NitroYard
How many challenges originate in the yard?
Yards face numerous challenges on a daily basis, such as the non-accurate ETA of trains. Yards are also tasked with ensuring the delivery of the right train at the right time, which is essential to maintain the flow of operations for both the crew and the main line. This on-time and accurate delivery is key to achieving Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and the best rail results.
OVERVIEW
NitroYard is designed to plan and optimize yard movements – including train arrivals, scout locomotives, loading and unloading, and train formation – and can be integrated with other railroad systems.
Benefits include a reduction of 10% in dwell time, better accuracy and integration with the mainline, energy efficiency, and added value to customers. Additionally, when NitroYard is coupled with the Nitro Movement Planner (NitroMP), railroads can achieve up to a 14% average velocity increase and up to a 30% reduction in meeting and pass time.
- Perceives what happens on the mainline and on its own tracks and surroundings
- Communicates with customers and crew to align its goals
- Reasons and creates plans to receive and build trains
- Executes the plan
BENEFITS
- Summoning crew in the right time
- The right car in the right train at the right time
- Better absorption of mainline variability
- Balance of time x volume variability
- ETD estimates and integration with Movement Planner
- Optimized locomotive power cycle
- Fewer movements
- Fewer errors
- Visibility
- Just-in-time
- Aggressive SLA
AUTOMATION IS A JOURNEY
NitroYard, as the brain of the intelligent yard, and together with other technologies such as other Nitro Suite solutions, Talos, PowerView and Uptime allow rail customers to take a building block approach to autonomy, adding on solution, one process, or one technology at a time and at a rate that makes sense for your operation.
APPLICATION EXAMPLE
Port of Santos Yard
65 Mton/year of grains and sugar (~32% of Brazil exports)
Complexities:
SALES CONTACTS
João Paulo Duarte, Commercial Director
Rodrigo Gonçalves, Technical Director