Infrabel inaugurates second Barco-Siemens equipped rail traffic signaling center
Kortrijk, 28 November 2008. Siemens and Barco are pleased to announce that the companies have met a second milestone of Infrabel’s project to modernize the Belgian railway’s signaling boxes. Siemens, leader of the temporary consortium Belgosignal (Siemens and Alstom), and visualization specialist Barco successfully installed a rear-projected video wall in Infrabel’s signaling center in Namur, Belgium. The center was officially inaugurated on 28 November by Infrabel’s CEO Mr Lallemand. By 2012, Barco and Siemens will install another 12 video walls in Infrabel’s signaling centers across Belgium.
“In our quest to establish optimal traffic management across the Belgian railway infrastructure network, we decided to install large-screen display systems in our Belgian signaling centers”, says Infrabel's CEO Luc Lallemand. “We are very pleased to officially inaugurate our signaling center in Namur, the first one in Wallonie equipped with the video wall, just a few months after the similar successful operation in Bruges.”Under the terms of the current agreement (Belgosignal), Barco and Siemens take responsibility for the study, supply, installation and maintenance of in total 14 rear projection video walls.
Siemens’ visualization system EBP (Elektronische Bedien posten - Poste à Logique Programmée) is being installed progressively in the signal boxes at Infrabel since 1992.
Pol Caby, Business Unit Manager Transportation Systems – Intelligent Traffic Solutions, at Siemens: “Coupled with a large-screen Barco display, our EBP system presents operators with all key information at a glance and facilitates them to guide rail traffic safely and efficiently.”
“We have been working with Siemens for almost a year now to deliver a modular traffic monitoring solution and today’s opening testifies to the smooth and efficient cooperation between two business leaders in serving Infrabel’s mission-critical operations, says Stephan Heirbrant, Sales Manager Benelux at Barco’s Security & Monitoring Division. “The video-wall is rapidly integrated thanks to the flexibility of the EBP system architecture and Barco’s open interfaces.”
Barco's traffic monitoring solution is an advanced visualization solution for traffic monitoring and control. The company’s OverView D series integrate cutting edge DLP™ technology into video wall systems that are designed and optimized for use in a 24/7 mission-critical environments.. The latest generation graphic controllers, combined with universal decoders, allow for virtually unlimited integration of data and video sources into one comprehensive overview.
Siemens EBP system is delivering the necessary information’s and images to the Barco system. The EBP system is a development entirely done by Siemens Belgium in close collaboration with Infrabel and is using fault redundant computers with very high availability that guarantees continuous operation of the system. The system works closely together with Alstom interlocking systems which ensure all safety rules and interfacing.
About Infrabel
Infrabel is a limited liability company of public law, responsible for the management, maintenance, renewal and development of the Belgian railway network. The company is also responsible for train paths allocation to all Belgian and foreign operators. The specific structure of the Infrabel shareholders guarantees a total independence. Infrabel was established on 1 January 2005, at the splitting up of the Belgian Railways, and is part of the SNCB Group. The company now employs some 12,500 people and achieves a turnover of about 1,25 billion Euros (2007).
About Siemens
The Siemens Industry Sector is the world's leading suppler of production, transportation and building systems. Integrated hardware and software technologies combined with industry-specific solutions enable Siemens to enhance the productivity and efficiency of its customers in industry and infrastructure. The Sector comprises six Divisions: Building Technologies, Industry Automation, Industry Solutions, Mobility, Motion Control and Osram. In fiscal 2007 (ended September 30), Siemens Industry generated sales of around €40 billion (unconsolidated) with approximately 209,000 employees worldwide.
The Siemens Mobility Division is the internationally leading provider of transportation and logistics solutions. With its "Complete Mobility" approach, the Division is focused on networking the various modes of transportation in order to ensure the efficient transport of people and goods. "Complete Mobility" combines the company's competence in operations control systems for railways and traffic control systems for roadways together with solutions for airport logistics, postal automation, traction power supplies and rolling stock for mass transit, regional and mainline services, as well as forward-looking service concepts. http://www.siemens.be/transport
About Barco
About Barco Barco, a global technology company, designs and develops visualization products for a variety of selected professional markets. Barco has its own facilities for Sales & Marketing, Customer Support, R&D and Manufacturing in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. Barco (NYSE Euronext Brussels: BAR) is active in more than 90 countries with about 3600 employees worldwide. Barco posted sales of euro 747 million in 2007. © Copyright 2008 by Barco - May be reproduced by professional press only.
