A Framework for Railway Maintenance Function Allocation

Fan Yang; Edward Stewart; Clive Roberts

doi:10.1109/ICIRT.2018.8641592

A Framework for Railway Maintenance Function Allocation

Fan Yang, Edward Stewart, Clive Roberts

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Abstract

the demands for reliable, well-maintained rolling stock systems have been increasing. Automation has become the smarter solution in various railway applications to enhance the capacity, reliability, and efficiency of the railway system. Automation systems such as visual inspection and industrial robot arms play a critical role in heavy manipulation and dangerous operations. Maintenance efficiency and overall safety would be greatly improved. There is a research gap for systematic approaches to making decisions on which certain maintenance tasks are suitable for automation. This paper presents a generic railway maintenance function allocation framework, which helps decision making in allocating maintenance tasks at the early stages of introducing automation solutions into modern rolling stock maintenance depot. Depot working environments are analysed and an example of robotic wheelset inspection is presented.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2018 International Conference on Intelligent Rail Transportation, ICIRT 2018
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538675281
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIRT.2018.8641592
Publication status	Published - 2 Jul 2018
Event	2018 International Conference on Intelligent Rail Transportation, ICIRT 2018 - Singapore, Singapore Duration: 12 Dec 2018 → 14 Dec 2018

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Name	2018 International Conference on Intelligent Rail Transportation, ICIRT 2018

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Conference	2018 International Conference on Intelligent Rail Transportation, ICIRT 2018
Country/Territory	Singapore
City	Singapore
Period	12/12/18 → 14/12/18

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.

Keywords

automation
function allocation
railway maintenance

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Artificial Intelligence
Computer Networks and Communications
Hardware and Architecture
Management Science and Operations Research
Automotive Engineering
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Control and Optimization
Transportation

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Yang, F., Stewart, E., & Roberts, C. (2018). A Framework for Railway Maintenance Function Allocation. In 2018 International Conference on Intelligent Rail Transportation, ICIRT 2018 Article 8641592 (2018 International Conference on Intelligent Rail Transportation, ICIRT 2018). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIRT.2018.8641592

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A Framework for Railway Maintenance Function Allocation. / Yang, Fan; Stewart, Edward; Roberts, Clive.
2018 International Conference on Intelligent Rail Transportation, ICIRT 2018. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018. 8641592 (2018 International Conference on Intelligent Rail Transportation, ICIRT 2018).

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