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PJM tested MPV-VentuS of WINDHOFF
WINDHOFF relied on PJM's experience and expertise to test an innovative, modular multi-purpose vehicle within a short time frame.
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Credit: Karl Heinz Ferk, free of charge
WINDHOFF Bahn- und Anlagentech nik GmbH had commissioned the Austrian system specialist PJM to carry out the test runs for approval on the German rail network. As an accredited test center in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025, PJM carried out vehicle tests in the areas of braking and running characteristics as well as static tests to determine derailment safety and wheelset torsional vibrations.
MPV®-VentuS® is a modular system that can be used to create a wide variety of vehicle configurations. The range of working modules includes various cranes, platforms, contact wire pusher, but also containers or contact wire measuring systems. The power system also has a modular design so that adjustments can be made very easily over the course of the vehicle‘s service life and, for example, a vehicle that is currently diesel-electric with a generator and electric motor can be converted to all-electric at a later date. The MPV®-VentuS® vehicle family is designed on the basis of DIN EN 14033 and auhtorized with the European TSI homologation. The MPV®-VentuS® type GAF, which was tested together with PJM in Austria last year, is for Deutsche Bahn (DB) and is a track maintenance vehicle that is one thing above all: futureproof! The vehicle was officially presented at InnoTrans 2024, and in February 2025 Windhoff and DB received authorisation to place the MPV VenuS GAF modular ancillary vehicle on the market. The vehicle is approved on the basis of the European TSI from the 4th railway package.
WINDHOFF relied on the expertise of PJM for testing the new MPV®-VentuS®. Credit: Karl Heinz Ferk, free of charge
PJM is an experienced specialist for the entire development and approval process for rail vehicles. Customers appreciate PJM’s great expertise in vehicle measurements as well as in the engineering areas of calculation, simulation and design, customers value our experience in project management. "It is important to us, to complete our customers’ projects just in time and successfully. For WINDHOFF too, we were able to carry out the vehicle tests and analyses within a short time frame," explains Martin Joch, CEO of PJ Messtechnik GmbH.
As an accredited test laboratory in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025, PJM carried out vehicle tests in the areas of braking and run-
ning characteristics as well as static tests to determine derailment safety and wheelset torsional vibrations.
Credit: Manuel Hanschitz for PJM, free of charge
Extract from the type test standards:
→ Static tests in accordance with EN 14363:2016 Safety against derailment
→ Braking tests according to TSI Loc&Pas Regulation No. 1302/2014 and EN 14033-1:2014
→ Assessment of dynamic running behavior in accordance with EN 14033-1:2017 and EN 14363
→ Measurements and evaluation of wheelset torsional vibrations in accordance with VDB Guideline 003
www.pjm.co.at
WINDHOFF Bahn- und Anlagentech nik GmbH had commissioned the Austrian system specialist PJM to carry out the test runs for approval on the German rail network. As an accredited test center in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025, PJM carried out vehicle tests in the areas of braking and running characteristics as well as static tests to determine derailment safety and wheelset torsional vibrations.
MPV®-VentuS® is a modular system that can be used to create a wide variety of vehicle configurations. The range of working modules includes various cranes, platforms, contact wire pusher, but also containers or contact wire measuring systems. The power system also has a modular design so that adjustments can be made very easily over the course of the vehicle‘s service life and, for example, a vehicle that is currently diesel-electric with a generator and electric motor can be converted to all-electric at a later date. The MPV®-VentuS® vehicle family is designed on the basis of DIN EN 14033 and auhtorized with the European TSI homologation. The MPV®-VentuS® type GAF, which was tested together with PJM in Austria last year, is for Deutsche Bahn (DB) and is a track maintenance vehicle that is one thing above all: futureproof! The vehicle was officially presented at InnoTrans 2024, and in February 2025 Windhoff and DB received authorisation to place the MPV VenuS GAF modular ancillary vehicle on the market. The vehicle is approved on the basis of the European TSI from the 4th railway package.
WINDHOFF relied on the expertise of PJM for testing the new MPV®-VentuS®. Credit: Karl Heinz Ferk, free of charge
PJM is an experienced specialist for the entire development and approval process for rail vehicles. Customers appreciate PJM’s great expertise in vehicle measurements as well as in the engineering areas of calculation, simulation and design, customers value our experience in project management. "It is important to us, to complete our customers’ projects just in time and successfully. For WINDHOFF too, we were able to carry out the vehicle tests and analyses within a short time frame," explains Martin Joch, CEO of PJ Messtechnik GmbH.
As an accredited test laboratory in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025, PJM carried out vehicle tests in the areas of braking and run-
ning characteristics as well as static tests to determine derailment safety and wheelset torsional vibrations.
Credit: Manuel Hanschitz for PJM, free of charge
Extract from the type test standards:
→ Static tests in accordance with EN 14363:2016 Safety against derailment
→ Braking tests according to TSI Loc&Pas Regulation No. 1302/2014 and EN 14033-1:2014
→ Assessment of dynamic running behavior in accordance with EN 14033-1:2017 and EN 14363
→ Measurements and evaluation of wheelset torsional vibrations in accordance with VDB Guideline 003
www.pjm.co.at
