Analysis & Data Services

High Quality Data Analysis You Can Trust

We pride ourselves on delivering trustworthy, efficient, and premier data analysis services to our customers. Our dedicated team of experts ensures that every analysis project is accurate and reliable, providing deep insights that drive informed decision-making.

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We provide the following services…

    • Design Verification

    • Dynamics – Ride & Handling

    • Failure Prediction

    • Post Sales Diagnostics

    • Powertrain Development

    • Model evaluation

    • Structural dynamics

    • Rig Replay

    • Accelerated life predictions

    • For rail and automotive Assess and determine the capabilities of your vehicle.

    • Accurate GPS and ground speed measurements

    • Event monitoring for precision measurements

    • Verify and assess to national and international standards

    • Determine the estimated life of a defective component or structure using fracture mechanics.

    • Electromagnetic Compatibility Testing

    • Safety and assurance.

    • Stress life and Strain life simulation

    • BS EN 7608 fatigue analysis

    • Equivalent damage prediction from cyclic loading

    • Equivalent load spectrum analysis

    • Raw data validation and provision

    • Digital Filtering - Band Stop, Band Pass, Low and High pass

    • Drift correction

    • Erroneous Data (Spike) removal

    • Statistics and analytics

Our Broad Rail Specific Knowledge Base is Growing Year on Year

We provide the following services…

    • GMRT2141 - Permissible Track Forces and Resistance to Derailment and Roll-Over of Railway Vehicles

    • LOC PAS TSI 1302 - concerning a technical specification for interoperability relating to the 'rolling stock - locomotives and passenger rolling stock' subsystem of the rail system

    • BS EN 14363 Testing for the Acceptance of Running Characteristics of Railway Vehicles - Testing of Running behaviour and Stationary Tests

    • Vampire Dynamic Assessment / Validation

    • Complete product introduction and commissioning

    • BS EN ISO 50317 - Requirements for and validation of measurements of the the dynamic interaction between pantograph and overhead contact line.

    • BS EN 50367 - Railway applications. Fixed installations and rolling stock. Criteria to achieve technical compatibility between pantographs and overhead contact line

    • BS EN ISO 50317

    • Uplift force and Aerodynamic correction from cord force

    • Inertia calibration and correction

    • Contact force

    • Mean contact force

    • Statistical Max and Min

    • Position based data resampling

    • Taking real world, in service data and using it to predict the fatigue life of structure or vehicle such as rolling stock/rail.

    • Ultimately determining whether the structure is fit for continued service.

    • For Rail and road quickly determine the braking capabilities of your vehicle.

    • Accurate GPS and ground speed measurements

    • Event monitoring for precision distance measurements

    • Determine deceleration rates and verify against national and international standards

    • Electromagnetic Compatibility Testing

    • Safety and assurance.

    • BS EN ISO 3095 - Acoustics Railway Applications - Measurement of noise emitted from rail bound vehicles

Other DATS Data Services

Modal Analysis

  • Assessment of a structures response, typically using accelerometers within the frequency domain.

  • Use of FEA to corelate the measured modal frequencies to the model.

Formal Reporting

  • EN and ISO standardised testing

  • Reporting to meet rail RFU-022 & GMRT standards

FFT and Frequency Domain Analysis

  • Time series data that is deconstructed using fast Fourier transform analysis (FFT) to identify dominant and or resonant frequencies.

  • Can also be used to remove/identify noise such as 50 Hz mains frequencies in a data set.

Data Handling and Cloud Computing

  • ISO 9001 management systems ensure your data is handled and stored efficiently by competent personnel.

  • Store and access any data we record for you via the cloud.

CAN Data / Digital Bus Correlation and Validation

  • Integrate your digital and analogue signals with ease

Long Term Data Storage

  • All our test data is stored securely for a minimum of 5 years but can be held longer on request.

  • Data is held in our on site data centre servers and on the cloud, protected by the latest in online protection.

Remote Monitoring

  • Long term condition monitoring in remote locations

  • We can monitor your test from anywhere whether in the UK or overseas

  • Stream data over 5G or WiFi

  • Dynamic Ride Evaluation GMRT2141

  • Pantograph & OLE Performance

  • Frequency Domain Stress Testing

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