Objective 92.000.000 minutes, or 180 years. These are the, potentially avoidable, train delays caused by problems due to rail switches– every year, in Europe alone. The rail switch is a critical component of the rail-infrastructure. It is responsible for activelychanging the route of trains, and must therefore endure higher levels of stress and mechanical fatigue than other elementsof the rail infrastructure. Failures at track switches can result in expensive delays, or even dangerous derailments. In fact,track switches account for 19% of the delays, and have been linked to 110 derailments since 2010. It is thereforeunacceptable that most of the monitoring of critical switches is solely dependent on manual inspections, since they are proneto measurement error and lack of global oversight. The outcome is generally an inaccurate estimation of the State-of-Healthof each switch and re-active – not preventive – maintenance, with financial losses due to delays or additional investment ininfrastructure maintenance. European spending on railway switches is currently over 4B€ (30B€ worldwide). Furthermore,passenger and freight volumes are expected to increase respectively by 34% and 40% by 2030, which means shorterinfrastructure access time for maintenance and monitoring. KONUX has developed the ANDROMEDA system, whichpromises to revolutionize the maintenance procedures for rail infrastructure. The system pulls data from sensors deployedpermanently at the rail switch, which means no more expensive and manual data acquisition. Through self-calibrating smartsensors and machine learning analytics, the result is a holistic overview of the whole rail switch network, with current - andpredicted - State-of-Health for each switch. With a total of 600.000 switches in Europe and 2.510.000 switches worldwide,the ANDROMEDA project represents a 12,4B€ business opportunity. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencemachine learning Programme(s) H2020-EU.3.4. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Smart, Green And Integrated Transport Main Programme H2020-EU.2.1.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument Topic(s) SMEInst-10-2016-2017 - Small business innovation research for Transport and Smart Cities Mobility Call for proposal H2020-SMEInst-2016-2017 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-SMEINST-2-2016-2017 Funding Scheme SME-2 - SME instrument phase 2 Coordinator KONUX GmbH Net EU contribution € 1 508 500,00 Address FLÖßERGASSE 2 81369 München Germany See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 2 155 000,00
