Advice for Functional Safety of Transportation Systems
Functional Safety of Transportation Systems
From signaling technology to automatic controlling devices, transportation systems guarantee the safe flow of traffic on tracks, streets, and in the air. Our team of experts can give you comprehensive advice on functional safety of electronic systems and components. We also provide software for vehicle and transportation infrastructures. We audit, assess, and certify control not just monitoring systems in rail engineering, but also steering and braking systems in street vehicles of all kinds. We can, upon request, train your employees in the development of safer and better quality mobile systems.
Benefits at a Glance
Internationally recognized audits, assessments, certifications, and training from TÜV Rheinland help you:
- Cut accreditation hazards with our independent assistance for all of your development processes
- Improve the quality of your functional safety and development processes implemented for your hardware and software
- Take advantage of international approval for our quantitative evaluation of systems using independent analyses
- Prove your active commitment to preventing accidents
- Benefit from our years of experience in safety electronics in all kinds of railway systems
Services We Offer For Improved Safety in Transport Engineering
Our experts are happy to advise you in all areas of functional safety for electronic components and systems in transportation applications. This includes:
- Stationary and mobile systems used in railway engineering
- Control devices for use in street vehicles
- Control devices for use in specialized applications
- Electrical safety of hybrid vehicles
Various Stages of Support
We will support you during the inspection and improvement of functional safety over several stages:
- We carry out various accreditation analyses, including Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Failure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analysis, FMECA, and RAMS analysis (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Safety)
- We help you train your employees
- We monitor your processes and assist during development
- We implement statistical procedures for trial evaluations, hazard, and performance analysis
- We assess the functional safety of electronic components in terms of homologation of street vehicles
- We evaluate software safety
Examples of Tested Technology and Modes of Inspection
- Rail and tram tracks
- Control and monitoring systems
- Signaling systems
- Streets: heavy goods vehicles, tractors, passenger vehicles, buses
- Electrical and electronic steer by wire and brake by wire systems
- Electrical and hydraulic hybrid drives
- Electric drive systems
- Aerospace: RAMS analysis, software
- Constructions, such as tunnels or test routes
- RAMS analysis of monitoring systems
- Analysis of operational hazards