Centre for Advanced Transport Engineering and Research (CATER): Press Releases

Flexibility in Automated Portable RFD Testing
Monday, September 19, 2011 by Centre for Advanced Transport Engineering and Research (CATER) CATER has expanded its flexible range of purpose-built rail testers to offer another alternative to larger RFD vehicles. It now includes a small hirail diesel 4WD unit based on arguably the...

Additional Functionality for Effective Surveys
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 by Centre for Advanced Transport Engineering and Research (CATER) The advanced ULTRAWave MkIII system from Centre for Advanced Transport Engineering and Research (CATER) boasts the capability to effectively process five ultrasonic channels for each...

Portable Ultrasonic Testing Gets Clever
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 by Centre for Advanced Transport Engineering and Research (CATER) Centre for Advanced Transport Engineering and Research(CATER) challenges the current industry standard of short length rail inspection with a creative concept and very effective portable...

How to Improve Ultrasonic Testing Performance
Thursday, May 12, 2011 by Centre for Advanced Transport Engineering and Research (CATER) Centre for Advanced Transport Engineering and Research(CATER) has released its latest powerful new rail flaw detection (RFD) module that is the base of its range of rail inspection vehicles...

CATER Launches New Refurbished Website
Monday, March 28, 2011 by Centre for Advanced Transport Engineering and Research (CATER) CATER announces the release of a refurbished website to reflect the enhanced capabilities of this forward thinking and experienced rail inspection company. It has built a reputation...

CATER Releases White Paper on Rail UT Method
Thursday, March 10, 2011 by Centre for Advanced Transport Engineering and Research (CATER) The Centre for Advanced Transport Engineering and Research (CATER) has released a free white paper on the Railway-Technology website. The white paper looks at a set of circumstances that...

Rio Tinto Rewards CATER with Terry Palmer Award for Outstanding Innovation
Thursday, October 21, 2010 by Centre for Advanced Transport Engineering and Research (CATER) Rio Tinto has awarded the 2010 Terry Palmer Award for outstanding innovation in the workplace to the Pilbara Iron Railways division based in Karratha, Western Australia. The Terry Palmer Award,...

Rail Audit and Inspection Take on a New Dimension
Thursday, August 19, 2010 by Centre for Advanced Transport Engineering and Research (CATER) Two established Australian Rail Inspection companies have combined forces to provide an expanded view of rail networks' assets. Using proven ultrasonic, vision recording, magnetic induction...

Another Tool for Predictive Maintenance - Enhanced Location Recording Embedded in Post-Processing Software
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 by Centre for Advanced Transport Engineering and Research (CATER) Another function has been added to the already impressive array of rail inspection instrumentation developed by the progressive rail flaw detection systems (RFD) developer, CATER. CATER (The...

Dual Role of HANDWave Portable Tester
Thursday, June 11, 2009 by Centre for Advanced Transport Engineering and Research (CATER) The HANDWave portable ultrasonic single rail tester, (SRT) released recently by CATER, has generated considerable interest in the UT and NDT industry. This robust unit is the latest...

HANDWave: Most Powerful Portable UT Tester is Now Available
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 by Centre for Advanced Transport Engineering and Research (CATER) This month sees the much anticipated release of arguably the most powerful portable ultrasonic tester for rail flaw detection. CATER, an Australian company with over a decade's experience...

Rail Foot Corrosion Identified by ULTRAWave
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 by Centre for Advanced Transport Engineering and Research (CATER) Corrosion in the foot of the rail is particularly difficult to identify. Despite this difficulty, rail networks need to assess the likelihood of rail damage by identifying the extent of any...