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Home » Rail/Transit » IMechE Railway Challenge Adds Automatic Braking Test
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IMechE Railway Challenge Adds Automatic Braking Test

The Brake ReportBy The Brake ReportFebruary 28, 2019No Comments1 Min Read
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This year’s Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ Railway Challenge will feature an automatic braking component for the first time, pushing students to create safety systems for next-generation trains.

The 2019 event will see the introduction of a new auto–stop function element to the competition, where participating teams will have to design their locomotive to stop automatically as close as possible to a marked point on the track. Teams will also be required to produce a technical poster to encourage participants to communicate effectively how the principal systems of their locomotive work.

“Introducing an auto-stop element to the competition encourages the next generation of engineers to understand the critical nature of railway safety,” said Professor Simon Iwnicki, chairman of the IMechE Railway Challenge.

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“It also gives them practical experience in designing a safety critical system. This new part of the competition will give early-career engineers the experience of designing, building and operating a locomotive which can help to prevent accidents.”

Read more at theengineer.co.uk.


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