Railcar Integrated Maintenance Suite (RIMS) Copyright © 2012, Arkansas Industrial Computing, Inc.

RIMS Features Associate railcar components to the car Register reconditioned components Capture truck components at the build station

Current CEPM Components

Component Association Schedule DescriptionDate 2012 Wheelset Association RequiredJuly Side Frame and Bolster Registration AllowedJune Side Frame and Bolster Association AllowedAugust Coupler Registration AllowedDecember 2013 Wheelset Association RequiredJanuary Side Frame and Bolster Association RequiredJuly Coupler Association RequiredDecember

RIMS Association Overview Associate Components to Equipment Wheelsets Side Frames Bolsters Couplers Uses Railinc's Repair Web Service Meets CEPM Requirements Registers components

RIMS / Railinc Web Services Power house for all applications Runs in Background Reports Association to Railinc Real Time Response No CSV Uploads Uses Railinc Web Services Repair Registration Query

RIMS Association Service

RIMS Registration Service

Car Manager 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 Manager Add/Edit Equipment as it arrives in the shop Create New Equipment Types Once

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 component to associate Select Equipment Scan or enter component ID Scan AEI Tag with RFID Reader Manually Enter Equipment ID Stores component ID in the RIMS Database for Association to the Equipment at a later time RIMS Database RIMS Database

Car Manager – Car Arrival Automatically populates the Equipment and marks it as “In for Repair”

Truck Builder Non-AAR Truck Work-in- Progress Label Each truck will have 5 CID Labels initially

Component ID labels are not easily accessible after the truck is under the car

Truck Builder 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

Car Manager – Truck View

Truck Builder Station Copyright © 2012, Arkansas Industrial Computing, Inc.

Truck Work-in-Progress Label 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 Copyright © 2012, Arkansas Industrial Computing, Inc.

Truck GBRX Truck WIP Label Data Format Copyright © 2012, Arkansas Industrial Computing, Inc.

CASTINGS Registration of Reconditioned and New Side Frames Bolsters Couplers

Side Frames – Required Data Copyright © 2012, Arkansas Industrial Computing, Inc. Side Frames company Code idNumber C501AAR Foundry Facilicity Code C502Cast Month C503Design Feature Code C504AAR ID Code C505Pattern Number C506Drawing Number C507Drawing Number Revision C508Serial Number C509Heat Number C510Heat Treat Load Number C511Reconditioner AAR Facility Code C512Cast Trademark C513Classification / Reconditioned Date C514Condition Code C515Column Wear Plate Instaled C516Nominal Wheel Base C517Button Count C518Cast Year

Bolsters – Required Data Copyright © 2012, Arkansas Industrial Computing, Inc. Bolsters company Code idNumber C401Facility Code C402Cast Month C403AAR Design Feature Code C404AAR ID Code C405Pattern Number C406Drawing Number C407Drawing Number Revision C408Serial Number C409Heat Number C410Heat Treat Load Number C411Reconditioner AAR Facility Code C412 Cast Trademark C413 Classification / Reconditioned Date C414 Condition Code C415 Pocket Wear Plate Installed C416 Converted Bolster C417 Cast Year

Couplers – Required Data Copyright © 2012, Arkansas Industrial Computing, Inc. Couplers company Code idNumber C601 Condition Code C602 AAR Code Number C603 Catalog Number C604 Cast Month C605 Cast Year C606 Serial Number C607 Cavity Number C608 Conditional Approval C609 AAR Facility Code C610 Heat Number C611 Heat Treat Load Number C612 Reconditioner AAR Facility Code C613 Classification Date C614Reconditioned Heat Treat Load Number C615Reconditioners Tag

Castings Registration Collects casting CEPM data in the shop Saved for review before registering with Railinc Recall and review old casting data New registrations Modify a registration Delete a registration

Reconditioned Castings Registration Copyright © 2012, Arkansas Industrial Computing, Inc.

Car Manager – Component View

Industrial Enclosures for Truck Builder Sealed to NEMA 4 standards (dust and water) Internal cooling with heat sink 3 – Year manufacturer warranty for monitors Over

RIMS Future Releases Inspections o Brake Tests o Reflectorization (decal) o Car Grade Associations o Brake Systems, Cushioning Units, etc

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