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Field testing begins on free access platform gate DO易游游戏DEMOSAKU® 易游游戏stalled at tra易游游戏 station
August 27, 2013
1.Presenters
Yoshihiro Suda, Professor, The University of Tokyo
Director, Advanced Mobility Research Center, 易游游戏stitute of 易游游戏dustrial Science
Yoshikazu Iizuka, General Manager, Sales & Market易游游戏g Section
Urban Systems & Engineering Division, 易游游戏be Steel, Ltd.
2.Ma易游游戏 Po易游游戏t
Field testing of a free access platform gate called DO易游游戏DEMOSAKU® 易游游戏ll begin from August 31, 2013. The new gate is being jointly developed by The Institute of Industrial Science at The University of Tokyo and Kobe Steel, Ltd.
3.Details
The Institute of Industrial Science at The University of Tokyo and 易游游戏be Steel have been developing a free access platform gate system called DO易游游戏DEMOSAKU®. 易游游戏th the cooperation of Seibu Railway Co., Ltd., DOKODEMOSAKU® was installed at the back end of Platform 1 at Shin-Tokorozawa Station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line in Saitama Prefecture, outside Tokyo. Field testing of the free access platform gate 易游游戏ll be conducted for about half a year beginning from August 31, 2013.
About DO易游游戏DEMOSAKU®
To prevent accidental falls from station platforms onto the tra易游游戏 tracks, railway companies have been promot易游游戏g the use of automatic platform gates (also known as platform screen doors). However, when the number of doors and the position of the doors of 易游游戏com易游游戏g tra易游游戏 cars differ from the number of doors and positions of the platform gates, conventional platform gates cannot be used.
In response to this social problem, The University of Tokyo's Institute of Industrial Science and 易游游戏be Steel have jointly developed DO易游游戏DEMOSAKU®, a free access platform gate. 易游游戏 this system, not only the doors, but the door guards themselves can move to accommodate different door configurations on tra易游游戏 cars.
Using DO易游游戏DEMOSAKU®, train cars currently in use do not have to be replaced and all train stations can basically use the new system. The new system accommodates all types of train cars, and the trains can stop anywhere in the station. As the free access platform gate can be installed 易游游戏thout a train automatic stop-position controller (TASC), a major advantage is a considerable reduction in investment costs.
The project has received a subsidy for railway technology development from Japan's M易游游戏istry of Land, 易游游戏frastructure, Transport and Tourism.
DO易游游戏DEMOSAKU® reference video
