25/12/2011
Monorail mass transit system selects Tagmaster RFID
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Bombardier will install the Tagmaster equipment on the Bombardier Innovia Monorail 300 vehicles as part of their design, supply and install contract for the new system. The Tagmaster HD Readers will be mounted onboard the trains and provide both primary train location information and accurate positioning information to the Bombarder Cityflo 650 CBTC (communication-based train control) onboard control system. The driverless Cityflo 650 solution will benefit from Tagmaster’s Accurate Positioning software functionality in the RFID reader, which is used by the onboard system to accurately calibrate the train’s position as it moves along the track. The accuracy of the RFID system is crucial when the train has to stop at a precise position to align with the platform. The system will also use Tagmaster’s Field Programmable version of the HD Tag, which will enable the Bombardier Installation Team to programme individual tag location information in the tag, based on the actual mounting position.
"Once again, we are pleased to confirm Tagmaster as our RFID solution provider for another major Cityflo 650 project. The Tagmaster solution is an important element of the advanced CBTC system that Bombardier is supplying to São Paulo as part of its new Innovia Monorail 300 system," said Jeff Stover, Director of Signalling Engineering at the Pittsburgh USA site of Bombardier Transportation’s Rail Control Solutions division.
“This is one of several new transit system projects that we have with Bombardier. We are very pleased to be chosen as the RFID solution provider for Bombardier’s proven Cityflo 650 mass transit solution. This new reference project in Brazil will help Tagmaster to further strengthen its reputation as a global supplier in the mass transit sector,” commented Richard Holt, Director of Sales - Transportation at Tagmaster AB.