Travel Safely to the Digital Future

September 14, 2020

Is your railway infrastructure outdated? Is it difficult or even impossible to get hold of spare parts? Do you associate fault diagnostics with tiresome car journeys? Get around the availability bottlenecks and invest now in the railway automation of the future. Pilz can enable a modernised railway infrastructure as well as safe railway operations. Their safe solutions for railway automation include digital remote access to your signal boxes as well as rail safety engineering, such as control and monitoring of level crossings, or electrical, locally-set points (EOW) for example. From engineering and project configuration through to service and maintenance – Pilz can provide project support.

Safety is Pilz’s Core Competency

Whether it’s public transport or private railway, transportation of passengers or cargo – as a system integrator or end customer from the safety-related railway sector you will benefit from their many years’ experience in safe automation technology. Pilz brings this experience to their railway technology solutions.

Get on Track for Rail 4.0

Many railway infrastructure systems are outdated and in urgent need of modernisation. With modern, digital railway automation you can improve the reliability of rail transport. To contribute to the modernisation and expansion of railway infrastructure, Pilz is investing in open, industry-proven automation technology.

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Benefits of Pilz’s Solutions

  •    –   Needs-based: what you get is a flexible solution tailored to your needs
  •    –   Networkable: Numerous interfaces and the modular design enables its use in a variety of networks
  •    –   Ideal for retrofit: our systems can be integrated into existing networks
  •    –   Reduced costs: modular design made up of standardised components (COTS – commercial off-the-shelf)
  •    –   Simple: manual processes simplified significantly by railway automation
  •    –   Ties up fewer resources: we undertake the engineering and accompany you through the development, programming and implementation of your railway project
  •    –   There for you anywhere in the world: with subsidiaries in 42 countries

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https://www.pilz.com/en-US/products/industry/railway

 

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