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Collaboration of SBB CFF FFS Cargo and Bosch in order to realize the digital freight train
the scope is the digitalisation of the logistics on track in order to transform it in a system of transport connected in net
October 7, 2015
Railway society Helvetic SBB CFF FFS Cargo and Bosch Engineering, society of engineering of the German group Robert Bosch, has signed an agreement of cooperation for the development common of systems of Asset Intelligence for the traffic goods on track that already in existence strengthens the collaboration between the two companies in the field of "the intelligent" trains, to the aim of a complete digitalisation of the logistics on track with the objective to transform it in a system of transport connected in net.
With the new systems, currently used in experimental modality, the wagons goods of the Swiss railway society transmit information on the cargo and the position to headquarters, with the scope to inform the customers better and to more quickly carry the goods to destination. For being able to be connected in net, the freight trains are equipped of sensors that collect information on the position and the state of the cargo and the wagon, as for example the temperature or the humidity.
A system connection hardware transmits the data to a server through mobile net and it online puts them on hand of the collaborators of SBB CFF FFS Cargo, that they can so go back anytime to the position of wagons and goods. The scope is to return more fast and efficient the organization of the transports, to optimize the logistic processes and to reduce the shipping charges.
Moreover a system of surveillance of the conditions supplies information on wear of the members so as to be able to plan the next repairs timely and therefore to reduce the dead times, to optimize the resources and to cut the costs.
From last February on the Swiss railway net it is in circulation a first endowed fleet of SBB CFF FFS Cargo of a system of surveillance of the conditions connected in net. The first functions are in phase of test and development. Bosch Engineering has adapted to the new field of application the technique of connection already used in the automotive production on wide scale. The two companies are developing the system ulteriorly in order to allow integration of new functions.
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Railway society Helvetic SBB CFF FFS Cargo and Bosch Engineering, society of engineering of the German group Robert Bosch, has signed an agreement of cooperation for the development common of systems of Asset Intelligence for the traffic goods on track that already in existence strengthens the collaboration between the two companies in the field of "the intelligent" trains, to the aim of a complete digitalisation of the logistics on track with the objective to transform it in a system of transport connected in net.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
