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October 31, 2023
Imagine a world where freight trains glide effortlessly over varying terrains, respecting speed restrictions and adjusting to ever-changing operating conditions while saving fuel.
Welcome to that world made possible with Wabtec's Trip Optimizer™. It's not just a smart cruise control—it's an intelligent system tailored for trains. By precisely calculating the best speed profile, considering factors like train length and weight, 年级, 和组成, the Trip Optimizer suite of solutions aims to conserve fuel, 提高安全, and revolutionize train travel one optimized trip at a time.
Wabtec is leading the way in the heavy haul freight space, Trip Optimizer systems already in use worldwide, with over 973 million miles traveled on 20 different railroads across five continents. Also, the Trip Optimizer has been certified by the EPA as a fuel-savings product. By investing in sustainability, Wabtec is leveraging real time physics-based algorithms with the big picture goal of positioning the Trip Optimizer to do the heavy lifting for train drivers so they can navigate more massive (often up to two miles long), 复杂的列车. The idea is not to replace the drivers, but to make their jobs more manageable, while offering drivers opportunities to be more vigilant to safety related concerns. Trip Optimizer also streamlines driver training so that companies can onboard new recruits faster.
For Kiron Viegas, Trip Optimizer's Principal Product Manager, along with the product group and engineering team, it's about continuing to innovate, 完善, and elevate the ways to manage train movement.
“When our customers start building bigger, and more complicated trains…you quickly start pushing the boundaries of physics in terms of what you can model. That’s where we’re harnessing advanced technologies to help augment our physics models and improve train handling,维加斯说。.
While the Trip Optimizer’s innovation over the past 12 years has been steady, there’s also been a resounding impact that goes beyond the technology.
Starting with Wabtec’s VP of Product Management for Trip Optimizer, 戴夫·, who has been the face of the product, playing a very hands-on role from its inception up until the first system was sold in 2009, to where it stands today. Viegas recalls watching Eldredge’s dedication along his early career journey with Wabtec. “At the time we hadn’t sold our first system yet, but Dave was out there with customers, at the railroad riding trains, putting the system on locomotives and testing it out, getting feedback…so he’s grown it from there to where it is today.”
Then there are the users. For the past 15 years, all railroads have led to Melbourne, 佛罗里达, as over 100 Trip Optimizer customers make their way down to the annual LOCOTROL and Trip Optimizer’s Users Conference. 四天, attendees gather for sessions with speakers and workshops, where they share their success stories, 最佳实践, 和挑战, while Wabtec’s product team shares the Optimizer’s latest advances and progress. “It’s an amazing forum for us to bring our customers together so they can share ideas and it gives us insights into what’s important for the customer. It’s been very successful in terms of the level of collaboration and feedback we get from users,维加斯说.
Here’s a breakdown of five cutting-edge product additions that work in tandem with the Trip Optimizer (and why they matter):
Wabtec continues to push boundaries with the Trip Optimizer, amplifying its operational scope and boosting fuel efficiency. “The product is not static—we keep developing innovations,维加斯说。. “In the 12 years that this product has been around, we’ve gone from a very bare bones system to a comprehensive suite of offerings for energy management. And we’re not done. We keep coming up with new improvements for the product. That’s what continues to make us successful.”