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Smart Infra-red Inspection System |
FMCSA has launched a project to demonstrate a smart infra-red inspection system
(SIRIS) that leverages state-of-the-art thermal imagery technology, integrated
with signature recognition software, in order to provide a fully automated
capability to identify faults and impending failures in tires, brakes, and
bearings mounted on large trucks and motor coaches and to alert roadside
inspectors in real-time. A three-year research grant was awarded to
International Electronic Machines Corporation for $1.4 million to conduct the
SIRIS (also known as the Thermal Imaging Inspection System project), as directed
by Congress under Section 5513(a) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and
Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) Act of
2005.
The project will be conducted along the FMCSA's Commercial Motor Vehicle Roadside Technology Corridor at operational weigh stations in Tennessee to further assess the system ability to identify commercial motor vehicle (CMV) component faults and failures. A predictive tool that identifies impending tire, brake, or bearing failures and provides a timeframe in which these failures may occur will be developed and integrated into the SIRIS. This project will also assess technological enhancements in the capabilities of thermal imaging systems, as related to the Agency prior research of infrared technology conducted in 2000.
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