Database Management

Faulty track and equipment cause half of all train derailments. The resulting cost to the global rail industry in materials alone exceeds billions of dollars, not including costs for personal injury, hazardous material clean up, litigation, and lost productivity. As the tempo of worldwide operations increase, so does the need for value-added smart systems to manage reliability and safety through early warning of emerging problems.

Recognized as a global leader, Salient Systems, Inc. is a premiere innovator in real-time failure mode detection for the rail industry. Salient, by definition, stands out from the rest. Salient's IntelliTrack® solutions lead the way by bringing new technologies and the power of information to the rail industry, providing quantum leaps in track and equipment reliability and safety to improve the rail industry's competitiveness. A comprehensive system of software and hardware solutions built to last in harsh rail environments, IntelliTrack® technologies are poised to become the Six Sigma standard for the rail industry, serving as catalysts for the establishment of system-wide failure detection thresholds.

Management by prevention is the key. Real-time monitoring of the health of rail and the performance of trains lowers the risk of catastrophic derailments and promotes timely, cost-effective preventative maintenance. The most dangerous defects in rail infrastructure are the ones invisible to the human eye. IntelliTrack® solutions integrate advanced failure detection technologies with sophisticated decision-making software tools to enable the international rail industry capture value by safely reducing the distance between trains in a right of way. Without IntelliTrack® solutions, rail operations are compromised. Everyone, from the handling railroad to the car owner, the customer whose goods depend on reliable and timely transit, and the public who demands operational safety, benefits from the IntelliTrack® solutions.