Summary:
Turkish SME located in Ankara developed and produces a patented, real-time railway-track condition monitoring system which can detect rail flaws, landslides, wheel-flats, washouts, floods, and which can monitor train location & velocity, rail & environmental temperature, in 7/24h basis and continuously. The company is looking for distribution services and commercial agency agreements.
Description:
The Turkish railway technology developer, manufacturer & supplier company located in Ankara has been active in the field of technological research and development for over 10 years with seasoned experts from the railway signaling industry. They have become a highly specialized niche player in the field of track condition monitoring with their rail-based acoustic domain technology and are a supplier of this leading-edge technology.
It is a high-precision, smart and acoustic, track safety condition monitoring system. Track circuits have served as the most trusted and widely-used tool for rail engineers for real-time rail break detection purposes for a long duration. Globally, 15% of derailments are caused by broken rails or welds. The system was developed to eliminate the rail infrastructure experts’ concerns about the rail integrity issues on railways, most importantly broken and fractured rails. The system first proved its concept with on-site tests conducted with rail experts in 2013 and was transformed into a multifunctional track condition monitoring product by the engineering team in the following years. The system has a demonstrated operation track record at HSR (high-speed rail) since 2018 at a 90 km ballasted double-track and being installed at another slab-track HSR line now.
They specialize in the design and manufacturing of this highly innovative asset management product’s variants for the rail industry, which can be one of the significant measures against the clime change impacts on the rail infrastructure.
The company has successfully sold its products on the Turkish market, so far, and introduced the new technology at the European market and worldwide. The system was awarded and attracted a lot of attention from the key players of the rail industry system providers and infrastructure managers. The commercial tender offers of the system are in evaluation at the most known and prestigious HSR construction projects and metro projects of the world with direct and indirect sales channels. The company now wishes to build its network of European sales partners and therefore is looking for dedicated distributors and commercial agents that have relevant technical experience in a number of key markets across Europe. The cooperation is envisaged to take the form of distribution services or an exclusive commercial agency agreement subject to sponsoring the trial-projects for the related regions.
Partners should be willing to begin a long-lasting relationship to represent the demonstrated rail-based acoustic technology in their effective territories, by sponsoring the trial-projects at suitable infrastructures like High-Speed Rail, modernized rail lines, and metro lines.
Type (e.g. company, R&D institution…), field of industry and Role of Partner Sought:
Partner companies will be considered as commercial agencies or distributor partners depending on country size and offer.
Ideal attributes of the partner:
• Is an engineering company with installation and maintenance service.
• Is able to communicate with national railway authorities & institutions.
• Connections with major railway contracting companies,
• Experienced in railway security systems,
• Is able to follow EU tenders
Stage of Development:
Already on the market
IPR Status:
Patents granted
Comments Regarding IPR Status:
The technology is patented in the US, EU, Turkey, India, China, and Japan.
External code:
BOTR20210210001