Pantograph and Overhead Line Monitoring System
Pandas-V®
Predictive AI & Impact Detection
Real-Time Alerts & Instant Access
Maintenance-Free System
Compact Design, Easy Installation
Impact Event Detection
Our real-time overhead line and pantograph monitoring system identifies and mitigates a range of impacts, enabling targeted intervention that reduces faults, improves safety, and enhances service reliability.
AI and Machine Learning
Our real-time overhead line and pantograph monitoring system identifies and mitigates a range of impacts, enabling targeted intervention that reduces faults, improves safety, and enhances service reliability.
Clustering and Live Mapping
Global Asset Monitoring with Precision Clustering and Track-Level Detail
The PANDAS-V® software empowers clients with a comprehensive global view of their rail assets, using advanced clustering to highlight patterns and pinpoint events at a macro level.
From a world view down to individual track sections, the system transforms how operators approach rail asset monitoring, offering clear, navigable insights that make it easy to identify, locate, and address potential issues quickly.
This mapping functionality provides unparalleled insight into the state of rail infrastructure monitoring, helping clients swiftly identify, locate, and address potential issues across their networks.
- Global View
Visualise assets worldwide, with event clusters displayed at macro and micro levels. - Detailed Drill-Down
Seamlessly zoom from network-level trends to individual track sections. - Proactive Insights
Quickly locate potential issues to maintain operational integrity across the network.
Comparison and Severity Mapping
Pinpoint and Prioritise Incidents with the Severity Matrix
Using our proprietary Severity Matrix and advanced algorithms, PANDAS-V® evaluates clustered data to reveal recurring issues and critical incidents.
This scoring system assigns severity levels to events, empowering clients to view, compare, and prioritise incidents on an intuitive map interface.
Users can effortlessly access side-by-side comparisons of specific incidents, evaluating video and sensor data for detailed insights. This targeted, data-driven approach ensures rail infrastructure monitoring is smarter, faster, and more cost-efficient, while enabling streamlined predictive maintenance across the network.
- Severity Matrix
Instantly identify and prioritise issues based on custom severity scoring. - Side-by-Side Comparison
Compare sensor data and video for comprehensive incident review. - Targeted Maintenance
Direct resources efficiently, focusing on high-impact incidents.
Advanced Mapping: Tracking Trains with Long-Duration Video
Track and Review Journeys in Real-Time with Path Mapping and Selectable Video Points
Our GDN portal now offers advanced mapping capabilities, displaying the full journey path of any train asset.
With long-duration video integration, users can view entire routes on a map, tracking the train's progress and selecting specific points along the route to review video footage and sensor data in real time.
This powerful combination of video and mapping allows for comprehensive monitoring, so clients can analyse journeys, carry out pantograph and catenary monitoring, detect potential issues, and proactively enhance operational efficiency on the go.
- Path Mapping
Track trains in real-time with comprehensive journey mapping. - Selectable Video Points
View video and sensor data at any point along a route for full insight. - Enhanced Monitoring
Detect issues proactively, with end-to-end visibility on every journey.
Damage to the overhead line and the pantograph poses a significant challenge within the rail industry, costing the UK rail network alone over £100 million annually, and causing severe service disruption and reputational damage.
At the forefront of innovation lies PANDAS-V®, our pantograph and overhead line monitoring system. By combining advanced IIoT sensor technology and real-time onboard edge processing, using artificial intelligence and machine learning, PANDAS-V® saves critical time in fault identification and allows for prompt remediation. Unlike traditional systems, PANDAS-V® reports potential issues within seconds from detection, eliminating post-processing delays. Equipped with GPS tracking and visual reports, our systems allows operations and maintenance engineering teams to efficiently plan and execute remedial actions. This helps reduce delays and mitigate costly repairs while also strengthening pantograph and catenary monitoring across the network.
PANDAS-V® Technical Specifications
Download the datasheet for further technical information on our advanced PANDAS-V® system, engineered for precision catenary monitoring and reliable rail asset monitoring.
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