Quadsoft, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alt X-listed Ansys, has won a R16.4 million train cab systems (TCS) replacement contract from Transnet for its coal line locomotive fleet.
The current equipment has been in use since 1998 and has reached the end of its life, Ansys says in a statement.
The TCS provides voice and data communications between locomotives and the various control centres along the route.
The contract, which will be executed over a 15-month period, is for the supply of 280 TCS, as well as the supply of an additional 30 portable TCS units.
The portable units are provided to general freight locomotives which sometimes "visit" the coal line as they are not generally fitted with TCS units and, therefore, have no means of communicating with the control centres.
The portable equipment is handed back when the engine leaves the line.
The technology plays an important role in the safety of trains by monitoring a locomotive's speed in real time and reporting any exceptions back to the control centres.
Quadsoft, which builds the TCS units locally, was acquired by Ansys Limited for R17 million in December last year.
It is currently negotiating a contract to supply a further 44 TCS units for the 15E locomotives which use the line between Sishen and Saldanha Bay.
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