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Advanced Rail Positioning and Safety Systems for the Transit Industry
Reliably Innovative Transit Solutions
About Piper
Piper provides advanced solutions for train navigation, MOW vehicle protection and railway safety.
Our experience deploying innovative solutions in the most challenging environments has given us a thorough understanding of the major pain points that transit agencies and freights are facing today.
We’ve designed our technology and platform to help solve them by providing highly accurate data of where trains and assets are in real-time, improving track worker safety, creating interoperability with legacy equipment, and improving speed of delivery for maintenance and signalling projects.
Challenges in Rail and Transit
Why use safety certified equipment?
You should be confident in the systems you are deploying, especially when dealing with vital rail applications. A Safety Certified system is designed around industry accepted standards and ensures compliance with regulatory requirements. It also assists in interoperability. Piper’s systems are SIL4 rated, the highest SIL rating.
Challenges in Rail and Transit
The true cost of a MOW vehicle collision.
Equipment collisions are expensive. But they also result in those vehicles being sidelined for inspection, using up precious resources, generating bad press, and causing lack of confidence from employees. Investing in collision avoidance solutions can pay off in the long run for multiple departments in your organization.
Challenges in Rail and Transit
Track certainty for moving trains.
There are many ways to determine a train’s location on a track. GPS is a good start but it has limitations with signal interference and accuracy. On its own, it cannot be trusted as a method for determining which track a vehicle is on. Conversely, Piper’s multi-sensor system has an accuracy of less than 5cm; ample precision for busy train yards and work zones.
Solutions
Reliably Innovative Transit Solutions
Piper has an existing suite of real-time location systems (RTLS) solutions that utilize various technologies, including: UWB, BLE, GPS-RTK, LTE, RFID, HD Cameras and LiDAR.
Train Navigation
Determine the location of trains with unmatched positional certainty, even underground or on elevated tracks in the city.
Learn moreMaintenance of Way Safety
Piper’s multi-sensor MOW safety solution provides limits compliance, collision avoidance and detection, and greatly improves track worker safety.
Learn moreATP-Overlay
Automatic Train Protection for localization, safe separation, rollback protection, end-of-train, and more.
Learn moreGrade Crossing Safety
Monitor grade crossings remotely to detect occupancy and alert rail system operators to potential hazards.
Learn moreOur single platform is not only designed to communicate seamlessly with your existing systems, but they can also be interoperable with your legacy equipment. Use Piper’s proven solutions to improve efficiencies and safety, or contact us to develop something specific to your requirements.
Station Safety & PIDS
Calculate train arrival/departure times to improve rider experience, and keep them safe on the platforms with special track intrusion cameras.
Learn moreBENEFITS
Benefits that make a difference
High Precision
Reliable System provides accurate navigation for rail vehicles.
SIL 4 Safety Certified Equipment
tested against AREMA C&S 11.5.1 and IEEE 1478
Suite of sensor technologies
includes UWB, LiDAR, IMU and optional GPS.
Advanced protection
For MOW equipment and track workers.
Track Non-Revenue Trains
And other MOW Equipment for better protection.
Interoperable
Customize to requirements or adapt to legacy systems.
Works in extreme conditions
& above or underground rail environments.
Improves headways
allowing trains to run closer together and more frequently.
Accelerates the installation times
and performance of CBTC and PTC.
Industrial devices customized to your requirements
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SIL4 Safety Certified
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