DAR ES SALAAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERRING

PROJECT TITLE: DESIGN MODAL OF AN AUTOMATIC RAILWAY LIGHT AND

ALARM SIGNALING SYSTEM.

STUDENT’S NAME: MWINYIMVUA HAMIS, M

ADMISSION NO: 180540520202

NTA LEVEL 8
INTRODUCTION

The TAZARA route has pass through several cross with vehicle roads as well as
the animal and human work ways. Previous these crosses are secured with manual
gate operated by a worker who is able to open and close the gate in allowing the
train to pass while stopping vehicle. But currently many of them are blocked or
there was no any worker allocated to operate. This is due to either financial crisis
or due administration reasons. Even though the gates are not operated but still the
trains and other vehicles are passing through. Therefore the security and safety of
crossing remains on the hands of trains and vehicles drivers, due to this fact much
accident are appeared.
PROBLEM STATEMENT
• According the accident reports from TAZARA police station, there are several numbers
of accident occurred from 2012 up to 2017, some of them are reported to the station
while others are not reported. Most of the accident which involves the train and vehicle
can be reported but most of those which are not reported are those which involves only
vehicle, This accidents are due to suddenly stops of vehicle after recognize that there
are train truck nearly to cross the vehicle roads, the first one it was April,5 2012 and the
second one November,2 2014. All these are happened due to absence of main gate or
alert signal to allow the vehicle to stop or to pass. Therefore to reduce or to eliminate
this problem we come with the concept of introducing automatic railway light and
alarm signaling system which low cost, high efficiency and reliable to the system.
OBJECTIVES
MAIN OBJECTIVES
•The main objective of this project is to design modal of an automatic railway
light and alarm signaling system.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
• To examine existing railway alarm signaling system.

• To design the electric circuit of automatic railway and alarm signaling system.

• To make interfacing program for integrating part of PLC operation.

• To design modal for an automatic railway light and alarm signaling system.

• To test a modal.
METHODOLOGY

SN SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES METHODOLOGY

1 To examine existing railway alarm signaling system. Literature review.
Site visiting.
Consultation.

2 To design the electric circuit of automatic railway and alarm Data collection.
signaling system. Data analysis.
Selection of components.

3 To make interfacing program for integrating part of PLC operation. Write interfacing program for the
system

4 To design modal for an automatic railway light and alarm signaling Assembling system components.
system.
TENTANTIVE BUDGET

REQUIRED AMOUNT

Material costs 315,000/=tsh

Machine costs 20% of material costs 50,000/=tsh

Labour and transport costs 20% of material costs 50,000/=tsh

TOTAL 415,000/=tsh
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