DocumentCode
3081766
Title
SEPTA´s M-4 transit car door experience
Author
Gibbone, D.J. ; Malloy, J.W. ; Vutz, N.
fYear
2001
fDate
2001
Firstpage
219
Lastpage
226
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Railroad Conference, 2001. Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE/ASME Joint
Conference_Location
Toronto, Ont.
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7085-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/RRCON.2001.921765
Filename
921765
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