Advanced Hot Axle Box Detection (AHABD)
Trackside instrumentation already records every axle's temperature as a train passes — but readings are held against bare axle numbers. AHABD establishes which coach each temperature reading belongs to.
AHABD — Advanced Hot Axle Box Detection
Trackside instrumentation already records axle temperatures as a train passes, but readings are linked to bare axle numbers. A hot axle box can be detected, yet cannot be reliably tied to a specific coach, making it difficult to act on, escalate, or retain as a record.
For every train passing a monitoring point, AHABD establishes which coach each temperature reading belongs to, delivering a complete, identified record: each coach named, each axle temperature attached, and overheating flagged for attention.
Under staged development — core capability verification in progress
The Gap
Trackside instrumentation already records axle temperatures as a train passes, but readings are linked to bare axle numbers. A hot axle box can be detected, yet cannot be reliably tied to a specific coach, making it difficult to act on, escalate, or retain as a record.
What AHABD Does
For every train passing a monitoring point, AHABD establishes which coach each temperature reading belongs to, delivering a complete, identified record: each coach named, each axle temperature attached, and overheating flagged for attention.
Features
Builds on the existing installation
An identity layer over the trackside temperature sensing already in place — it complements it, it does not replace it.
Within the operating envelope
Trains are not slowed; the identified record is available within the time the surrounding process already allows.
It does not guess
Where an identity cannot be established with confidence, that is reported as such — an honest gap, never a fabricated attribution.
Actionable and auditable
Identified records delivered to an operations dashboard, flagged coach-wise, and designed to stand up to scrutiny after the fact.
