VÄTE Rail is now equipping its locomotives and wagons with PMU sensors from Railway Metrics and Dynamics. The total order value amounts to just over SEK 3 million, spread over three years. The company, initially founded on shunting services, now also offers train hauling, terminal services, and combined terminal services.

The group consists of the parent company Prouisum Holding AB and its three subsidiaries: VÄTE Rail AB, VÄTE Trafik AB, and VÄTE Teknik AB, employing a team of over 100 people. The relationship with Railway Metrics and Dynamics has always been close. At the end of 2023, VÄTE Rail purchased rear-view cameras from RMD for its locomotives - primarily to eliminate risky tasks and free up shunting staff from the footplates during reversing.

The cameras are currently being tested in Trelleborg, where VÄTE Rail loads and unloads train ferries with trains up to 600 meters long. Now it's time to take the next step. 90 wagons and 20 locomotives are being equipped with PMUs (Performance Monitoring Units).

The sensors are smart devices that communicate with each other and whose data is visualized on a dashboard in RMD's self-developed Train Management System. The PMUs come to life and appear in the system as soon as the locomotive starts. This way, you always know how many hours the rolling stock has been used - which is important for carrying out planned maintenance.

In shunting and terminal operations, it is especially valuable that the PMUs also record and log impacts from careless loading or overloading. With RMD's Train Management System and dashboard, the information is collected and becomes clear, which facilitates shunting operations - even if the shunting is carried out by a subcontractor. The PMU sensors are currently being configured.

Delivery and installation will take place during the autumn of 2024. The initial contract runs for three years and thus corresponds to an order value of SEK 3 million.