Enhancing Railway Employee Safety

Virtual Reality System for Enhancing Railway Employee Safety

This virtual reality system immerses users in the role of a signalman, allowing them to experience a railway station environment. The S700K switch machine is nearby, and users can navigate within the virtual environment to approach it. They can use control panels to remove the cover of the switch machine and observe its internal components. With coordination from the control center, users can issue requests for switch changes. The software simulates seven common faults of the S700K switch machine, and users must utilize available equipment in the environment to carry out the necessary repairs.

Simulated Scenarios and Operations for Enhancing Railway Employee Safety:

• Adjusting a misaligned detector rod
• Manual replacement of the switch machine
• Loss of input power from a three-phase source
• Fault diagnosis and testing of components SA and SB
• Complete replacement of the switch machine
• Presence of foreign objects between the switch blades
• Inspection of the internal components of the switch machine