repoint phase 2: a.k.a ‘if you think you’re so smart, go ahead and build one…’
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Systems Division Mini-conference, 2 Oct 2013. REPOINT Phase 2: a.k.a ‘If you think you’re so smart, go ahead and build one…’. Samuel Bemment Loughborough University Dr. Roger Dixon. UKACC PhD Presentation Showcase. Introduction. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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REPOINT Phase 2:a.k.a ‘If you think you’re so smart, go ahead
and build one…’
Samuel BemmentLoughborough University
Dr. Roger Dixon
Systems Division Mini-conference, 2 Oct 2013
UKACC PhD Presentation Showcase
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Introduction Railway track switch designs
have remained similar since Victorian times
REPOINT (2011-2013) explored benefits of re-engineering
Step change in capacity Junction control rule changes One design very promising 3 patents REPOINT 2 (2013-2014) to build
lab-scale demonstrator
Slide 2
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Systems Division Mini-conference, 19 Sept 2013
Slide 3
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Systems Division Mini-conference, 19 Sept 2013
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Phase 2 Project Plan
15 Months from June 2013, £356k funding from ‘Enabling Innovation Team’ Concept Refinement, Subsystem Design and
Validation, Outline Design
Deliverable: Concept Demonstration in Lab and Outline Designs
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Building a REPOINT HiTL Demonstrator Start small…
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Building a REPOINT HiTL Demonstrator Aim Bigger…
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Summary Capacity of rail networks depends upon
switches Switch technology is the limiting factor We are prototyping a novel switch design The design is simple, but it will need control
engineering to function There are many other knock-on benefits
(too many for 4 minutes)
…Thanks for listening!Slide 8
£ Billions