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Maintenance is a necessary process to ensure our rail network runs safely and efficiently. Ideally, it would only be carried out non-invasively in Rules-of-the-Route or other available slots. However, with the strategic drive to a 24/7 railway and ever-increasing demands on rail operators to keep trains running, unforeseen service affecting failures can occur. Reactive faulting ...

Thirty years ago, in the aftermath of the 1988 Piper Alpha offshore disaster in UK waters in which 167 platform workers died, all the talk in the oil and gas industry was about safety.  Many people were asking the same question: how can offshore personnel be removed from the direct impact of inherently hazardous oil ...

Viper Innovations is delighted to announce the appointment of Hugo Mansfield as its Finance Director. This follows other senior appointments over the last year all of which have been aimed at strengthening the board and senior management to galvanise significant global growth in the coming years. Hugo, who was previously a ...

Discover how Viper used V-LIFE to avoid a threat to continued production of a Subsea Production Control System, resulting in a 20 times insulation resistance increase within the first 6 hours and providing a value-added solution. You can also view or download this case study as a pdf here. Problem.Viper Innovations have ...

Discover how CableGuardian was used to quickly identify fault locations on the West Coast Main Line Signalling Power System at Euxton ASC, enabling a swift repair and avoidance of costly train delays. You can also view or download this case study as a pdf here. Problem. On 7th August 2019, ...

Oil & Gas operators are regularly faced with issues relating to obsolescence when parts of their subsea control systems need replacing. Operators usually either prefer to replace parts with like for like alternatives which fit into existing systems, or upgrade the technology to benefit from additional functionality. When critical parts become obsolete, replacement options ...

Importance of Railway Maintenance In the old world of business, maintenance was commonly referred to as a ‘necessary evil’, something that one must contend with but does not value. It had to be done to keep the lights on but should be driven to a minimum in the name of efficiency. In safety-critical industries ...

It is an old adage that electricity and water don’t mix. You wouldn’t want to be standing in a puddle holding a live wire. Why is this? Because water is generally an excellent conductor of electricity and those electrically charged ions are looking for somewhere to land. A human body ...

Founder & Director of Circle2Success, Suzanne Hall-Gibbins, interviewed Managing Director, Edward Davies, to learn more about Viper's innovation culture. Viper Innovations Ltd, was founded in 2007 by Co-owners and Directors Max Nodder and Neil Douglas. Initially set up as an engineering consultancy, offering design and project management services for subsea distribution equipment it invested heavily ...

Network Rail has approved the use of Viper Innovations’ Cable Monitoring System for AC electrified routes making the system fully approved for use across all Network Rail regions. CableGuardian is an award-winning product created by UK based technology company Viper Innovations.  Its product initially received Network Rail approval in June this year, when it ...