A new high-performance two-piece polymer cage pushes SKF’s Hybrid deep groove ball bearing into new limits and gives more flexibility in the design choices.
The EULYNX adapter is an important milestone for an open railway market based on digital train control systems. The safe automation system PSS 4000 from Pilz is the hardware basis for the EULYNX adapter.
EMKA’s product portfolio has a recent addition: the emergency hammer compliant with DIN EN 45545-2 HL3. EMKA has developed a robust product specifically for rail vehicles. In trains, in particular, the safety demands are exceptionally high, including the need for the “little lifesavers“. Besides the impact effect, compliance with the European fire protection standard is mandatory. In order to fulfil these systems, EMKA uses a special plastic.
Alstom, global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, has signed a contract with DB Cargo Belgium and DB Cargo Netherlands to provide full-service maintenance for the fleet of 60 DE-6400 locomotives operating in Belgium and the Netherlands. This contract shows the customer’s confidence in our services capacities in the Benelux region.
Mitsui Rail Capital Europe (MRCE), a full-service locomotive leasing company, has ordered 14 Vectron MS multisystem locomotives from Siemens Mobility on the basis of an existing contract. With this order, MRCE will have a fleet of 147 Vectrons. MRCE plans to use the locomotives in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, and the Netherlands.
Alstom, global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, has received an additional order for 15 new-generation Avelia Horizon very high-speed trains from SNCF Voyageurs, worth almost 590 million euro.
E-mobility is on the rise - and with it new requirements for associated car transporters. DB Fahrzeuginstandhaltung is also currently involved in the conversion of car transport wagons.
Knick developed the new signal doubler, P16800, to provide reliable speed data for the increasing number of evaluation systems in rail vehicles, with no need to install extra sensors at the axle ends.