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Dual Inventive Carrying System
by Dual Inventive
Dual Inventive develops and produces technological products that serve to make the railway infrastructure safer and more efficient. Our products maximize rail capacity and improve the reliability of the railway infrastructure.
The ZKL 3000 is a measuring device that creates a short in the rail track of an isolated track section and then monitors this particular short in track. This generates a "track in use" signal for the track circuit, as a result of which all signals for this section will automatically change to red. The track section is immediately closed to regular train traffic. This creates a safe protected work area for rail workers. The dimensions of the ZKL3000 are 400 x 140 x 100 mm.
Some users of the ZKL 3000 do not use the suitcase during transport to the jobsite although it is required. They find it to difficult and heavy to drag it along. (See pictures for the ZKL 3000 in and out the suitcase). Dual Inventive realizes that there has to be an alternative.
Our target audience are track workers (employees in rail track). These workers can be rough on their equipment, so the carrying system needs to be designed for use as well. We would like to see an impression (visual) of your ideas and a description that goes with it. The choice of materials and production techniques can be mentioned in the redesign, but are not a necessity. However, do remember that we make these products in relative small badges, so the carrying system will be produced in small badges as well.
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Total Value: 2500 RDMs
Redesign value: 400 RDMs (5 x)
Best Redesign (Bonus): 500 RDMs
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Ingrid de Laat
RedesignMeIngrid de Laat (RedesignMe) wrote: 2010-04-29 16:00:58 A new challenge from an innovating Dutch company awaits!
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MichaelC
MichaelC wrote: 2010-04-30 06:48:17 What type of protection does it need? Dust, impact, vibration? Thanks MichaelC
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Lex van der Poel
Dual InventiveLex van der Poel (Dual Inventive) wrote: 2010-05-04 12:10:40 The workers tend to handle the eguipment roughly, the suitcase will protect the ZKL against certain impact by enduring the impact.
It's good to know that there are already many redesigns. -
san-san
san-san wrote: 2010-05-05 14:27:24 why does the zkl need to be protected from impact/rough handeling. lot of elec. components ?
seems to me that handeling the zkl withou case does not reduce the lifespan significantly. there are no external handles/displays to break, only thing that can break are the batteries and a control light.
btw what is the weight of the zkl ? -
MichaelC
MichaelC wrote: 2010-05-05 19:27:47 It seems there is an arm that extends on top and the contacts on the feet are important to keep in good shape. Maybe there is more?
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Ingrid de Laat
RedesignMeIngrid de Laat (RedesignMe) wrote: 2010-05-06 08:58:43 @san-san the ZKL weighs 6 kg, the case now weighs 6,5 kg ; one of the main reasons for this search for a new way of easily carrying the ZKL.
What the most important parts are to protect is something Lex from Dual Inventive can answer best. -
Lex van der Poel
Dual InventiveLex van der Poel (Dual Inventive) wrote: 2010-05-06 15:53:18 It's usefull to be able to carry more than one ZKL. This implies that the ZKL's will be piled up when they are stored or transported. It's important that the pilled ZKL's stay unharmed from ZKL's that are pilled above them.
An important element in the redesign is the ability to cary more than one ZKL. Because at times the place on the railway track isn't accesible by car, so the employers will have to carry the ZKL's a long distance. -
san-san
san-san wrote: 2010-05-07 23:25:40 you'll have to set up one at the beginning and one at the end of the "workspace" ? so in every use there are two
needed per track.? dual track 4 etc..
thats usefull info :) thnx -
taylorborowiec
taylorborowiec wrote: 2010-05-14 18:40:50 I've worked with field installers using heavy duty seam closers. They seem unbreakable, but you would be surprised what the wear and tear will do to them. So I can understand trying to minimize the number of impacts these units take.
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Lex van der Poel
Dual InventiveLex van der Poel (Dual Inventive) wrote: 2010-05-27 15:15:33 no you need one per track section. Each section is isolated. When a train arrives on a section the axis of the train make a short circuit and the signal turns into red.
When there is worked on a track it can contain several sections, depends on the size of the work area.
