VISIONA Control Industrial has been awarded the tender from TMB (Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona) to install and maintain 5 automatic wheel profile measurement systems, including 4 indoor systems and one outdoor. The proposal of VISIONA Control Industrial has obtained the best score both in the technical and economical evaluation among the other proposals presented. Therefore, by the end of this year 2017 most of the vehicles from Metro Barcelona will be inspected and measured by our WheelPro system. WheelPro system is an automatic wheel profile measurement system that is able to obtain in real-time the profile of each wheel, providing immediate feedback with an accuracy from 0.05 mm for every wheel of every axle of the train that is passing through the system. WheelPro system calculates all major wheel parameters including: Flange height and width qR Factor Back to back distance Diameter Rim thickness Flangeback WheelPro system offers the possibility to be installed both indoor and outdoor and does not require any kind of civil work on the track. It’s a highly configurable system that can be adapted to measure any kind of fleet, from low floor trams to high speed trains. VISIONA also offers WheelBox platform, a graphical software tool that lets maintenance operators manage all measurements, define thresholds allowed for each wheel parameter, analyze trends and take decisions based on predictive maintenance in order to ensure safety and maximize availability of rolling stock while minimizing maintenance costs.

VISIONA will be present as exhibitor in Innotrans VISIONA Control Industrial will be present as exhibitor in next Innotrans 2016, which will take place between September 20th and 23rd. InnoTrans is the leading international trade fair for transport technology and takes places every two years in Berlin. Sub-divided into the five segments Railway Technology, Railway Infrastructure, Public Transport, Interiors and Tunnel Construction, InnoTrans occupies all 41 halls available at Berlin Exhibition Grounds. We will be pleased to welcome you at our booth (Hall 21 – Stand 510), where we will showcase our last developments in the field of wheel and track measurement and inspection. Please do not hesitate to contact us in order to arrange a date for a meeting during these days.

Visiona launches a new version of WheelBox in Arabic coinciding with its presence at the Middle East Rail 2016 Visiona will be present at MIDDLE EAST RAIL 2016 which will be held in Dubai from 8th to 9th of March. Coinciding with this event, Visiona launches a new version if his product, WheelBox, in Arabic. The WheelBox software allows the management of WheelPro measurements. With this software the user can manage and analyze the evolution of every wheel in order to schedule a predictive maintenance. The main functionalities of WheelBox are the following: Profiles management: WheelBox allows every user to filter available measurements by unit ID and/or date. Once the user has selected a measurement that should be analyzed, the application shows every measured profile as it can be seen in the figure. Parameters management: WheelBox also offers the posibility of visualizing a table including all wheel parameters of a measurement of a certain unit: Flange height and width, qR factor, Flangeback, Rim thickness, Back-to-Back wheel gauge, Wheel diameter, etc. Parameter evolution: WheelBox offers as well the posibility of analizing the evolution of wheel parameters of each wheel along time. This information could be used by train maintenance operators in order to define a predictive maintenance strategy and extend life cycle of wheelsets. Comparison between measurements: WheelBox also offers the posibility of comparing a certain measurement with a previous one or even the ideal desired profile, just as it can be shown in figure. The plot in red is calculated as the difference between both measurements and represents the wheel wear in that period of time. Current status of the fleet. In addition to previously described features, WheelBox allows the train maintenance operator to get the information regarding the current status of every fleet of trains. WheelBox automatically creates a table including a summary of every incidence in any wheel parameters taking into account the last measurement of every unit belonging to a certain fleet of trains. This management tool was until now in Spanish, English and German languages. Coinciding with its presence at Middle East Rail, Visiona launches a new version also in Arabic.

VISIONA will be present at RAILTEX 2015 We will be exhibiting our WheelPro system at RAILTEX 2015 (May 12th – 14th) at the National Exhibition Centre Birmingham. You can find us on Mechan’s stand N10. We will join the staff from Mechan, our official partner in UK and Ireland, and will be delighted to inform you about our automatic wheel profiles measurement system. Besides, Jeser Zalba, CEO at VISIONA Control Industrial, will take part on the seminar “Wheel Profile Condition Monitoring – modern methods of non-contact measurement”, which will be held on Wednesday May 13th, at 13:25 in the Railtex Seminar Theatre. Jeser will present VISIONA’s WheelPro system, explaining its main characteristics and the potential benefits of using it.

VISIONA supplies 7 WheelPro systems VISIONA Control Industrial has developed and installed 7 WheelPro systems for Spanish company Nem Solutions. These systems have been designed both for indoor locations in maintenance depots and outdoors directly on the track, and have been installed in Spain (Madrid (2), Zaragoza and Bilbao) as well as in other countries such as Brazil, Saudi Arabia and New Zealand. The systems supplied by VISIONA Control Industrial have been used for measurement of wheels from metro, tram, regional and high speed trains. The technology inside WheelPro system has been fully developed by VISIONA and is the basis for these 7 SCLAR systems, the wheel profile measurement systems provided by NEM Solutions.

VISIONA signs agreement with Mechan Ltd. VISIONA Control Industrial is proud to announce that we have reached an agreement with Mechan Ltd., a Sheffield-based company, leading supplier of rail industry lifting products. Mechan becomes exclusive provider of WheelPro system in UK and Ireland for the next 4 years and adds the automatic wheel measurement system developed by VISIONA to its extensive range of rail depot /workshop maintenance equipment. We believe it is a great opportunity for both companies, since Mechan has more than 40 years experience and boasts an impressive range of standard and bespoke depot maintenance equipment that can be found in some of the most prestigious rail and tram depots in the world.

Visiona gets the ISO 9001:2008 certificate VISIONA Industrial Control has introduced a new quality management system in its methodology for the “Design, development, manufacture and marketing of systems based on artificial vision” After successfully completing audits of the certifying entity Intertek , VISIONA has obtained the certificate of ISO 9001. This quality certification ensures compliance with stringent quality controls in all processes of the activity, demonstrating the commitment of VISIONA on continuous improvement and customer satisfaction.

Real Sociedad & VISIONA in Tv ETB has broadcasted a report showing how Real Sociedad is training with the technology developed by VISIONA Control Industrail. It was broadcasted as a part of its programme Teknopolis. The video shows how this professional football club is integrating new machine vision technologies as a part of their  training methodology. View on YouTube here.