imc DataWorks specializes in multi-parameter, mixed-signal mechanical data
acquisition, measurement, and control. This includes Mechanical, Electromechanical and
Mechatronic measurements required for Railway vehicle and infrastructure testing, such
as light rail, high speed rail, railway bridge, and grade crossing tests.
Within the Railway industries, imc's involvement in Test & Measurement
has concentrated on three primary areas:
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| Vehicle Based
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| Civil Engineering
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- Drivability & Dynamic Behavior
- Passenger Comfort
- Comfort Indicies (N); direct Force Measurements
- Climate/HVAC
- Safety and Security
- Propulsion and Power
- pantograph tests
- diesel engine test
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- Structural Testing
- Full Car Tests
- Component Tests
- Lifetime/Durability
- Propulsion and Power
- Dynamometer Studies
- pantograph efficiency / durability
- engine performance
- Climate Tests and optimization
- Brake tests (mechanical / eddy current)
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- Static Load
- Dynamic Structural Forces
- Track irregularities/Resonances
- Ballast test
- Long term stability and fatigue analysis
- Pressure measurements (tunnels)
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Distributed Measurements in Rail Cars and Structures
While the centralized and
decentralized measurement types apply to all types of testing, railway testing
is unique in the size of the system-under-test -- long bridges, and long freight trains
being prime examples of the need of decentralized measurement systems.
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Customer Profile
Railway Derailment Crash Test
Based on an EU effort to to improve
and standardize safety specifications applying to trains in crashes, the
‘SAFE TRAIN’ project involves actual train collisions conducted by companies
such as Bombardier, DB, ...
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Railway Performance Testinging with ICE
Instrumentation for high-speed railway applications demands specialized features uch as a
distributed measurement organization, high channel counts and real-time data evaluation. When
preparing for performance tests on the design of the German ICE3 train, test engineers chose
imc instrumentation for its flexible and distributable Ethernet architecture, and extendable
software environment.
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Customer Profile
Ride Comfort Test at Honda
For many drivers (and consumers), comfort and ride feel are the most important
criteria when selecting a car. See why the Suspension Design and Development Group at Honda’s
main R&D facility in Japan was eager to realize a multi-purpose system that automatically
carries out evaluation tests ranging from road surface testing to comprehensive evaluation,
and determination of the so-called Ride Index.
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Data Acquisition 
Instrument Setup
System Features
Visualization & Analysis
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