Operating load recording: Transparency regarding actual stress in the field
Modern vehicles, rail systems, machines, and infrastructures are highly optimized systems. Nevertheless, in many cases, maintenance strategies are still based on fixed maintenance intervals or simplified assumptions about stress.
With sensory operating load detection, the actual mechanical stresses in real-world use are continuously measured and can be evaluated.
Complex mechanical loads act on components during operation:
- Tensile, compressive, and bending stresses
- Torsion and vibrations
- Shock and impulse loads
- Dynamic load changes
Our solution records these effects directly on the object—for example, on supporting structures, chassis, axles, junctions, or infrastructure structures. The measured signals can then be converted into load collectives and systematically evaluated.
The continuous recording of operating loads creates a new database for:
Condition-based maintenance
- Service life predictions
- Early anomaly detection
- Design optimization
Areas of application
- Railways and rail vehicles
- Commercial vehicles and mobile machinery
- Infrastructure and structures
Operating load recording creates an objective basis for decision-making in maintenance and asset management.
