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Duro® Inertial position solution
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Swift Navigation, a San Francisco startup building centimeter-accurate GPS technology to power autonomous vehicles, and Carnegie Robotics LLC (CRL), a robotic components and systems provider, announced their second joint product, the Duro® Inertial. Representatives describe Duro Inertial as a ruggedized version of Swift Navigation’s flagship Piksi® Multi dual-frequency Real Time Kinematics (RTK) GNSS receiver combined with Carnegie Robotics’ SmoothPose™ sensor fusion algorithm, which fuses GNSS and inertial measurements into a combined solution. The blending of GNSS and inertial measurements provides a dead reckoning capability that allows Duro® Inertial to provide an accurate, continuous position solution during brief GNSS outages and to deliver a robust precision navigation solution in harsh GNSS environments, the companies said.
Focused Technology Solutions Inc., a division of the Marmon/Berkshire Hathaway Company, is billing its new SpikeEase as the world’s first and most advanced portable battery-operated spike removal tool. Developed in response to listening to customers and their needs, SpikeEase is an environmentally safer alternative solution to hydraulic spike removal tools and claw bars, according to the company. It eliminates the need for gas-powered generators, 50-foot hydraulic hoses, hazardous fluids, and dangerous claw bars that can cause Rule 22 violations and/or adjacent track violations. The unit, lightweight at only 25.8 pounds, can remove a spike in as fast as 3 to 7 seconds. That speed leads to increased productivity and can help reduce the potential for injuries. More information about SpikeEase, Focused Technology, and other Marmon/ Bershire rail products can be found be found at www.railserve.biz.
The Railway Educational Bureau Track Safety Standards
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Track Safety Standards, contains all the Track Safety Standards, Subparts A-F, for Classes of track 1-5. The standards cover general information, Roadbed, Track Geometry, Track Structure, Track Appliances and Track-Related Devices, and Inspection. Includes Defect Codes. Updated April 3, 2017. Track Safety Standards, Subparts A-F Only $9.86 for orders of 50 or more!
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Bridge Safety Standards FRA Part 237 establishes Federal safety requirements for railroad bridges. This rule requires track owners to implement bridge management programs, which include annual inspections of railroad bridges, and to audit the programs. Part 237 also requires track owners to know the safe load capacity of bridges and to conduct special inspections if the weather or other conditions warrant such inspections. Updated April 3, 2017. BKBRIDGE Bridge Safety Standards $7.95
Federal Regulations
This reprint includes the FRA's Railroad Workplace Safety Standards addressing roadway workers and their work environments. These laws cover such things as: personal protective equipment, fall protection, and scaffolding for bridgeworkers; and training issues. Also includes safety standards for on-track roadway vehicles. Updated April 3, 2017.
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Track Calculator The Track Safety Standards Calculator is a must for anyone who works on track. This slide rule type calculator contains many of the details for Classes of track 1- 5. Deviation from uniform profile and from zero cross level. Difference in cross level. Updated as of July 11, 2013. BKTCAL Track Calculator $10.50 Only $9.50 for orders of 50 or more!
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