Konux, a Munich-based AI scale-up, is using machine learning and IoT to transform the railways through predictive maintenance. The company is expanding on its existing business with Deutsche Bahn (DB), German national rail service.
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About Konux
Konux aims to digitise rail travel by capturing real-time data and adding intelligence to fixed rails. With the rising demand for train travel and the need to reduce carbon footprints, governments and railway operators are pushing for digitisation. Konux, founded in Germany, is at the forefront of this transformation.
It’s not one of these clean, AI model-building totally digital problems. It’s the dirty problem of getting sensors to survive the environment, extracting the data, making sense of it…
Konux CEO, Adam Bonnifield
Using deep tech methods and stress-tested connected hardware, Konux measures vibration on railway lines to identify anomalies that may indicate failures. Its AI-driven predictions have achieved 90% accuracy.
What’s in it for railways
Railway operators receive predictive maintenance insights through a user-friendly software interface. This empowers operators to make smarter decisions about maintenance and reduce service downtime and delays.
Konux’s AI + IoT approach goes beyond predictive maintenance and offers further business intelligence on network traffic, usage, and scheduling. By leveraging AI and IoT, rail operators can optimise various aspects of rail operation and unlock unrealised capacity. The goal is to run twice as much capacity off the same train tracks, resulting in reduced delays, fewer shutdowns, and safer operations.
Rail operators currently lack visibility into their networks, leading to delays and operational disruption. Konux’s technology provides greater visibility, enabling dynamic traffic management and avoiding cascading delays. With reduced delays and shutdowns, operators can unlock substantial rail capacity and minimise wear-and-tear on the tracks.
Konux’s mission aligns with the need to double the capacity of rail networks to meet global climate commitments. By rethinking the way rail networks are operated and maintained, Konux aims to find the missing capacity without physically expanding railway infrastructure. The company’s proprietary sensing hardware, including robust track-mounted sensors, provides specific data on train movement and stresses on the network, allowing for informed predictions about infrastructure failure.
By empowering rail operators with real-time data and predictive insights, Konux is driving transformative change in the industry and aiming to make rail travel a preferred mode of low-carbon transportation.
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