD at the UNSW before undertaking postdoctoral studies at the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research in Germany. Upon returning to Australia\, he worked at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)\, where he set up and led one of Australia’s key Nuclear and Radiological forensic and monitoring programs. Stuart moved to Note Printing Australia\, where he led the Technical Development group responsible for the initial development of the new banknote series\, banknote quality evaluation and the counterfeit analysis laboratory. Following this\, he led the Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation\, which funded R&D\, extension and marketing research for the Australian wine sector\, prior to commencing as CEO of Rail Manufacturing CRC in April 2015\, a membership organisation devoted to the development of new innovation for the rail sector. \nConference on Railway Excellence (CORE) 2021 is presenting at CORE\, 21-23 June 2021 in Perth.\nTo learn more about the CORE program and to register visit this website\nCORE Connect webinar series will showcase presenters from the conference in the lead up to June 2021.\nJoin the mailing list to keep up to date on CORE and the webinar series.\nSupported by the Rail Technical Society of Australia (RTSA)
URL:https://www.rtsa.com.au/events/core-connect-webinar-series-collaborative-rail-rd-successes-challenges-and-future-opportunities/
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SUMMARY:Transport Australia Society Event (Webinar) - The Future of Public Transport Ridership
DESCRIPTION:Engineers Australia’s Transport Medal rewards and recognises outstanding individual contributions to transport in Australia and is open to individuals from public and private sectors. The Transport Medal is open to individuals from public and private sectors including transport operators\, consultants\, government departments and authorities as well as academics and researchers. After a hiatus awarding the medal for a number of years the Transport Australia society has worked with the Civil College to award the 2020 Transport Medal to Professor Graham Currie for his work in public transport research\, education and industry. \nThis seminar is an opportunity to hear from Professor Currie at a time of unprecedented uncertainty since World War 2 about the daily transport task and forecasting what might happen next with Public Transport ridership\, currently hit particularly hard due to concerns about public interactions. \nSpeaker: Professor Graham Currie\, 2020 Transport Medal recipient \nProf Currie is a renowned international Public Transport research leader and policy advisor with over 30 years experience. He is founder of the ‘World Transit Research’ clearinghouse\, which has consolidated all research in this field into a single accessible source and is now used by over 8\,000 towns and cities in over 170 countries worldwide. \nProfessor Currie has worked for some of the worlds leading Public Transport Operators including London Transport\, and he has managed numerous Public Transport research and development projects internationally. Graham is also a specialist advisor to international agencies on planning transport for special events and has worked on all the summer Olympic Games since 1996 and the Hajj pilgrimage in Mekka. \nGraham holds one of the worlds first full Professorships specializing in Public Transport at Monash University. In this role he aims to develop knowledge and training for the public transport profession on a national and international basis. In 2015\, an independent world review of academic research in the field of public transport (Heilig\, Leonard & Voß\, Stefan. 2015. A Scientometric Analysis of Public Transport Research. Journal of Public Transportation\, 18 (2): 111-141.) found that public transport research at Monash University was the leading research group in Australia and in the top 3 in the world. In addition Professor Currie was found to one of the most cited researchers in the field and also one of the most productive in terms of the volume of research outputs in leading research journals. \n(Note: This is an EA webinar event\, costs may be applicable) \nClick on the link below to register
URL:https://www.rtsa.com.au/events/transport-australia-society-event-webinar-the-future-of-public-transport-ridership/
LOCATION:QLD
CATEGORIES:Events,New South Wales and ACT Events,New Zealand Events,Queensland Events,South Australia Events,Victoria and Tasmania Events,Western Australia Events
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