Digitalisation: Using the SYVX platform for the future of the rail industry.

The future of Rolling Stock maintenance has arrived!

Trovon’s Predictive Maintenance Platform – SYVX (pronounced sigh-vicks) powered by SparkCognition is revolutionising maintenance by minimising downtime and delivering millions of dollars in operating cost savings by aggregating all forms of data, automating inspections, and telling you what is going to happen and when, and what you need to do to fix it.

Trovon’s unique re-engineering processes are the future of Rolling Stock maintenance. SYVX significantly reduces both the expense and waste involved in unnecessarily replacing parts or products, which in turn leads to a measurable reduction in costs, inventory, labour, and input energy and emissions required to produce replacement equipment, components, or parts. The resultant outcome is a Win/Win for both your bottom line and the environment.
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Trovon’s AI solution SYVX analyses, optimises and learns from data to augment human intelligence in predicting future asset maintenance requirements and optimising and automating processes & workflows.

The SYVX platform uses subject matter expertise to interpret data to build and teach models. The neural self-teaching AI capabilities ingest data, determine relevance & priority, predict events and optimise actions. The contextual data (e.g. weather, locational) is ingested & analysed to produce more in-depth, relevant & accurate insights. The platform uses insights, inputs and processes to detect safety & procedure breaches, optimise programs & supply chains, generate work orders, instructions & documentation and automate functions.

The SYVX platform interprets the unstructured data (e.g. technical standards, manuals, work orders, and other written or digital records/files) and then converts this into structured data for analysis. The structured data is then gathered by sensors and streamed in real-time for analysis relative to historical and comparable peer data.

Advanced high-performance reengineering

In meeting and exceeding original equipment specifications, Trovon’s high-performance re-engineering processes facilitate improved component performance, extended service intervals, prolonged asset life, supply chain efficiencies, superior fleet availability, penalty mitigation and safety.
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Trovon has evolved its offering by developing a “high performance” re-engineering process that improves original specification and component longevity, thereby deferring/eliminating service intervals and/or increasing asset life.

At Trovon, we meet or exceed original equipment specifications. Our high-performance reengineering processes facilitates improved component performance, extended service intervals, prolonged asset life, supply chain efficiencies, superior fleet availability and penalty mitigation & safety.
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Trovon’s unique value proposition is a function of its OEM-grade re-engineering process, which involves profiling mechanical, pneumatic or hydraulic rolling stock components to service them back to their original specification and improve their efficiency.

Better than new, we carefully profile each component with a strict mantra to not only service to original specification, but, wherever possible, improve on the original (OEM) product.
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Trovon’s high-performance re-engineering processes identifies requirements for re-engineering, product improvement (on request), customer approvals, test results, prototype & sample verification and prepares detailed specification for components and OEM-alternative parts.

OEM-Alternative parts and product improvements.

Asset life optimisation is a unique offering that blends our OEM grade, customised engineering, maintenance and supply chain services with a detailed analysis of reliability and availability objectives to deliver significant maintenance cost savings and improvements in fleet reliability, availability, and life to asset owners and operators.

At Trovon, we are always looking to improve: improve our products, improve our services, and improve the life cycles of your assets. As part of our services, we have the engineering expertise and global supply chain required to undertake component design modifications that improve life cycle cost, optimise performance, increase life, reduce maintenance costs, and provide a better return on your assets.
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Braking Systems

The braking systems provide an alternative to OEM for long-term (15-year) heavy maintenance of braking equipment. Engaged to reverse engineering and overhaul all equipment. Trovon has been delivering this service for 4 years, completing the 6-year overhaul and commencing the 9-year overhaul.

Trovon’s engineering, parts, and overhauls have been qualified by the global client and the New Zealand government operator, with measurable reliability improvements and initiatives implemented across the fleet.

Trovon offers full braking system maintenance, service and supply of bespoke brake discs that last 4x OEM products and do not require wheel removal to replace—saving several millions of dollars over 30 years.

HVAC Systems

The HVAC systems are developed for extreme European, Australian and Gulf Region weather for the HVAC Australian commuter fleet and Gulf region weather region freight fleet.

Trovon designs, builds, installs, commissions & certifies energy-saving, remotely monitored, reverse-cycle air conditioners that operate across a greater range of weather extremes, which sees a reduction in power requirement of 30%, with a 50% increase in output.

Customers have approached us to develop prototype units that provide double the system capacity without increasing the weight or footprint. So that’s just what we set out to do. Our HVAC system incorporates remote monitoring and 2-way communications for over-the-air updates, as well as high-efficiency reverse cycle heating and several other innovations. This was and world firsts for the rail sector.
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Dampers & Suspension

Supply, test & overhaul dampers and suspension, primary suspension & metalastic rubber products.

Air Generation & Treatment units

Supply & overhaul reciprocating & screw/scroll compressors, air supply & treatment.

Doors

Reduce lead-time / cost doors Australian tram fleet.
Cost-effective overhaul of doors with 10-day TAT. Saving 50% over the OEM price, and development of a parallel supply chain for the entire spare parts catalogue

Supply & overhaul door systems, including sliding plug, external & pocket sliding door applications, microprocessor-based door control systems and detection systems.

