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| Project Title: |
| Taiwan High Speed Rail Project – Train
Wash System |
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| Customer: |
Company: |
Maint-Elect (WA) Pty Ltd |
Description: |
Maint-Elect specialises in the electrical/electronics
design and installation of lifting and handling systems
for the transport industry. Maint-Elect works in conjunction
with another WA company, Vector Lifting, which handles
the mechanical design and manufacture of specialised lifting
systems. |
Contact: |
Peter Charkiewicz (Managing Director) |
Phone No.: |
+61 8 9414 7877 |
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| Customer Requirements: |
| KAPP Engineering was approached by Maint-Elect
to design, supply and commission the PLC-based control systems
to control two new Train Wash Systems for the new High-Speed
Rail project in Taiwan. Both of these systems are identical,
and are designed to allow the driver to wash a train via an
automatic drive-through wash. |
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| Solution: |
The control solution for this project comprises
of 1 x Koyo DL405 PLC interfacing to more than 120 I/O points.
The system is capable of monitoring the position and speed of
the train throughout the wash building via proximity switches
installed along the train tracks. A series of traffic lights
allow the control system to instruct the driver to proceed through
the various stages of the wash. Graphical Operator Interface
Panels installed at the local MCC and remote Depot building
(which communicates to the MCC via a spread-spectrum radio link)
allow the operator to monitor and control the system at any
time. The operators can even select whether the information
is displayed in English or Chinese.
A graphical software package built around the KEPDirect I/O
Server has also been developed to allow the system designers
to dial into the control system from their office in Perth WA
to monitor and trouble-shoot the system. This value-adding feature
allows our client to offer continued support and maintenance
without the need to travel to Taiwan. |
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