Pantograph-Overhead Wiring Monitoring MicroStrain Wireless Sensors help Sydney Trains stay safe The testing team: Sydney Trains Rolling Stock and Mechanical Design (RSMD) have used MicroStrain products in multiple applications as a means to wirelessly capture sensor data particularly where electrical safety is a concern. RSMD designed and tested an experimental monitoring system as part of a strategy to better manage a series of incidents concerning pantograph and overhead wire (OHW) infrastructure in previous years. The Experimental Monitoring System measurements: • Dynamic wire heights across the network under the uplift force of pantograph • Acceleration levels in the pantograph head due to interaction with the OHW and impacts against other supporting infrastructure • Video

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