Fail safe transmission of protection and obstruction signals
The Lötschberg Base Tunnel (LBT) is a 34.577 km (21.5 mile) long new railway tunnel on the Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon railway cutting through the Alps of Switzerland. The opening ceremony of the tunnel took place June 15, 2007.
Fieldbus in Basic Research
One of the most demanding tasks in basic research is the detection of gravitational waves predicted by Albert Einstein. For this so called interferometers are used. Fibre optics and real time communication are first choice in this extremely sensitive equipm...
Open, flexible Ethernet infrastructure for SBB
In order to improve the service for passengers further and to make operating processes even more efficient, Schweizerische Bundesbahnen (SBB) decided to introduce new, state-of-the-art systems for customer information, video monitoring and counting passenge...
Field bus network on deep sea oil exploration plaform
Oil drilling platforms must keep their position accurate to a few metres so that the boring rods don't break. On the high seas this has to go with engine power. The dynamic position maintenance control system and the associated field bus network must meet h...
Mixture of Profibus and Ethernet for Safe road tunnels
Austria is investing an enormous amount of money from road tolls in modernization of its highways. In the course of the so-called Welser Spange, Dürr-Austria has built two tunnels, which are equipped with state-of-the-art control technology from AutomationX...