Mission Statement

IAD Rail Systems provides whole-life, cost effective solutions for demanding high integrity rail applications requiring safety related and safety-critical equipment.

The division has extensive experience in the design, integration, qualification and manufacture of equipment in which reliability, availability, maintainability and safety are standard entry level requirements.

The goal is to exceed customer expectations in terms of responsiveness, and adding value beyond price competitiveness.

High Integrity Actuation for Rail Applications

As an operating division of Claverham Limited, the IAD Rail Systems business, centres on the creation of actuation systems and associated products for the rail and defence markets. Drawing on specialist knowledge of safety-critical, high-reliability aerospace practice available within its sister operations, the division has developed rail products which offer particular benefits. These include techniques which preserve safety levels in the event of gradual or perhaps sudden loss of function, and integral design features which provide sustained performance over extended operating times, including high long term reliability in the working environment.

IAD Rail Systems develop actuation equipment from concept through to production incorporating RAMS (reliability, availability, maintainability, safety) philosophy as an integral part of the design process.

High Performance Switch System (HPSS)

Working in collaboration with its customers, IAD Rail Systems has developed a next generation electrically operated HPSS. The HPSS incorporates a number of innovative features, notably the most up to date, reliable, actuation, locking and detection technologies available. These are integrated with proven in-sleeper mounted torsional back-drives, and the latest enhanced trackwork features.

The result is a highly reliable, robust, low maintenance, low through-life cost switch and crossing system.

HPSS has successfully undergone extensive testing and trials during a seven year development programme. It has now gained product safety acceptance certification, and has received product acceptance from Network Rail. Some 600 systems have already been supplied installed throughut the UK Rail Network.