An RFID installation is reducing the occurrence of locomotive collisions and aiding reliability of coke production for Corus. The coke plant of Corus owned Redcar Coke Ovens supplies an adjacent blast furnace with fuel and both operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The company wanted to find a way to reduce collisions between the specialist locomotives, which collect coke from the ovens, when visibility is limited. Dave Aston, manufacturing engineer for Corus at Redcar, takes up the story: "We need to keep coke production going continuously for safety reasons, but occasionally there were collisions between locomotives which could cause serious damage."
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