K-State’s TDI creates wire-scanning system to improve railway safety
MANHATTAN — Kansas State University’s Technology Development Institute collaborated with engineering researchers and industry professionals to create a special-purpose 3D scanning system for the prestressed concrete industry that will lead to advanced safety in the railroad industry.The Technology Development Institute, or TDI, produced the 3D scanning systemto measure and report critical indent measurements on wire that is used in the prestressed concrete industry, specifically targeting the production of concrete railroad ties, which support the rails in railroad tracks.The development of the scanner was funded through a series of Federal Railroad Administration, or FRA, contracts awarded through the Office of Research and Development’s Broad Agency Announcement, or BAA, program.