Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief Wi-Tronix LLC®, a provider of remote monitoring products and services for the rail, marine and mining industries, offersd its Wi-Power III, which it describes as “an intelligent power supply that provides customers improved asset utilization, availability and reliability.” “The iconic ‘purple box’, the Wireless Processing Unit (Wi-PU™), remotely monitors and reports critical system information on mobile assets,” said Wi-Tronix. “The optional integrated Wi-Power III module provides intelligent power management benefits, including improved asset utilization identifying potential no starts, continuous battery health monitoring and low battery voltage alerts, tamper detection with time and location alerting, and increased system reliability and availability with enhanced power monitoring and conditioning. Wi-Power III can support a railroad’s corporate strategy of reducing unexpected downtime and further improve service reliability for customers.” To date, Wi-Power III has been installed on more than 600 locomotives and logged more than one million hours in revenue service. “Overall, the life of a locomotive can be extended through the real-time monitoring functions enabled by the Wi-PU and Wi-Power III,” said Wi-Tronix. Continue reading...
