Siemens launches new business to digitalise the U.S rail industry
Posted: 24 April 2017 | | No comments yet
Siemens is launching Digital Rail Services to provide information using the billions of data points created on the country’s rail systems.
Siemens is launching Digital Rail Services in the U.S, a new business that will use intelligent sensors and advanced software platforms to provide information using the billions of data points created on the country’s rail systems.
The Digital Service will help rail operators across the U.S. improve their operations and create an ‘Internet of Trains’ to bring infrastructure and vehicles into the digital era. It will also help rail operators reduce unplanned downtime, improve operational efficiency, enable improved business planning and performance, as well as generate energy and cost savings.
The new portfolio combines Siemens global digital analytics knowledge with its extensive rail industry knowledge via an existing rail footprint that spans manufacturing, automation technologies, power infrastructure equipment and service.
Digital Services hub
In addition to the company’s U.S. rail hubs in California, Kentucky and Pennsylvania, Siemens will locate its Digital Services hub in Atlanta, Georgia which will be home to the Data Analytics and Applications Centre on the Georgia Institute of Technology campus.
Siemens will also support the Digital Service by opening a new East Coast Locomotive Service Headquarters in New Castle, Delaware in summer 2017.
“With our Digital Services business, we’re taking… experience from our global rail footprint to turn billions of data points into action”
“Today, rail vehicles send between one and four billion data points per year and rail infrastructure can send billions of messages just inside a specific system,” said Simon Davidoff, Head of Siemens Mobility Digital Services in North America. “With our Digital Services business, we’re taking not only experience from our global rail footprint but also our extensive company-wide digital expertise to turn billions of data points into action, including the ability to detect malfunctions well before they can cause problems and information that helps improve arrival times and punctuality for riders.”
Railigent™
The Digital Services is based on Railigent™, a cloud-based industrial data analytics platform connected to Mindsphere, Siemens’ IoT operating system. The platform features Smart Monitoring for real-time insight on vehicle state and location, Smart Data Analytics that provide root cause analysis and remote vehicle and infrastructure diagnostics, and Smart Prediction that conducts prescriptive maintenance. Additional capabilities will include advanced cyber security and guidance services.
