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www.thalesgroup.com Multicolour Light Signal for Railway Applications FieldTrac 6365 Multicolour LED Signal Today, most of the railway signals are equipped with incandescent fi- lament bulbs. Such signalling equipment is expensive mainly because of maintenance costs, short life time and high energy consumption. Therefore, railway administrations are looking for alternatives - i.e. LED signals. Thales developed a new light signal product based on LED technology capable of fulfilling any colour specification according to DIN 6163– 4, intensity requirements and life time. Using a single light point to display any colour, enables cost effective signalling solutions.
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Multicolour L ight Signal for Rai lway Applications
FieldTrac 6365 Multicolour LED Signal
Today, most of the railway signals are equipped with incandescent fi-lament bulbs. Such signalling equipment is expensive mainly because of maintenance costs, short life time and high energy consumption. Therefore, railway administrations are looking for alternatives - i.e. LED signals. Thales developed a new light signal product based on LED technology capable of fulfilling any colour specification according to DIN 6163–4, intensity requirements and life time. Using a single light point to display any colour, enables cost effective signalling solutions.
FieldTrac 6335 Multicolour LED SignalMulticolour Light Signal for Railway Applications
KEy BENEFITS• Reductionofinfrastructurelife-cyclecosts• Powerefficiencywith50%lesspowerconsumptioncomparedtobulbsignals
• Built-indormantfailuredetection• Compatiblewithanycustomerlensarray• Multicolourcapability:Onelightpointtodisplayanyrequiredcolour
• Communicationbasedcontrolinterfacetocontrolcolourandintensity
• Built-indiagnosticscapabilitytoavoidexpensivepreventivemaintenance
• LEDageingcompensation• Temperaturecompensation• Advancedclose-loopcontrolusingtimedivisionmultiplexingtechnique
• Redundant2oo3opticalfeedbackloop
Thales Transportation Systems GmbH – Lorenzstrasse 10 - 70435 Stuttgart - Germany Tel: + 49 (0)711 869 0 - Fax: + 49 (0)711 869 46813 – E-mail: [email protected]
MAIN FuNcTIoNSThalesLEDsignallampscanbeinstalledinabroadrangeofcustomerspecificmountingarrangements.Itsmodularconceptmakesitsuitabletofulfildemandingrequirements,applicabletodistant,ormainsignalsandtoshuntingsignalsaswell.Opticalandelectricalcharacteristicscanbetailoredandadaptedtomeetspecificrequirementsderivedfromcustomerapplica-tions.Product’suniquecapability,todisplaydifferentcolours,enablecustomertoconsiderablyreduceinfrastructurecosts.AcriticalrequirementforLEDsignalsistobeperfectlyrecognizedbythetrainoperator.SpectralrangeandintensityofthegeneratedLEDlightareimportantpara-meters.Forthisreason,anopticalfeedbackwithsafetysupervision,controllingandmonitoringcolourlocationandintensityisnecessary.Theuniquedesignfeaturesalongwithbuilt-indiagnosticfunctionsguaranteessafetyandprovidecriticalinformationaboutsystemhealthstatus.
