The Rail industry needs to offer a Covid-secure environment for the safety of its passengers and its employees and, in order to gain the confidence of passengers and staff, a range of mitigation measures are needed. One such mitigation is body temperature monitoring.
Rail Innovation’s Thermo-Vision is ideal for monitoring the body temperature of staff, and any visitors, as they enter a depot or offices. The system measures a person’s body temperature and triggers an alert if the measurement is above a programmable maximum acceptable temperature. If the temperature is normal, the staff member can enter the site and there is an option to print an ID label of the person with a photo, the date and “Pass”. The system can be configured to integrate with the site’s access control.
The temperature of the Inner Canthus (the area of the eye close to the tear duct) is a much more accurate measure of body temperature than the standard forehead temperature measurement. The system directs the subject to align their Inner Canthus with the measurement zone on the camera and the thermal camera then measures the subject’s body temperature – both Inner Canthus and forehead. The system is capable of 350 scans per hour or can print a label every 15 seconds.
The system is ideal for monitoring staff as they enter railway premises and reduces the risks of infection being brought onto site – for both the company and their staff. At the same time, the printed ID label is a highly visual measure that will give confidence, especially when it is difficult for staff to maintain social distancing at a minimum of 2m.
The system will enable driver training to take place where members of staff have to work together in a train cab, increasing the confidence of both staff members when they can see that their colleague has had their body temperature tested, in addition to other disinfection regimes that are likely to be in place.
For more information, please email Greg Howell at Rail Innovations : greg@railinnov.com.
