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• Continuous mapping of ballast thickness
• Location of areas with poor bearing capacity (e.g. ballast pockets)
• Differentiation between clean and fouled ballast
• Detection of drainage problems

IDS’ innovative use of its SafeRailSystem means a reduction in the current cost of under track investigation, maintenance and renewal of ballasts, an improvement in the specification of maintenance, so less reworking, a reliable calculation of investments and an improvement of maintenance quality.

Railway tunnel monitoring systems

IDS supplies customised solutions for the monitoring of the state of railway tunnels through multi-channel and multi-frequency antennas towed by hand or installed on dedicated hydraulic arms.

The benefits of customised solutions for monitoring railway tunnels include:

• Continuous mapping of concrete covering and reinforced bars
• Location of cavities behind the concrete covering
• Location of tunnel ribs
• Locating of water infiltration
• Location of voids and delaminations
• Location of fractures

Ground-based radar interferometry instruments

Monitoring of slopes and structural movements is an essential requirement in order to prevent accidents and interruptions of service.

IBIS is a family of innovative instruments based on ground-based radar interferometry. It is a revolutionary approach, which can be used in almost all weather conditions and provides the end users with accurate remote measurements whilst avoiding any contact with the target.

IBIS-S introduces a totally new solution in the field of static and dynamic tests of bridges. It can perform a continuous, real-time mapping of the displacements of the entire monitored structure with sub-millimetre accuracy.

The main benefits of IBIS-S are:

• Range at a distance of up to 500mt
• Displacement accuracy up to 1/100mm
• Real-time one-dimensional simultaneous mapping of all displacement detected on the structure
• Fast installation and operation
• The same instrument can be used for static and dynamic acquisition
• Structural vibration sampling up to 100Hz
• Operates from day to night and in all weather conditions

Geodetic instrument for continuous landslide monitoring

IBIS-L is an innovative geodetic instrument for continuous landslide monitoring from day to night and in all weather conditions. It is capable of monitoring large portions of territory by measuring in real-time the local displacements of all the points across the scene with sub-millimetre accuracy.

The main advantages of IBIS-L over traditional techniques are:

• Remote sensing up to 4km
• Displacement accuracy up to 1/10mm
• Real-time two-dimensional mapping of simultaneous displacements over large areas (several squared kilometres)
• Sampling movements every five minutes
• Autonomous operation
• Operates day and night and in all weather conditions