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REPOINT Phase 2: a.k.a ‘If you think you’re so smart, go ahead and build one…’

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.

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REPOINT Phase 2: a.k.a ‘If you think you’re so smart, go ahead and build one…’

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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. Systems Division Mini-conference, 19 Sept 2013

  4. Systems Division Mini-conference, 19 Sept 2013

  5. 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

  6. Building a REPOINT HiTL Demonstrator • Start small…

  7. Building a REPOINT HiTL Demonstrator • Aim Bigger…

  8. 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! £ Billions

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