ENSCO’s Rail Component Imaging System (RCIS) combines the best of the Rail Surface Imaging System (RSIS) and the Track Component Imaging System (TCIS). The RCIS captures high-resolution images of the rail surface, fasteners, and tie (sleeper) near the fasteners.
Rail surface data is automatically processed to strip charts aiding in rail maintenance planning, the same as the RSIS.
Fasteners are automatically assessed to identify defective conditions, the same as the TCIS.
Just as the TCIS does, the RCIS detects missing, broken, or misaligned fasteners. The RCIS has configurable business logic to identify groups of fastener defects associated with the railway’s internal standards. This fastener defect grouping logic provides an invaluable method of narrowing the railway’s focus on locations of high risk.
ENSCO’s RCIS produces high-resolution imagery near the rail base of ties (sleepers). This allows for the automated inspection of concrete tie cracking near the base of the rail.
ENSCO Rail, Inc., ENSCO Rail Australia Pty Ltd, ENSCO Technologies of Brazil LTDA/ENSCO Tecnologias do Brasil LTDA, and KLD Labs, Inc. are wholly owned subsidiaries of ENSCO, Inc. The ENSCO Rail subsidiaries provide the products and services to commercial customers.
