{"id":9869,"date":"2018-11-23T22:00:07","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T22:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/?p=9869"},"modified":"2018-11-22T10:31:44","modified_gmt":"2018-11-22T10:31:44","slug":"rail-4-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/rail-4-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Rail 4.0: Schaeffler and ZF announce rail condition monitoring collaboration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To coincide with InnoTrans 2018, Schaeffler and ZF signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate between the two companies to create a digital condition monitoring system for mechanical drive trains in the rail sector.<\/p>\n<p>The combination of both companies\u2019 expertise will allow a Rail 4.0 solution with significant added-value to be created in which the mechanical drive, which is maintained as an independent unit, can be digitally monitored separately right down to its sub-systems and components using a single condition monitoring system.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7565662001938327\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"7585079586\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nThe objective is to allow condition-based maintenance measures to be carried out with the aid of operating data analyses and therefore extend maintenance intervals while reducing downtimes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDigitalisation in industry can only generate added-value when collaboration takes place across different companies,\u201d explains Dr Stefan Spindler, CEO Industrial at Schaeffler AG. \u201cThis project represents the expansion of our long-term development partnership with ZF into the rail sector with an Industry 4.0 solution that will make entirely new service concepts possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr Klaus Gei\u00dfd\u00f6rfer, head of ZF\u2019s Industrial Technology division, is certain that the market now demands comprehensive and state-of-the-art digital platforms: \u201cThe online condition monitoring approach that we are now presenting in cooperation with Schaeffler will help customers to better plan maintenance intervals and continuously optimise the actual loads that occur in the drive train.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both co-operation partners began taking advantage of the future opportunities offered by Industry 4.0 at an early stage. ZF supplies rail drive systems complete with condition monitoring systems, and Schaeffler enhances these through the addition of wheelset-specific sensors for vibration and temperature according to SIL 2 together with the corresponding data analytics.<\/p>\n<p>The condition monitoring system is to be created using an open platform concept that can be expanded to include additional partners, thus enabling further components and even complete bogies to be monitored.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To coincide with InnoTrans 2018, Schaeffler and ZF signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate between the two companies to create a digital condition monitoring system for mechanical drive trains in the rail sector. The combination of both companies\u2019 expertise will allow a Rail 4.0 solution with significant added-value to be created in which the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9870,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[199],"tags":[528,5299,58,5300,302,5298],"class_list":["post-9869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news-views-and-opinion","tag-digital-condition-monitoring","tag-mechanical-drive-trains","tag-rail","tag-rail-4-0","tag-schaeffler","tag-zf"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rail 4.0: Schaeffler and ZF announce rail condition monitoring collaboration - Engineer News Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Schaeffler and ZF signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate between the two companies to create a digital condition monitoring system for mechanical drive trains in the rail sector\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/rail-4-0\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rail 4.0: Schaeffler and ZF announce rail condition monitoring collaboration - Engineer News Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Schaeffler and ZF signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate between the two companies to create a digital condition monitoring system for mechanical drive trains in the rail sector\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/rail-4-0\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Engineer News Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-11-23T22:00:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Schaeffler-ZF-cooperation_lres.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"851\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"673\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/rail-4-0\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/rail-4-0\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4477342aea8e299c6a21761e513ea8e1\"},\"headline\":\"Rail 4.0: Schaeffler and ZF announce rail condition monitoring collaboration\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-11-23T22:00:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/rail-4-0\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":307,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/rail-4-0\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/Schaeffler-ZF-cooperation_lres.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"digital condition monitoring\",\"mechanical drive trains\",\"rail\",\"Rail 4.0\",\"Schaeffler\",\"ZF\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News, Views and Opinion\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/rail-4-0\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/rail-4-0\\\/\",\"name\":\"Rail 4.0: Schaeffler and ZF announce rail condition monitoring collaboration - Engineer News Network\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/rail-4-0\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/rail-4-0\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/Schaeffler-ZF-cooperation_lres.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-11-23T22:00:07+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4477342aea8e299c6a21761e513ea8e1\"},\"description\":\"Schaeffler and ZF signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate between the two companies to create a digital condition monitoring system for mechanical drive trains in the rail sector\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/rail-4-0\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/rail-4-0\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/rail-4-0\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/Schaeffler-ZF-cooperation_lres.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/Schaeffler-ZF-cooperation_lres.jpg\",\"width\":851,\"height\":673,\"caption\":\"Collaborative digital monitoring of mechanical drive trains for rail vehicles\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/rail-4-0\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rail 4.0: Schaeffler and ZF announce rail condition monitoring collaboration\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Engineer News Network\",\"description\":\"The ultimate online news and information resource for today's engineer\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4477342aea8e299c6a21761e513ea8e1\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rail 4.0: Schaeffler and ZF announce rail condition monitoring collaboration - Engineer News Network","description":"Schaeffler and ZF signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate between the two companies to create a digital condition monitoring system for mechanical drive trains in the rail sector","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/rail-4-0\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rail 4.0: Schaeffler and ZF announce rail condition monitoring collaboration - Engineer News Network","og_description":"Schaeffler and ZF signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate between the two companies to create a digital condition monitoring system for mechanical drive trains in the rail sector","og_url":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/rail-4-0\/","og_site_name":"Engineer News Network","article_published_time":"2018-11-23T22:00:07+00:00","og_image":[{"width":851,"height":673,"url":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Schaeffler-ZF-cooperation_lres.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/rail-4-0\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/rail-4-0\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/4477342aea8e299c6a21761e513ea8e1"},"headline":"Rail 4.0: Schaeffler and ZF announce rail condition monitoring collaboration","datePublished":"2018-11-23T22:00:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/rail-4-0\/"},"wordCount":307,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/rail-4-0\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Schaeffler-ZF-cooperation_lres.jpg","keywords":["digital condition monitoring","mechanical drive trains","rail","Rail 4.0","Schaeffler","ZF"],"articleSection":["News, Views and Opinion"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/rail-4-0\/","url":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/rail-4-0\/","name":"Rail 4.0: Schaeffler and ZF announce rail condition monitoring collaboration - Engineer News Network","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/rail-4-0\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/rail-4-0\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Schaeffler-ZF-cooperation_lres.jpg","datePublished":"2018-11-23T22:00:07+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/4477342aea8e299c6a21761e513ea8e1"},"description":"Schaeffler and ZF signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate between the two companies to create a digital condition monitoring system for mechanical drive trains in the rail sector","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/rail-4-0\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/rail-4-0\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/rail-4-0\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Schaeffler-ZF-cooperation_lres.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Schaeffler-ZF-cooperation_lres.jpg","width":851,"height":673,"caption":"Collaborative digital monitoring of mechanical drive trains for rail vehicles"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/rail-4-0\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rail 4.0: Schaeffler and ZF announce rail condition monitoring collaboration"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/","name":"Engineer News Network","description":"The ultimate online news and information resource for today's engineer","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/4477342aea8e299c6a21761e513ea8e1","name":"admin","url":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9869"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9871,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9869\/revisions\/9871"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}