Sensys Traffic AB (publ) has received an order from the Swedish Transport Administration for pantograph-monitoring systems for a value of SEK 18 million.
The order is an expansion of the existing system for pantograph-monitoring known as APMS. Delivery is scheduled to be made during 2010 and 2011.
The Swedish Transport Administration subsequently becomes first to roll out a more comprehensive APMS system for monitoring the railway network. The Swedish Transport Administration has already installed ten APMS units covering parts of the Swedish railway network, and this order will imply more than the doubling of the overall number of units.
The APMS system detects damage to pantographs so that they can be replaced before they pull down the catenaries – which in turn results in power-loss for trains with costly repairs and delays. During the past winter, several catenaries were brought down by damaged pantographs. A number of incidents have also been prevented by the existing APMS identifying damage in time. The Swedish Traffic Administration's goal is to further reduce the number of incidents.
"This forms the basis for us to continue developing the APMS segment within Sensys," says Johan Frilund, CEO of Sensys Traffic AB.
In addition to Sweden, Sensys has installed APMS systems in Finland and Norway for the evaluation of customers based in those countries. These systems cover limited parts of their railway networks.
The Swedish Transport Administration took over the activities and operations of the Swedish Rail Administration on April 1.
Sensys Traffic develops and markets systems for traffic informatics and traffic safety. The systems are primarily used for the monitoring and registration of speeding and red-light infringements. The Sensys share is quoted on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm.