Railway automation
Prolan Process Control Co. and Prolan Alfa Ltd. have been dealing with railway automation since 1998. Our first large project was the delivery of GYSEV’s integrated railway control system where beside the power supply control (FET) we created the functionality of central traffic control systems (KÖFE, KÖFI), too. The system complies with CENELEC MSZ-EN 50126, 50128, 50129 standards. In 2009 we handed over the remote traffic control system in Szeged region which controls 13 railway stations and supervises 40 stations, in 2011 we finished the modernization of the railway line of South Balaton region. In 2010 we worked on the reconstruction of Sopron-Szentgotthárd line of GYSEV. Our Rolling Stock Department installed Locomotive On-board Computers (LOC) on 1500 diesel and electric traction vehicles and control cars of MÁV group. In 2012 MÁV had our LOC on their newly purchased TRAXX vehicles installed at Bombardier’s factory in Kassel.Railway automation Projects
(2009) Establishment of Central Traffic Control system in Szeged region
In fall of 2006 MÁV published the public tender „Delivery of station interlocking systems reconstruction and remote control systems financed by the Vendor”, which aimed to build up a state-of-the-art control center in Szeged for the more than 300km long lines. The tender was awarded to Prolan, the contract was signed in August 2007. The [...]
(2012) Prolan Locomotive Onboard Computers on 25 new MÁV TRAXX locos
MÁV Hungarian Railways is still committed to the fleet management based on the Prolan Locomotive Onboard Computers, the newly purchased 25 TRAXX locos are running with our products on their board. The installation was performed in the Kassel located plant of Bombardier based on the Prolan logistic and documentation services.
ProSigma
In the field of railway interlocking systems copper-based, long distance connections exists between relay switches and remote equipments. In the case of constructing a new system, the state-of-the-art solution is to apply signal transmission based on GSM or fibre-optic communication. Since our company has gained a wealth of experience in SIL4 certified safety systems whilst developing relay based railway safety equipment, we took it upon ourselves to design and create a Safety Signal Transmitter (SST). Our equipment called ProSigma provides fail-safe signal transmission ensuring the availability of SIL4 using GSM or fibre optic communication. The project is funded by the European Union and the European Regional Development Fund.
- The main functionality of the ProSigma is to realize a fail-safe signal transmission on the highest SIL (Safety Integrity Level)
- The availability of the equipment is over 99,99%. In case of disconnection the outputs move into a safety position
- Equipment communicates with each other via IP-based network
- The microprocessor controlled equipment are modular, and implement the two-out-of-three safety architecture
- Functions are achieved through a diverse software system on a diverse hardware base
- The system fulfils MSZ EN 50159-1 standard on open networks, so we are able to guarantee safe transmission over public networks
The development of the equipment was completed with the co-operation of the Transport Automation Department from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. The Hungarian State Railways Ltd is ready to test the equipment.
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