REPOINT Phase 2: a.k.a ‘If you think you’re so smart, go ahead and build one…’

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REPOINT Phase 2: a.k.a ‘If you think you’re so smart, go ahead and build one…’ Samuel Bemment Loughborough University Dr. Roger Dixon Systems Division Mini-conference, 2 Oct 2013 UKACC PhD Presentation

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Systems Division Mini-conference, 2 Oct 2013. REPOINT Phase 2: a.k.a ‘If you think you’re so smart, go ahead and build one…’. Samuel Bemment Loughborough University Dr. Roger Dixon. UKACC PhD Presentation Showcase. Introduction. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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REPOINT Phase 2:a.k.a ‘If you think you’re so smart, go ahead

and build one…’

Samuel BemmentLoughborough University

Dr. Roger Dixon

Systems Division Mini-conference, 2 Oct 2013

UKACC PhD Presentation Showcase

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Introduction Railway track switch designs

have remained similar since Victorian times

REPOINT (2011-2013) explored benefits of re-engineering

Step change in capacity Junction control rule changes One design very promising 3 patents REPOINT 2 (2013-2014) to build

lab-scale demonstrator

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Systems Division Mini-conference, 19 Sept 2013

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Systems Division Mini-conference, 19 Sept 2013

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Phase 2 Project Plan

15 Months from June 2013, £356k funding from ‘Enabling Innovation Team’ Concept Refinement, Subsystem Design and

Validation, Outline Design

Deliverable: Concept Demonstration in Lab and Outline Designs

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Building a REPOINT HiTL Demonstrator Start small…

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Building a REPOINT HiTL Demonstrator Aim Bigger…

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Summary Capacity of rail networks depends upon

switches Switch technology is the limiting factor We are prototyping a novel switch design The design is simple, but it will need control

engineering to function There are many other knock-on benefits

(too many for 4 minutes)

…Thanks for listening!Slide 8

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