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Absorption
Block
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Railway
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Eco-Smart Noise and Vibration Absorption Block for Railway

Innovation Owner

RP

นาย Rattapoohm Parichatprecha

Advisor

Details

This project aims to develop an eco-friendly Track Damper using natural rubber and rubber crumbs, integrated with AI and IoT sensors for real-time monitoring of vibration, noise, and temperature to enhance railway maintenance and safety.

Nowadays, rail transportation has a significant impact on people's lives and economic growth. Consequently, the number of rail systems being built around our country has dramatically increased. This process causes various types of pollution, such as noise and rail-way vibration, which can badly affect the life of citizens who live nearby. The most popular way to solve this problem recently is to decrease the noise from the sound source or to adjust the vibration by attaching a Track Damper to the railway. This technique is being used in many countries especially in Europe and Australia because it is cheap and has high efficiency. The key piece called Track Dampers are made by AUT company’s Thailand for a period of time. The company produces Track Dampers for the owner of the technology so as to sell more than 300,000 pieces of it overseas. Furthermore, the demand of Track Dampers grows as the railway systems expand. Unfortunately, the imported synthetic materials, which are used to create Track Dampers, are made from environmentally unfriendly sources. As a result, this research aims to develop the product to be environmentally-safe by replacing some imported materials with Thai’s local content; which are natural rubber and rubber crumbs. Furthermore, the product will be added value by mounting with embedded sensors for real-time monitoring of track vibration, noise, and rail temperature. All embedded devices developed will sense, collect, and automatically send to cloud by wireless technology platform. The AI and IOT platform will also be developed for safety, security, and maintenance proposed of railway track system. However, in conducting research, there will be close collaboration with AUT company through design, production, and testing. The outcome of this research is to upgrade AUT company from tier 2 manufacturer (TRL 8-9) to tier 1 manufacturer (TRL 7-8) which will be served the Thailand competitiveness enhancing strategic goal.

Eco-Smart Noise and Vibration Absorption Block for Railway
Eco-Smart Noise and Vibration Absorption Block for Railway
Eco-Smart Noise and Vibration Absorption Block for Railway
Eco-Smart Noise and Vibration Absorption Block for Railway

Objective

The project objectives include developing eco-friendly material formulas, creating design models for Damping Blocks, establishing testing laboratories, implementing AI+IoT sensor systems, and conducting real-world performance testing.

  1. To develop formulas for natural rubber mixed with synthetic rubber and crumb rubber mixed with PU binder to achieve noise reduction levels comparable to the prototype.
  2. To develop analytical design models for the Damping Block system and its response to wheel-rail contact.
  3. To develop a laboratory for Railway Noise and Vibration testing.
  4. To develop an embedded sensor system capable of measuring vibration, noise, and temperature, integrated into the Damping Block under an AI+IoT platform.
  5. To bring the prototype to real-world testing and evaluate its performance.