How it works – the PMU

Our platform consists of four parts; PMU sensors, a cloud service, a user interface and an app. Together, these four parts makes it possible to deliver information about the condition of the rolling stock and the infrastructure in real time.

The Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU) is easily mounted on the side of a railway carriage or a locomotive.
A GPS within the PMU keeps track of the location.
Two accelerometers within the PMU measures the acceleration profile (the vibrations) that is generated when the train runs along the track.

The PMU analyses the acceleration profile and determines if it is normal, or if the profile has an irregularity due to an arising fault.
The AI in the PMU uses machine learning and an extensive database of acceleration profiles to identify where the irregularity originates from (infrastructure or carriage) and exactly which fault that is about to arise.
The data is also sent to the cloud through a mobile internet connection, where further monitoring and analyses are conducted with advanced algorithms.

If an irregularity emerges in the acceleration profile, then an alert is sent in real time to the user interface. The data can also be delivered to external systems, such as Common Interface (where it can be used by traffic principals).
If the fault is acute, a warning is also sent directly to the train driver through RMD’s app My Train.
The system also alerts for damages that has emerged on a specific place in the track since the previous time the PMU passed by.

RMD’s monitoring system detects and identifies a large number of faults within both the rolling stock and the infrastructure.