Remote Performance Monitoring

As the global Friction Management experts, L.B. Foster knows that a successful friction management program comes down to three key tenets:

• Maximize system uptime

• Optimize application rates

• Minimize the cost of running the program

L.B. Foster’s Remote Performance Monitoring (RPM) platform is built specifically to help railroads achieve these goals. Designed with advanced toolsets, RPM makes managing friction management programs easy and efficient. 

The RPM system is designed to maximize efficiency, reduce downtime, and optimize maintenance activities, ensuring rail networks operate smoothly and safely.

Here’s how RPM can transform your operations:

Maximize System Uptime

With RPM, you can ensure your friction management systems are always running at peak performance. Our platform provides continuous monitoring and diagnostics, allowing you to proactively troubleshoot or even address issues before they lead to downtime.

Optimize Application Rates

RPM’s intelligent analytics can help optimize the application rates of friction modifiers and lubricants. By ensuring application rates are when you want them, you can enhance the effectiveness of your friction management program, ensuring optimal performance and longevity of your rail infrastructure while minimizing waste.

Minimize Operational Costs

Our RPM platform is designed to reduce the overall cost of running your friction management program. By improving scheduling, streamlining maintenance activities, and reducing track access requirements, RPM helps you get the most out of your investment while keeping operational costs in check.

Key Features of RPM

• Continuous Monitoring: Gain intelligent insights into system performance instead of being buried in data. 

• Predictive Maintenance: Use data analytics to predict and prevent potential issues.

• Uptime Reporting: Look at trends in uptime at both the program and individual system level to eliminate downtime.

• Reduced Track Access: Minimize the need for manual interventions and track access.

• Improved Scheduling: Streamline maintenance schedules to enhance operational efficiency.

Benefits of Using RPM

• Enhanced Reliability: Keep your friction management systems running smoothly.

• Cost Efficiency: Lower operational costs with optimized maintenance and application rates.

• Increased Safety: Reduce manual track access and potential safety risks.

• Data-Driven Decisions: Leverage comprehensive data for informed decision-making.

• Invest in L.B. Foster’s RPM platform and take your friction management program to the next level. Maximize system uptime, optimize application rates, and minimize the cost of your friction management program.

Installation and Compatibility

The RPM system is designed for easy installation, featuring a stand-alone device that can be integrated with various existing trackside applications. It is compatible with a range of sensors, including L.B. Foster’s Smart Wheel Sensors, and supports multiple data transmission methods to suit different operational needs.

FAQs

What makes the RPM system unique?
The RPM system is purpose-built to provide reliable insight into Friction Management programs; not to overwhelm users with data. Our data analytics, reporting engine, and toolsets are the most powerful in the industry while allowing a maximum level of customization.

Users can manage their Friction Management assets how they choose while benefiting from L.B. Foster’s decades of experience running Total Friction Management programs.

Can the RPM system be integrated with existing equipment?
Yes, L.B. Foster offers a full portfolio of RPM-enabled devices which are compatible with both L.B. Foster and other manufacturers' trackside systems.

How does the RPM system improve safety?
RPM allows service teams to reduce track access requirements through remote troubleshooting, better planning to reduce return visits, and optimizing filling and service schedules. Also, by ensuring friction management systems are operating at their maximum uptime, railroads ensure they are getting the most benefits from their programs.

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