Startup L2MRail, SID, IISC sign MoU with Kerala Rail
Friday, 01 October 2021, 18:14 IST
L2MRail, the Indian Institute of Science (IISC), Bangalore incubated startup and the Society for Innovation and Development have signed an MoU with Kerala Rail focussed on enhancing rail safety.
According to a statement, the L2M Rail team and IISC have pioneered Fibre Bragg Grating sensing technology, to develop a Structural Health Monitoring System (SHMS) which will monitor civil engineering structures of Kerala Rail’s Silverline project.
It said the MoUs were exchanged between the MD of Kerala Rail V Ajith Kumar and IISc Registrar Capt. Sridhar Warrier, in the presence of Govindan Rangarajan, director, IISc and B Gurumoorthy, chief executive of SID, IISc in Bengaluru.
It said the partnership addresses the need for accurate, real-time data regarding the condition of all rail structures. The team uses FBG-sensor technology to ensure the stability and integrity of structures even in vulnerable areas, which comprise a large part of the terrain covered by the ambitious Silverline project.
Constant, technology-driven monitoring of both running trains and rail structures offers the ideal solution, the statement said, adding that through this partnership, the Kerala Rail Development Corporation aims to ensure the safety of trains on this 530 km, the double-track stretch between Thiruvananthapuram and Kasargod.
“Structural defects are generally identified only when an accident occurs, and preventative identification of weak links could have helped avoid mass casualties, like the Mexico metro rail structure collapse,” said Sreenivasa Rao Ganapa, cofounder, L2MRail.
The potential of FBG sensor technology is immense, and its application is not just restricted to rail monitoring, but to any field that necessitates constant, real-time monitoring and timely warning alerts to identify damages, the official added.
The great potential of FBG sensor technology has been used by IISC researchers in various domains, ranging from biomedical to aerospace.
Lab To Market Innovations Pvt. Ltd is developing next-generation technologies to make Railways efficient and safe. It is funded by Society for Innovation and Development at IISc.
According to a statement, the L2M Rail team and IISC have pioneered Fibre Bragg Grating sensing technology, to develop a Structural Health Monitoring System (SHMS) which will monitor civil engineering structures of Kerala Rail’s Silverline project.
It said the MoUs were exchanged between the MD of Kerala Rail V Ajith Kumar and IISc Registrar Capt. Sridhar Warrier, in the presence of Govindan Rangarajan, director, IISc and B Gurumoorthy, chief executive of SID, IISc in Bengaluru.
It said the partnership addresses the need for accurate, real-time data regarding the condition of all rail structures. The team uses FBG-sensor technology to ensure the stability and integrity of structures even in vulnerable areas, which comprise a large part of the terrain covered by the ambitious Silverline project.
Constant, technology-driven monitoring of both running trains and rail structures offers the ideal solution, the statement said, adding that through this partnership, the Kerala Rail Development Corporation aims to ensure the safety of trains on this 530 km, the double-track stretch between Thiruvananthapuram and Kasargod.
“Structural defects are generally identified only when an accident occurs, and preventative identification of weak links could have helped avoid mass casualties, like the Mexico metro rail structure collapse,” said Sreenivasa Rao Ganapa, cofounder, L2MRail.
The potential of FBG sensor technology is immense, and its application is not just restricted to rail monitoring, but to any field that necessitates constant, real-time monitoring and timely warning alerts to identify damages, the official added.
The great potential of FBG sensor technology has been used by IISC researchers in various domains, ranging from biomedical to aerospace.
Lab To Market Innovations Pvt. Ltd is developing next-generation technologies to make Railways efficient and safe. It is funded by Society for Innovation and Development at IISc.
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