Backing up findings with testing
The RIFELX system as a whole is a novel, self-contained, non-contact railhead inspection system that can be integrated with existing inspection trains or attached to an inspection carriage system as deployed in the RIFLEX project.
The system has been fully trialled at Quinton Rail Technology Centre, UK. Hosted by RIFLEX project partner Rail Alliance, the facility provided the optimum indoor and outdoor locations for demonstrating the RIFLEX prototype. The next steps for the SME partners in the consortium are to increase the technology readiness level and move closer towards commercialisation.
Acknowledgement
The research leading to these results received funding from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme managed by REA Research Executive Agency ( http://ec.europa.eu/rea/) (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement no 605115.
The RIFLEX project is a collaboration between TWI Ltd, NDT Consultants, D2S International, AIRTREN S.L., iKnowHow Informatics S.A., I-MOSS NV, University of Birmingham and Rail Alliance Ltd.
Contact us
For more information on the RIFLEX project visit www.riflexproject.eu or email contactus@twi.co.uk.
A project video can be viewed at https://youtu.be/Vleu2SNJEWw.