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Cordel's Forward-Facing Video System delivers crystal-clear 4K footage of your railway, day or night, in a rugged, rail-certified package.

This versatile system integrates seamlessly with other Cordel products, providing a comprehensive view of your track and surrounding infrastructure.

Built to withstand the harshest railway environments, our system can be mounted inside the cab or externally, offering installation flexibility. Its high dynamic range ensures full-color capture during daylight hours and automatically switches to infrared mode in low-light conditions.

The Forward-Facing Video System is designed for scalability, working efficiently whether you're outfitting one train or an entire fleet. It's a forward-thinking solution for modern railway operations with low maintenance requirements and compatibility with future edge-based AI analysis.

Introducing Cordel's Forward Facing Video

A compact, rugged 4K camera, for forward facing video from passenger, freight, maintenance and measuremnt trains.

4K Resolution in All Conditions

Capture every detail of your railway with ultra-high-definition video that automatically adapts to lighting conditions.

Ruggedized Rail-Certified Design

Our system is built tough for any railway environment, meeting stringent industry standards for durability and reliability.

Seamless Integration

Incorporate our video system with other Cordel products like Wave LiDAR and Locate+, creating a comprehensive railway monitoring solution.

Secure Data Sharing

Safely and easily share high-quality video data with contractors and third parties, enhancing collaboration while maintaining data security.

Virtual Inspections: Boots off Ballast

Enhance worker safety and operational efficiency by conducting comprehensive network assessments without physical track walks. This approach uses advanced LiDAR and video technology to create digital representations of railway infrastructure for inspectors to examine tracks, structures, and surrounding areas from an office. By reducing on-site inspections, railways can decrease safety risks, minimize disruptions to train schedules, and allocate personnel more efficiently.

High-Resolution Temporal Insights

Regular, detailed scans track network changes for proactive maintenance and precise long-term planning. Cordel Connect captures high-resolution data to create a comprehensive historical record of infrastructure conditions, enabling engineers and maintenance teams to analyze trends with accuracy. This data-driven approach supports effective resource allocation, optimized maintenance schedules, and improved long-term strategic planning for infrastructure investments.

LiDAR-Video Synergy

Combine 4K video with LiDAR technology to provide accurate measurements and rich contextual details for defect detection and asset condition assessment in railways. This powerful combination offers a multi-dimensional view of railway assets, providing precise geometric data and visual context. LiDAR scans deliver highly accurate measurements and 3D models of infrastructure, while 4K video footage offers precise visual information for identifying surface defects, color changes, and other visual indicators of asset condition. This synergy enables more comprehensive defect detection, identifying a wide range of issues from structural deformations to visual anomalies.

AI-Driven Data Management

Cordel Connect's AI-powered platform centralizes and analyzes diverse video data using machine learning, streamlining compliance, reducing manual effort, and accelerating data-driven decision-making. It consolidates data from multiple video sources and sensor inputs and automatically processes the data to identify potential issues and classify defects, allowing for prioritized maintenance and reducing manual effort for data interpretation.

Enabling real-world applications

Rugged Rail housing

Durable, railway-certified enclosure designed to withstand harsh operational environments.

UHD video at 25FPS

High-resolution video capture ensures detailed visual data for precise analysis and intuitive interaction.

Edge compression

On-device data processing optimizes storage and facilitates efficient data transfering and handling.

Auto-upload to Connect

Seamless integration with the Cordel Connect platform for immediate data accessibility and analysis.

Trusted by the biggest
global rail companies…

Mark Ward Principal Track Engineer, Network Rail

“Network Rail welcomes new technology like Cordel's Wave LiDAR to enable us to procure Current, Accurate and Complete Gauging files that comply to our standards.”

General Lozano Aguila Principal Program Executive, Tren Maya

“The Cordel Wave 32 LiDAR system has revolutionized our approach to infrastructure monitoring at Tren Maya. This technology allows us to capture high-quality data quickly and affordably, transforming how we manage our railway assets.”

Damon Goulding Asset Planning Engineer, ARTC

“Results from the program have been outstanding and we are continuing to embed this new capability as the preferred method of inspections for transit space monitoring across the entire 8,500km ARTC Network.”

Explore more from Cordel Data Capture

Wave LiDAR Rugged

Combining precision LiDAR, inertial navigation systems and 4k video (FFV) into one compact, ruggedised, built-for-rail housing

Locate+

A compact, built-for-rail tactical survey-grade positioning system with engineering-grade LRS alignment

BYOD

Leverage existing investments in survey data acquisition to be used in the Cordel Connect platform

Transform your infrastructure inspections

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