Iranian Specialists Produce 2 Widely-Used Measuring Tools for Subway
“Our newest device is a diameter gauge and a compound caliper, which were reverse-engineered and produced at the request of Tehran’s subway,” said Hesamoddin Davoudinejad, the head of the company's commercial department.
Noting that the device is a tool for measuring the diameter of the wheels and the thickness of the flanges of the wheels of trains, he said, “Since these tools are used in servicing the trains, they are subject to breakage and damage, and re-purchasing them from a foreign country requires a lot of money."
“At our company, we have started manufacturing a diameter gauge and a compound caliper at a quarter of the cost of the foreign model. The measurement accuracy of our product is similar to the foreign model,” Davoudinejad said.
“A compound caliper is a combination of two calipers and measures the thickness of the wheel flange,” he explained.
In a relevant development in January, a knowledge-based company in Iran had succeeded in designing a system based on artificial intelligence that prevents trains from colliding or hitting barriers on the railroad.
“Our product is a system to prevent trains from colliding or hitting obstacles. It detects barriers on the train's path based on artificial intelligence by using information and modern technologies,” said Emad Oqabi, the managing director of a knowledge-based company and a member of the electrical department of the Islamic Azad University’s Mashhad branch.
“This system uses the best braking mode based on the obstacle’s distance in a way that the train stops with the minimum shock and the trains do not collide with each other or hit possible obstacles,” he added.
Noting that his company has used the technology that Tesla Motors uses for its self-driving cars, Oqabi said, “A number of trains in Mashhad city (in Northeastern Iran) have been equipped with this system.”
“This knowledge-based product has no foreign sample and it has gone through field tests for nearly two years and been approved by the authorities,” he stated.
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