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Railcar Integrated
Maintenance Suite (RIMS)
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RIMS Current Features
• Associate railcar components to the car
• Register reconditioned components
• Capture truck components at the build
station
Next Release Features
• Inbound component inventory
• Car arrival
• Repair status
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In for repair
Repair duration
Repair due date
Outbound date
Current CEPM Components
Current CEPM Components
RIMS Association Overview
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Associate Components to Railcar
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Wheelsets
• Side Frames
• Bolsters
• Couplers
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Uses Railinc's Repair Web Service
• Meets CEPM Requirements
• Also registers components
RIMS / Railinc Web Services
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Power house for all applications
Runs in Background
Reports Association to Railinc
Real Time Response
No CSV Uploads
Uses Railinc Web Services
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Repair
Registration
Query
RIMS Services
Association Service
Registration Service
Car Manager
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Desktop application to manage all data
collected in the shop
Mobile computer for shop data collection
Manages Equipment Association Status
Associates Components to Equipment
• Wheelsets, Side Frames, Bolsters, Couplers
Captures Equipment Data
• Type, truck count
• Registers Components
Car Manager - Association
Click submit to send associations
to Railinc
Car Builder
Create New
Equipment Types
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Add/Edit
Equipment as it arrives
in the shop
Car Manager - Association
Manually enter CID or use Mobile
Association Data Collection
Car Manager - Association
Click here to see association status
Car Manager – Association
Works with multi-unit Cars
Association – Mobile Data Collection
Scan AEI Tag or Manually Enter
Equipment Number
Assocation - Mobile
Select
Equipment
Select
component to
associate
Scan or enter
component ID
Manually Enter Equipment ID
Stores component ID in the
RIMS Database for Association
to the Equipment at a later time
RIMS
Database
Scan AEI Tag with RFID Reader
Car Manager – Car Arrival
Automatically populates the
Equipment and marks it as “In
for Repair”
Truck Builder
Non-AAR Truck Work-inProgress Label
Each truck will have 5
CID Labels initially
Truck Builder Work In Progress Label
Component ID labels are not easily
accessible after the truck is under the car
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Truck Builder
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Some truck components are inaccesible when the truck
is placed under the car
Enter truck component ID's as the truck is assembled
WIP Label is applied to truck which is associated with
all truck components
When the Truck is associated with the car then all truck
components are associated automatically
Individual components are associated automatically by
RIMS
Allows entry of SF/B data not required by CEPM
Truck Builder Station
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Truck Work-in-Progress Label
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Yellow color to differentiate it from other AAR
labels
Placed on a side frame at an easily accesible
location
Uses XML (like wheelset components)
2D Data Matrix Symbology
Uses new proposed 2D component ID label
format
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The technical stuff
<component>
<componentType>Truck<componentType>
<componentID>GBRX</componentID>
<componentNumber>0123456789</componentNumber>
</component>
Truck WIP Label Data Format
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CASTINGS
Registration of Reconditioned and New
• Side Frames
• Bolsters
• Couplers
Side Frames – Required Data
Side Frames
company Code
company Code
idNumber
idNumber
C501
AAR Foundry Facilicity Code
C502
Cast Month
C503
Design Feature Code
C504
AAR ID Code
C505
Pattern Number
C506
Drawing Number
C507
Drawing Number Revision
C508
Serial Number
C509
Heat Number
C510
Heat Treat Load Number
C511
Reconditioner AAR Facility Code
C512
Cast Trademark
C513
Classification / Reconditioned Date
C514
Condition Code
C515
C516
Column Wear Plate Instaled
Nominal Wheel Base
C517
C518
Button Count
Cast Year
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Bolsters – Required Data
Bolsters
company Code
company Code
idNumber
idNumber
C401
Facility Code
C402
Cast Month
C403
AAR Design Feature Code
C404
AAR ID Code
C405
Pattern Number
C406
Drawing Number
C407
Drawing Number Revision
C408
Serial Number
C409
Heat Number
C410
Heat Treat Load Number
C411
Reconditioner AAR Facility Code
C412
Cast Trademark
C413
Classification / Reconditioned Date
C414
Condition Code
C415
C416
Pocket Wear Plate Installed
Converted Bolster
C417
Cast Year
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Couplers – Required Data
Couplers
company Code
idNumber
C601
C602
C603
C604
C605
C606
C607
C608
C609
C610
C611
C612
C613
C614
C615
company Code
idNumber
Condition Code
AAR Code Number
Catalog Number
Cast Month
Cast Year
Serial Number
Cavity Number
Conditional Approval
AAR Facility Code
Heat Number
Heat Treat Load Number
Reconditioner AAR Facility Code
Classification Date
Reconditioned Heat Treat Load Number
Reconditioners Tag
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Castings Registration
• Collects casting CEPM data in the shop
• Saved for review before registering with
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Recall and review old casting data
New registrations
Modify a registration
Delete a registration
CODeC - Reconditioned Castings Registration
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Car Manager – Component View
Industrial Enclosures for Truck Builder
• Sealed to NEMA 4
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standards (dust and water)
Internal cooling with heat
sink
3 – Year manufacturer
warranty for monitors
Over 40 stations installed
Ruggedized Computer Hardware
Fully-rugged and sealed to IP65
Meets MIL-STD-810F to protect against
dust, water, extreme temperatures and
4-foot drops to concrete.
RIMS Future Releases
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Inspections
Brake Tests
o Reflectorization (decals)
o Car Grade
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Associations
Brake Systems
o Cushioning Units
o Yokes
o Knuckles
o Draft Gears
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Questions?
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