Click here for sitemap

Sitemap

About

Services

Hazmat Training

Technical Standards

Career Oportunities

Contact Us

INSTRUMENTATION

Data Collection, Analysis, and Reporting

TTCI has extensive test instrumentation, data collection and communication, and analysis capabilities that support laboratory and field testing activities around the world.

Laboratory and Field Testing

Typical dynamic vehicle measurements are made with a computer equipped instrumentation car that rides along with the test car, collecting data pertinent to the test. On the track, sensors installed in specific test sections make dynamic measurements, while wayside computers collect the data. Static measurements are made with a variety of precise and specially developed devices. TTCI measurement systems are portable and are frequently mounted on customer locomotives and transit cars.

Technologies

Integrated Remote Railway Information System: wayside data collection system for dynamic response measurement of vehicles, track, components, and structures

Static measurements of rail, special trackwork, track modulus, ballast and soil density, track geometry, rail flaws, lubrication, and tie stiffness

Dynamic wayside measurement of wheel and rail forces, ground vibration, wheelset angle of attack, ballast and subgrade displacement and pressure

Dynamic onboard measurements of ride quality, noise, acceleration and vibration levels, lading damage, structural forces and strains, coupler forces, energy consumption, impact forces, and wheel/rail contact forces

Load measuring instrumented wheel sets

Longitudinal rail profile measurement system

Attended and unattended, remotely accessed data collection and transfer systems

What's New

PI Greg Garcia receives 2011 ASNT Fellow Award

A Fellow of ASNT is an individual member of the Society who has demonstrated outstanding professional distinction and who has made continued significant contributions to the advancement of NDT in areas such as management, engineering, science, education, administration or planning...

view release

What's New

TSA VIP Attends Celebration at TTC

Pueblo, Colo. With a combined railroad service record of 77 years, Tom Roderick and Duane Biggerstaff celebrated their retirement with coworkers and friends at the Transportation Technology Center (TTC) January 3, 2012...

view release

What's New

AAR's DP&LS Completes TTCI Integration

Pueblo, Colo. The Damage Prevention & Loading Services (DP&LS) group will be fully integrated into the Association of American Railroads' Transportation Technology Center (TTCI) subsidiary next year...

view release

China's HS Rail Experts Visit TTCI

Pueblo, Colo. A delegation from the Central South University (CSU) of China, headed by Prof. Hongqi Tian, Vice President of the University, visited Transportation Technology Center, Inc. on January 9, 2012...

view release

Carmen Trevizo receives RTA Award of Merit

October 6, 2011, Lake Tahoe, Nev. Carmen Trevizo, Assistant Director of Engineering Servicesat the Transportation Technology Center, Inc., received the Railway Tie Association's (RTA) award of merit October 6, at the Annual RTA Banquet & Awards Ceremony held in Lake Tahoe, Nevada...

view release