Stop focusing on derailment reductions
Focus on Stopping unplanned Stops
Imagine a world where every railcar
bearing reports it’s health with actionable notice.
Detecting problems literally months before it escalates into temperature event isn't
science fiction; it's the promise of predictive maintenance powered by RealSense.
The HBD Dilemma
The REAL problem is unplanned stops!
What if we make them go away?
INDUSTRY IMPACT
The Cost of Status Quo
Why is the industry okay with these numbers? $50B is lost to unplanned down time across all industries. What is the true share in Railroad?
NETWORK EFFICIENCY
Vast Coverage. Minimal Hardware.
Detecting failure early is only half the battle; ensuring that data reliably reaches you is the other. While legacy competitors struggle with weak signal ranges requiring massive infrastructure, RealSense achieves real word range to 750M/2500 ft in the noisiest of industrial environments. Even longer in open pit min applications.
Typical Installation Using Bluetooth Low Energy
65m / 200 ft Range
145 Gateways needed
Real-life example: 250,000 sq ft factory. Gateways shouldn't be a liability for getting your valuable data. They add cost and little value.
≈ More than $50,000 in gateway hardware
* Every gateway is a potential failure point and a maintenance cost.
RealSense
750m / 2,500 ft Range
Only 3 Gateways needed
Same 250,000 sq ft factory. Even if one fails, redundant gateways capture 100% of your sensor data.
Less than $15,000
* Predictive maintenance shouldn't create its own maintenance headaches.
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Typical Installation
One gateway per train car = single point of failure. If the gateway fails, the entire car's sensor data is lost.
RealSense Advantage
Track-side network. Sensors connect to multiple track-side cell towers horizontally, ensuring no single point of failure.
Legacy Competition
One gateway per machine area. Total data loss on failure.
RealSense Mesh
Redundant factory gateways. Uninterrupted data flow.
Don't wait for the heat.
Traditional Hot Box Detectors (HBD) rely on thermal energy, which only appears at the very end of a failure cycle. By then, damage is catastrophic.
RealSense Advantage
Detects microscopic vibration signatures 12-18 months early. By seeing failure at its very start, degradation progression over time becomes predictable.
The HBD Dilemma
Temperature doesn't always appear, but if it does, the warning times are measured in minutes resulting in a thermal runaway event.
Degradation Curve Analysis
The Multi-Gateway Advantage
Distributing individual gateways across the asset doesn't just ensure perfect data redundancy. It unlocks massive secondary benefits that streamline operations and maintenance.
Precision Asset Tracking
By utilizing redundant gateways where every sensor can send data through every gateway RealSense always knows where your asset is, even if GPS isn't available. This enables redundant car location services, so the location of your car is always known.
Bypass Maintenance Bottlenecks
By using a combination of our national network infrastructure and augmenting with wayside gateways the network is always accessible for any repair. Compare this with gateways that need to be replaced on cars where their location is unknown.
From Sensor to Insight
RealSense cuts through the AI hype to deliver real results. We blend deterministic models where it matters most and machine learning where it adds the greatest value.
Sense
It all begins at the edge. Miniaturized sensors capture rich data samples to detect microscopic subsurface cracks.
Analyze
On-board Machine Learning and deterministic models create usable information and increases battery life.
Transmit
This actionable data is sent over our secure and redundant network covering most of North America.
Resolve
Operations and Safety align. Schedule targeted repairs under controlled circumstances during normal hours. Zero emergency stops.
Purpose-Built for the Real World
We are specialists in long lead time bearing and gear degradation detection.
RSVT4 Sensor
For High-Value Assets
Provides best-in-industry detection (up to 18 months) for the most complex machines. Filters out lubrication issues from actual damage using on-board ML. Also uses patent-pending ML for detecting gear and gear mesh degradation.
- 18-month degradation detection
- Edge-processed ML
RSL-VT3 Sensor
Balance of Plant
Intended for lower cost applications where 18-month detection isn't a priority. Perfect for balance of plant equipment like fans, blowers, pumps, and gear motors. Fills the gap to protect redundant assets optimally.
- Lower cost profile
- Patent-pending ML gear detection
RSTLA Logger
Location, Load, Abuse
Know when your asset is being loaded/unloaded, where it is, and if it has taken too much force. Built-in 3-way accelerometer saves abuse events and transmits them seamlessly when in range of our network.
- Nationwide location tracking
- Impact / Abuse monitoring
RS Connect: Coast-to-Coast Coverage
We are building the first dedicated industrial IoT network for the North American railroad. Think of it as millions of Hot Bearing Detectors already deployed where each one provides months of notice. The network scales and is easily augmented with Wayside installations. If you want to be a partner in making the railroads more efficient and by extension safer, click this link. We would love for you to partner with us in this very important task.
Redundant Gateways
We believe data should always make it to where it needs to get to. That's why our network builds in redundancy so that any sensor is able to speak to any of our gateways.
Over 2,000 Nodes
One of our first tested corridors between Washington DC, and Charlotte yielded 2,500 connections. For comparison, there are ~18 Hot Box Detectors on this same line.
Washington, DC
Northern Terminus
Richmond, VA
Mid-Corridor Hub
Raleigh, NC
Junction Node
Greensboro, NC
Western Spur
Charlotte, NC
Southern Terminus