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Transportation Equipment Engineering |
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System and equipment design, implementation,
and test of safety-critical, high reliability control, communication
and information systems for transportation applications. Development
and integration of advanced technologies and service-proven equipment
for transit vehicles, advanced train control systems, communications,
and other high-tech systems. See recent
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Railcar and system design; Vehicle control
/ ATC / Propulsion / brake / trainline interface design and coordination;
trainline communication systems, including IEEE standard networks;
health and fault monitor definition; auxiliary subsystems; propulsion
and magnetics design; and project and technical management. |
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Communications Based Train Control (CBTC)
and radio communications systems, as well as conventional relay
signal systems. Safety-critical software. Spread spectrum wireless
communication. Advanced audio, video, and networks. |
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System simulation and equipment design improvement for energy savings. Design, application, and production development
of advanced battery technologies. Battery, flywheel, and supercap energy storage systems. Power
converters, chargers, and supplies, rated from miliwatts to megawatts. Energy management and energy recovery design and analysis. |
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Railcars, Propulsion and auxiliaries, Conventional
signals, CBTC, Traction power, Energy storage and flywheel systems,
Communications. Planning; System and equipment design for EMC;
Simulation and modeling; Procedures and testing; EMI problem resolution.
Magentic field measurement and mitigation; Special assessments. |
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Architectural acoustic design, noise and vibration control, HVAC noise control,
sound system design, production facility design, audio/visual system design, electroacoustics,
sound quality engineering, and product development and testing. |
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High-performance data acquisition and processing
systems, targeted to deliver useful and repeatable results. Special
purpose sensors and processing to solve unique challenges. TrandsDAS is
Tenco's configurable, programmable data acquisition and processing system
for transportation equipment. Cost-effective solutions for analysis of energy savings,
EMC, acoustic, magnetic field, and track signal equipment performance projects. |
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Cost-effective RMS analysis, on conventional
rail equipment and advanced electronic systems. Design for availability.
Quantitative hazard analysis. Combustible materials. |
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Test Plan, procedures and reporting; Manuals
and Training: Quality Assurance Programs; Field Services: Equipment
delivery, Final assembly, and Checkout; Qualification and acceptance
testing; Field rework; and On-site warranty program operation. |
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