LoxyTrans- Transport sector disinfection & HVAC duct spray nozzles

Automated disinfection solutions for transport vehicles after the pandemic.

To reduce the risk of COVID-19, cleaning and disinfecting facilities and vehicles is essential to maintain passenger & staff safety. Computer-controlled fogging with an effective and non-toxic disinfectant ensures lasting disinfection and is a fast and efficient method that allows you to disinfect a space in a matter of minutes. Equally important is removing airborne pathogens quickly and efficiently to assure passengers that the crowded cabin air is clean. However, it is crucial to use not only the right equipment but also the suitable disinfectant to ensure a complete and thorough vehicle clean, even in dirty and hard-to-reach places, without leaving behind toxic and corrosive residues. Enter LOXYTRANS….

LoxyTrans HVAC duct spray nozzles allow you to disinfect the air as it is returned to the passenger cabin space. Sync to function each time the doors are opened.

Designed by rollingstock experts for rollingstock environments
Fully integrated into vehicles
Low maintenance, high availability
Fast Cycle times
Low energy & disinfectant consumption
PLC-controlled cycle, tuned to the vehicle environment
Set & forget at the end of the run for whole vehicle disinfection
Deployed in HVAC ducting for airborne pathogen neutralisation, linked to vehicle door signals

Tested and approved by TGA in Australia and Biosecurity Level 3 lab in the USA.

Thick, even, dry fog regardless of the ambient environment.
Vehicle ready for next service in under 30 mins.
Purchased as a fully maintained service for a term period
Pay only for the disinfectant used, equipment supplied, commissioned & maintained as part of the contracted term.
Can be tailored to the needs of different operators, & vehicles.

With air travelling at speeds of up to 2.5m/s as it twists and turns through the intricate ducts of transport vehicle HVAC systems, pathogen particles don’t stay within line of sight long enough for UV air purification systems to be effective, with most requiring upwards of 6sec of UV light contact time to be effective. Enter the LoxyTrans duct fogging system.

LOXYTRANS is dosed into the supply ducts, controlled by plc, integrated into the vehicle and optimised for the space, passenger loads, and airflow. Suitable for all existing types of HVAC systems.

Disinfection

Solutions: Trovon’s surface & airborne anti-pathogen solution.

Solutions: Trovon’s LOXYTRANS fogging system.

Four benefits of Trovon’s LOXYTRANS fogging system:

Supply air with Loxyde fog injected into the cabin.
Diluted aerosols from passengers bond with Loxyde saturated air.
The HVAC system quickly evacuates cabin air.
No dead space in the cabin.

Trovon’s surface & airborne anti-pathogen solution is a fully integrated & automated system that uses Loxyde to disinfect public transport vehicles in a single-step process. It is non-toxic, non-corrosive, acts more effectively, is quicker, and continues to act 12 to 24 hours after application in the fight against viruses and bacteria.

Tested

Commercial-grade disinfectant that satisfies Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration requirements.

Proven

Hydrogen peroxide is a recognised disinfectant and virucide. Far more stable, powerful and effective (10x to 20x) than standard hydrogen peroxide, 100% biodegradable, and fully decomposes into water and oxygen.

Effective

Micro-organisms cannot become resistant to Loxyde.

Protection

Works on dirty surfaces and lasts between 12-24 hours at comparatively low dosages.

Safe

Noncorrosive and harmless to plants, animals and humans.

The PLC-controlled space disinfection unit employs multiple zones, allowing it to be a very effective system for the disinfection of HVAC ducts. By synchronising the system to deploy each time the cabin doors open or close, a short burst of dry fog within the HVAC ducts eliminates all airborne pathogens in the HVAC system before they return to the cabin. As this system does not rely on line of sight but rather destroys pathogens on contact, it is not only very effective but safe to use during passenger service.

Freight Vehicles: Products & Services

Rail Asset Optimisation services like Trovon tailor the part to the conditions it will face, which leads to a longer lifetime of the part and faster turnaround given they’re locally based.
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Wagon Body

Custom manufacture, modifications & repairs, scheduled maintenance, structural assessments, and roll-by inspections.

Air Supply

Supply & overhaul reciprocating compressors, air supply & treatments, including Atlas in the rail sector.

Couplers & Draft Gear

Supply and overhaul of couplers and draft gear, all major brands, sourcing of obsolete items.

Bogies

Overhaul (strip and rebuild) bogies, crack & corrosion detection, structural repairs, component re-qualification & overhaul.

Wheels & Bearings

Supply & overhaul of wheels and bearings.

Traction Motors

Overhaul of traction motors, harsh environment reliability upgrade.

Local Supply & Services: How can a localised supply get our economy back on track?

After the challenges faced throughout the pandemic, the importance of using localised supplies and services has proven essential to the rail industry. Trovon’s in-housing model delivers reduced turnaround and lead times, freight costs and reduced dependence on OEM, resulting in competitive pricing. Developing a local supply chain and utilising and developing existing labour, local and in-house technical capabilities to facilitate getting the economy back on track after the pandemic, reducing the risk of logistics disruption and increasing operating efficiency.

