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TuneQ: Tuning Your EquipmentBilder- und Dokumentenver -waltungPicture and document administrationDr. rer. nat. Sebastian Bönisch.The infrastructure data managementsystem, TuneQ, faci -litates convenient administrationof equipment and installa -tions of all kinds including thecorrespond-ing master data,and it assists transport authoritieswith strategic mainten -ance. HANNING & KAHL alsodeploys TuneQ during the productionprocess with numerousadvantages gained by registeringdata right from the beginning.Transport-authority infrastructure, inparticular track networks and subassembliesare major corporateassets. Sustaining infrastructurefunction is thus one of the centraltasks of strategic maintenance inrail transportation. Efficient pro -vision of precise information oncomponents and infrastructurestatus can mean decisive com -petitive advantages.With their VABtrack range,Verkehrsautomatisierung BerlinGmbH helps ensure efficient andintegrated administration of infra -structure data and providesmalfunction and maintenanceinformation. At the heart of theconcept is the TuneQ infrastructuredata management system, flankedby modules for malfunction andmaintenance management.With TuneQ, the entire corporaterail equipment can be registeredalong with all the technical data.The standard software comes witha comprehensive infrastructureobject catalogue with ca. 170templates for selection. At themoment, the catalogue concen -trates on control and safetyelements. Further templates can becreated, allowing easy extension tocorporate needs.As requirements of transportauthorities vary greatly, there iscurrently no generally-recognisednorm for EDP depiction ofinfrastructural data. To spur on thedevelopment of such a standard,Verkehrsautomatisierung BerlinGmbH is actively involved in thecircle of advisory experts (BEK) ofthe IDMVU in Wiesbaden (anexpert and coordinating body forinfrastructure data managementfor transport authorities). VAB thusoffers its customers the possibility ofincorporating their concrete re -quirements into a future standardas part of joint productdevelopment.As HANNING & KAHL uses TuneQin the manufacturing stage, dataregistration begins during theproduction process. It is thuspossible to establish down to thedevice number exactly wherewhich component has beeninstalled – with obvious advantagesfor spare-part ordering. Customerswho also work with TuneQ canimport manufacturer data directlyvia an import interface when theybuy new equipment; the necessarydata is automatically supplied byHANNING & KAHL on CD free ofcharge.A well-arranged user interfaceoffers TuneQ users rapid accessto all parts of the installation. Itcontains a good overview of allequipment components down tothe level of the spare-part parts list.Diverse statistics give an excellentsurvey of the infrastructure re -gistered. Convenient search func -tions simplify retrieval of individualcomponents.One major element of TuneQ is theintegrated, defined picture anddocument management systemwhich facilitates central storage andadministration of all documents oninfrastructural objects. This meansthat documents on individualinstallations (e.g. test protocols) andon particular types of installation(e.g. the documentation on struc -tural components) can be ad -ministered centrally.Equipped with a two-way interfaceto the FADIS route diagnosissystem, TuneQ facilitates registra -tion of equipment diagnosis data aswell as efficient malfunctionmanagement. From statisticalevaluation of malfunctions andcomponent replacement, inferencescan be made about the sparepartstock necessary. A generic webinterface to external GIS systemsalso means that installationsregistered in TuneQ can also bedisplayed in maps at the push of abutton.Enhancement of TuneQ or VAB -track is currently focussing onmaintenance management, inparticular on implementation of aconcept for deadline monitoringand automatic triggering ofmaintenance orders as well asstatistical evaluation functions andgraphic processing of historic data.Sebastian.Boenisch@vaberlin.de17