People tracking: securing the RER C suburban railway site for the SNCF (French National Railway Company)
The SNCF (French National Railway Company) has trusted ELA Innovation for its RER C maintenance worksite. This challenge consisted in deploying in less than 2 months a communication infrastructure to ensure the safety of workers on 8 kilometers of tunnel.
To meet this challenge, ELA Innovation implemented its people counting and localization 4.0 solution. One of the important points was to secure more than thirty entrances/exits by counting the passage of personnel without using electrical and computer cabling.
To meet this challenge, ELA Innovation implemented its people counting and localization 4.0 solution. One of the important points was to secure more than thirty entrances/exits by counting the passage of personnel without using electrical and computer cabling.
I had already experimented with other solutions and was pleased to see that the ELA Innovation solution was particularly easy to use. We are happy to keep the solution.
E. GALAND
SNCF Project Manager
The SNCF (French National Railway Company) has trusted ELA Innovation for its RER C maintenance worksite. This challenge consisted in deploying in less than 2 months a communication infrastructure to ensure the safety of workers on 8 kilometers of tunnel.
To meet this challenge, ELA Innovation implemented its people counting and localization 4.0 solution. One of the important points was to secure more than thirty entrances/exits by counting the passage of personnel without using electrical and computer cabling.
To meet this challenge, ELA Innovation implemented its people counting and localization 4.0 solution. One of the important points was to secure more than thirty entrances/exits by counting the passage of personnel without using electrical and computer cabling.
I had already experimented with other solutions and was pleased to see that the ELA Innovation solution was particularly easy to use. We are happy to keep the solution.
E. GALAND
SNCF Project Manager
The project's participants
- The client's needs
- Technical Operation
- Results
The client's needs
✓ Count and locate workers on 8 km of tunnel in real time
✓ Have an autonomy of at least 8 years on the deployed solution
✓ Decrease the annual cost of the metering solution
✓ Add alarm functionality in case of evacuation
✓ Have an autonomy of at least 8 years on the deployed solution
✓ Decrease the annual cost of the metering solution
✓ Add alarm functionality in case of evacuation
Technical Operation
From a technical point of view, the localization solution is based on a mesh network of fixed and mobile tags.The former, also known as anchors, are installed at regular intervals (25 meters) throughout the site, while the latter are carried by workers. The mobile Blue PUCK ID Mesh tags emit signals to the various anchors, which in turn pick up all dialogue and transmit the information to the gateway. However, since the data collected by the sensors is raw, it is transformed into GPS data (latitude and longitude) by the Wirepas Positioning Engine and visualized on the Synox Database web application.
In case of tunnel evacuation, it is possible to remotely activate an audible (buzzer) and visual (LED) alarm from the Synox business application. The LEDs are visible on the entire tag network (anchors and mobiles) and the audible alert is only triggered on mobile tags.
The battery-operated infrastructure, requiring no connection, facilitates the deployment of the solution and ensures an extremely competitive total cost of ownership.
In case of tunnel evacuation, it is possible to remotely activate an audible (buzzer) and visual (LED) alarm from the Synox business application. The LEDs are visible on the entire tag network (anchors and mobiles) and the audible alert is only triggered on mobile tags.
The battery-operated infrastructure, requiring no connection, facilitates the deployment of the solution and ensures an extremely competitive total cost of ownership.
Results
✓ After implementing the solution, SNCF operators were able to know where each worker was at all times.
✓ In September 2019, ELA Innovation brought together all the SNCF operators, each person had positive feedback on the project.
✓ In September 2019, ELA Innovation brought together all the SNCF operators, each person had positive feedback on the project.
Equipment
- The benefits
- Results
The benefits
✓ Tags 100% autonomous
✓ Low set-up costs
✓ Compact, waterproof and robust tags
✓ Accuracy from 5 to 10 meters
✓ High autonomy
✓ Low set-up costs
✓ Compact, waterproof and robust tags
✓ Accuracy from 5 to 10 meters
✓ High autonomy
Results
✓ After implementing the solution, SNCF operators were able to know where each worker was at all times.
✓ In September 2019, ELA Innovation brought together all the SNCF operators, each person had positive feedback on the project.
✓ In September 2019, ELA Innovation brought together all the SNCF operators, each person had positive feedback on the project.
