FP3-IAM4RAIL project plan for 2025

  • Demonstrator 1: Integration between the Intelligent Asset Management System (IAMS) and the Traffic Management System (TMS) across railway assets, amongst various use cases (4):
    • Secure standardised interfaces, methods, and processes for store/archive for different data exchanges impacting integration between IAMS & TMS TRL6 in 2025
    • Implementation & testing of data analytic methods with a focus on prediction and prescription of wayside and rolling stock asset status based on heterogeneous data sources TRL6 in 2025
    • Implementation & testing of analytic results integration with TMS and O&M tools to provide TMS information to optimize traffic regulation/trains routing and Support O&M activities TRL6 in 2025
  • Demonstrator 2: Asset Management & Rolling Stock, developing new monitoring and inspection systems leading to decisions and planning of interventions amongst various use cases (4):
    • Basic data model design for workshop maintenance data and digital process collaboration between stakeholders in maintenance and asset management TRL6 in 2025
    • Algorithms for anomaly detection & component health evaluation (Bogie & Traction) and adhesion management TRL6 in 2025
    • European railway checkpoint for mixed traffic (inc. wayside inspection & monitoring systems and data analytics combining both on-board & wayside data sources for health assessment) TRL6 in 2025
    • CBM algorithms and methodologies for freight rail applications that are potentially exploitable by the Digital Automated Coupler (DAC) related data gathering TRL7 in 2025
  • Demonstrator 3: Long Term Asset Management, developing decision support applications for asset management and Life Cycle Cost (LCC) optimization, amongst various use cases (4):
    • Holistic Asset Management decision support tool with HMI via condition monitoring including visualization, correlation within signalling and with operational & maintenance information TRL6 in 2025
    • Remaining useful-life analysis of civil structures via development of new techniques, methods, and algorithms based on new cross-border data sources from existing multiple sensors TRL6 in 2025
  • Demonstrator 4: Asset Management & Infrastructure, developing new monitoring and inspection systems able to integrate Big Data from on field and on-board systems, sharing info across the supply chain and TMS, amongst various use cases (10):
    • Practical solutions for sensing superstructure system components (including intelligent sleepers, ballast, rail and contact lines) TRL6 in 2025
    • Multi-sensor / Multi-source monitoring of tracks, surrounding and switches for short-term superstructure asset management TRL6 in 2025
    • Multiscale monitoring of civil assets: satellite, aerial and UAV data collection and processing approaches, ground data collection strategies, data analysis methodologies and verifications and user data browsing platform TRL6 in 2025
  • Demonstrator 5: Asset Management & Digital Twins to support the design, maintenance, upgrade, and renewal of railway assets, amongst various use cases (4):
    • Digital Twin for Station asset management exploiting BIM and Digital twin technologies to leverage station supervision and maintenance operations and reducing cost management TRL7 in 2025
    • Virtual Certification for railway infrastructure framework and applicative use case TRL7 in 2025
  • Demonstrator 6: Design & Manufacturing, showcasing the eco-friendly design, production and reparation of resilient assets including Additive Manufacturing (AM), amongst various use cases:
    • Green tracks & turnouts, developing optimised design solutions for tracks and turnouts decreasing environmental impact TRL6 in 2025
    • Repair of metallic assets using additive manufacturing AM techniques with four different technologies TRL6 in 2025
    • Development of a Digital Warehouse for AM spare parts (inc. wayside inspection & monitoring systems and data analytics combining both on-board & wayside data sources for health assessment) TRL5 in 2025
  • Demonstrator 7: Robotics & Interventions showcasing high-tech automated solutions for construction and execution of interventions supported by robotics and wearables, amongst various use cases (6):
    • Train underbody inspection robot via development of a modular robotic system addressed at the inspection and monitoring of the underbody of the train (either passenger or freight) TRL6 in 2025
    • Upper-body hybrid exoskeleton for railway workers’ ergonomics support in railway maintenance tasks TRL5 in 2025
    • AR (Augmented Reality) architecture, middleware and author tools development exploiting BIM and Digital twin technologies to leverage station supervision and maintenance operations and reducing cost management TRL5/6 in 2025