Trovon utilises your existing labour to help you maximise the outcome from your staff, training them through the process to reduce the reliance on OEMs in future and allowing you to handle maintenance or issues promptly for a faster turnaround at a lower cost.

We provide an industry-leading turnaround with tailored service programs, component refurbishment and order release that can be measured in days rather than weeks.”
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Trovon offers a localised service tailored to meet fleet budget and program requirements. Trovon’s unique re-engineering processes significantly reduce both the expense and waste involved in unnecessarily replacing parts or products, which in turn leads to a measurable reduction in costs, inventory, labour, and input energy and emissions required to produce replacement equipment, components, or parts.

At Trovon, efficiency and quality are critical to us. Our local supply chain partners work closely with metal fabricators and fitters to deliver quality parts in a shorter turnaround time. The resultant outcome is a Win/Win for both your bottom line and the environment.
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Transportable work cells

Components and parts are re-engineered at Trovon’s centre of excellence (CoE) in Sydney, where a dedicated team of specialist engineers apply high-performance re-engineering processes and AI to design optimal solutions. Documentation packs, work instructions, tools/testing equipment, and modular work cells are designed / tested at Trovon’s CoE. Work cells are shipped to or replicated at the Trovon or qualified partner workshop most proximate to the relevant customer fleet.

With state-of-the-art facilities, we consistently outperform other independents and provide a value-rich alternative to the typical OEM offering.
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Work cells are built and commissioned with oversight from Trovon engineers and technicians.

Local labour is trained and supervised by Trovon engineers, technicians, production managers, project managers, and Regional BDMs in the local delivery of maintenance services per Trovon processes and procedures.

The Future

Trovon: Towards a profitable and sustainable future

With the PE backing, we are expanding to new geographical locations, & introducing our asset life extension services.
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Soon, we will be launching automated inspections and then transcribe that to tracks, wires, and signals. We can go more into more operational efficiencies for our customers and ourselves. Passenger experience: I think the possibilities are limitless.
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Sustainability engineering

At Trovon, we understand that equipment must operate efficiently and reliably to ensure that operational service availability remains at the high levels demanded by asset operators. We also acknowledge that as equipment ages, its reliability diminishes, but this does not need to be the case!
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We deliver solutions to reliably extend the life of critical systems through a process of Product Improvement that heavily integrates root cause analysis techniques with design, materials, operational and environmental analysis. This results in the Life Extension of customer assets, thereby reducing the waste involved in the manufacture of new products.
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Trovon’s Global Footprint

We supply and maintain critical rolling stock sub-systems by employing proprietary engineering processes and AI that extends service intervals and component life while offering a quicker, cheaper and localised alternative for operators.
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Trovon: the future

Trovon’s capabilities are now available to various countries throughout MENA, SEA, CEE & LATAM regions. In addition, we are increasing coverage of components and customers by establishing local service facilities in key regions. Trovon operates in Sydney, Melbourne, and Dubai and has representation in Argentina, Malaysia, Poland, Egypt and Turkey.

We have a strong commitment to sustainable development and the environment. Our approach reduces the input energy and emissions required to produce replacement equipment, reduces waste generated by the disposal of the existing equipment, and extends the life of the components, which enhances the customer’s asset value.
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Who is Trovon?

Founded as Sabre Rail Australia Pty Ltd in 2015, the business has expanded component coverage from brakes to HVAC and doors for major projects relating to the likes of Sydney Trains, Yarra Trams, Alstom and Greater Wellington Rail.

Trovon group are leading independent asset remediation specialist and rolling stock sub-system maintainers with a wealth of experience in mainline, high-speed, freight, metro and light rail asset management and MRO services. Trovon’s asset optimisation specialists take customer service and development innovation to another level striving for excellence in repairing, rebuilding and remanufacturing complex safety-critical equipment. Established as Sabre Rail Australia in 2015, Trovon’s engineering, maintenance, and supply chain capabilities (developed in Australia) are now available in various countries throughout the #MENA, #SEA, #CEE & #LATAM regions. Trovon is supported by a blue-chip customer base, many of which are long-standing customers of the business providing recurring project work or ongoing multi-year contract terms.

Learn more about Trovon Group and SYVX.

Our highly skilled Team is always eager to discuss any complex issue you may have when it comes to keeping your rolling stock well-maintained and moving. We believe engineering excellence is no longer enough in the modern rail sector, so we’re taking customer service and development innovation to another level.

At Trovon, we understand that equipment must operate efficiently and reliably to ensure that operational service availability remains at the high levels demanded by asset operators. We offer a wealth of experience in mainline, high-speed, freight, metro and light rail component maintenance services.

We deliver:

Cost-effective, high quality, safety assured, short lead time offering
Advanced engineering and AI-driven approach to asset life optimisation
Proprietary supply chain of bespoke and parallel parts
Localised services delivered by transportable work cells & qualified partners
Inhouse engineering & manufacturing capabilities.