THE RAIL ALLIANCE
TODAY’S PROGRAM Introductions Show – Tell – Ask your 30 second pitch Refreshments Funding Opportunities – Gary Dimmock Product Acceptance – James Lewis NR Enabling Innovation – Marcus Mayers EIT Rail Alliance – Colin Flack
What we do: Network Develop Enable Extend What we don’t: Trade Association Politics What others do!
SHOW-TELL-ASK
The SME in the Rail Industry: An Entrepreneurial Leap of Faith
NATIONAL TEST AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE QUINTON RAIL TECHNOLOGY CENTRE
Testing Voucher Scheme
PREVIOUS AND CURRENT WORK Train based wheel flange lubrication Rail head wear Acoustic monitoring of bearing faults Impact testing Trackside enclosures Rapid signalling installation Command and Control exercises
LOOKING FORWARD Forthcoming events: Long Marston Open Days (3 rd Thursdays) Interiors Conference – 26 March (Coventry) RSL 2014 – May (London) Live Rail 2014 – June 18 th /19 th 2014