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Clearguard ACM 200

axle counting system
Smart track vacancy detection for cost-effective operations

A track vacancy detection system supplies the information Benefits

about whether a track in a particular section is clear
or occupied, thereby permitting safe, trouble-free and Connection to electronic and relay interlockings
efficient operations management.
HTML communication for attribute configuration, logging and
The Clearguard ACM 200 axle counting system is made diagnostics
up of maintenance-free Clearguard ACM 200 modules
Modular, compact hardware
which are programmed via an ID plug and combined with
an Ethernet bus and Clearguard ZP 43 E/V and Clearguard Innovative diagnostic concept
ZP D 43 counting heads into a fail-safe axle counting
system. Deployment of Clearguard ZP 43 E/V and Clearguard ZP D 43
counting heads
The detection equipment used meets the latest compati-
bility requirements for cross-border traffic in Europe.

Fields of application:
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mainline and regional railways
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metro and tramway systems
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freight lines and depots
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main lines and secondary lines, station areas, point areas
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single-track and multiple-track lines
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lines with and without blocking
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all traction types
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all common types of car
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track sections of any length
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train speeds of up to 400 km/h
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1 Clearguard ACM 200

Technical data
Counting capacity
Max. number of connectable
wheel detectors per ACM
2 Power transformer
2,000 axles per track vacancy detection section 3 Ethernet switch
20 axles per second for the Clearguard ZP D 43 and
4 Router
Clearguard ZP 43 E
5 Clearguard ZP 43 (track)
Two counting heads: Clearguard ZP 43 E/V and 6 Trackside connection box
Clearguard ZP D 43 (Clearguard ZP D 43 counting head)

Max. number of detectable 2 track vacancy detection sections

track vacancy detection
sections per ACM

Power consumption Clearguard ZP D 43: 5 W

Clearguard ACM: 7.8 W

ACM supply voltage 24 V DC (21.6 V to 31.2 V DC), approx. 1 A

Outputs
Relay contacts for DC
Switching voltage
Switching current
Switching power
10 V DC to 72 V DC
10 V AC to 150 V AC
2 mA DC to 0.25 A
15 W 2 mA AC bis 1 A

Relay contacts for AC

Switching voltage 24 V (10%) to 110 V (+10%) AC
Switching current 2 mA to 1 A
Switching power 15 W

Inputs
Voltage range 21.6 V to 72 V DC (max. 6 mA)
Current range up to 6 mA at 21.6 V to 72 V DC
(with series resistor limited to 6 mA)

Operating conditions 40 C to +70 C

In Australia Contact:
Siemens Rail Automation Pty Ltd
ABN 78 800 102 483
Level 7, 380 Docklands Drive, Docklands,
Victoria 3008, Australia
T +61 3 1300 724 518
E rail-components.au@siemens.com
W www.siemens.com.au/rail-components

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