52nd Annual MARTS Technical Conference Minneapolis
Presentations of the 2015 MARTS Technical Conference
Held at Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 5 – 6, 2015
Selected Presentation Videos
Presentations Monday October 5, 201
Monday October 5, 2015
10:00 AM: Wayside, Machine Vision & Onboard Health and Performance Monitoring
Industry Innovations Fleet Health
Don Loftis, Principle Software Engineer, Rail Security Coordinator, Olin Corporation
Onboard Health and Performance Monitoring
Daniel J. Maraini, Manager Bogie Systems Engineering, Amsted Rail Company, Inc.
Equipment Health Monitoring Technology Implementation: Composite Alerts
RB Wiley, Senior Principal Investigator for Tony Sulyana, Principal Investigator, TTCI
Kim Bowling, CSX Corporation
1:00 PM: Rolling Stock Asset Health
Nichole Fimple, AAR; Jamie Williams, Norfolk Southern; Chip Summey, Railinc
2:15 PM Tank Car Safety Forum
Enhanced Tank Car Standards and Operational Controls for High Hazard Flammable Trains (HM251)
Including 117 Tank Car Standard (Canada), AAR Tank Car Safety Forum and Comments from RSI
Karl Alexy, FRA; James Rader, WATCO; Robert Fronczak, AAR; Tom Simpson, RSI
Tuesday October 6, 2015
8:30 AM: Wheel/Rail Profile research and Air Brake Research Update
Effects of Wheel-Rail Profile Design and Maintenance on Wheel-Rail System Performance
Wheel Manufacturing Upgrade for Improved Steel Cleanliness and Quality
Above Three Presentations Presented by David Cackovic, TTCI
10:45 AM: Protective Coatings – Increasing Productivity in Rail Coatings and Lining Facilities
Innovative Coatings and Linings Technology For Rail Cars
Vijay Datta, International Paint
Enhanced Throughput with Waterbased Coatings
Wayne Kurcz, Williams Hayward Protective Coatings
Update in Rubber Lining Repair Technology
Larry Delashmit, Polycorp
Cleaning Unlined Crude Oil Tank Cars in Preparation for Lining
James Kirkpatrick, Sherwin Williams
Improving Shop Efficiency with Coating Selection
Don Gill,.Hempel
Improving Efficiency with Encapsulated Media Blasting
Ed Zaharias, SpongeJet
1:00 PM Equipment Engineering Committee Update
2:00 PM AAR Update
AAR-5000 and Other Developments
Lisa Stabler, President, TTCI
David Cackovic, TTCI