Title :
SEPTA´s M-4 transit car door experience
Author :
Gibbone, D.J. ; Malloy, J.W. ; Vutz, N.
Abstract :
Shortly after SEPTA´s new M-4 cars were introduced into service, two modifications to the door system were found to be necessary. The background for the modifications, interim actions, and final implementation are described. One modification involved addition of sensors on the cars and targets at station platforms to enable door operation only with a platform adjacent. The design of this change was purely a SEPTA effort. The second modification involved a total change-out of the door actuation hardware and its associated controls to obtain acceptable reliability
Keywords :
electric actuators; optical sensors; railways; reliability; transport control; vehicles; M-4 transit car door; SEPTA; door actuation hardware; door control; door system modifications; optical sensors; reliability; station platforms; Air conditioning; Cameras; Hardware; Monitoring; Rail transportation; Railway electrification; Rivers; Steel; Switches; Switching circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Railroad Conference, 2001. Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE/ASME Joint
Conference_Location :
Toronto, Ont.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7085-6
DOI :
10.1109/RRCON.2001.921765
