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The recent intermediate report from the European Railway Agency (ERA) on the development of railway safety in the European Union has shown that the safety of the European railway system has, undeniably, continuously improved. However, it is imperative that safety critical sub-systems or components – such as wheelsets and axles…
Instrumented wheelsets (IWS) are designed to measure the wheel-rail contact forces. The evaluation of such forces is a key point in the processes of approval of railway vehicles in terms of dynamic behaviour. CETEST, a fully-accredited independent test laboratory, has its own solution for the design and implementation of instrumented…
The origins of the BOMBARDIER FLEXX1 Eco bogie development can be traced to a number of research studies which were carried out by British Rail in the early- and mid-1980s. These studies examined ways in which bogie weight reductions and other improvements could be introduced, including the possible use of…
UK & Ireland Profile; France; Signalling & Telecommunications; Bogies; Noise & Vibrations; Interoperability; and much more..
4 December 2013 | By Frederik Allert, Product Engineer, Bombardier Transport France S.A.S.
BOMBARDIER1 FLEXX1 Compact is now a well-established name in the world of bogies for railway vehicles. There are currently more than 7,000 FLEXX Compact bogies in service or on order worldwide...
22 July 2013 | By BONATRANS GROUP
Railway wheelset is a safety critical component. It carries the whole weight of the train and it has to sustain high forces during train ride without the least risk of failure, ensuring safety of passengers and goods on a sustainable basis. Long life of the railway wheel also reduces train…
In this Bogies & Wheelsets supplement: EURAXLES – paving the way to enhanced railway safety (Raimund Abele, Chairman of the EURAXLES Steering Committee / Léa Paties, Project Manager at UNIFE and EURAXLES Project Coordinator); Bombardier drives innovation with creation of new Bogie Technical Center (Harro Effertz, Head of Contracts, Legal…
In this supplement: Testing the bogie (Igor Alonso-Portillo, Director for Strategy and Business Development, CETEST); A status report on FLEXX Speed bogies for ZEFIRO 380 trains (Heiko Mannsbarth, Head of Product Management of the Business Unit Bogies and Steffen Vogt, Team Leader of the Vehicle Dynamics Department, Bombardier Transportation GmbH)...
6 December 2011 | By Igor Alonso-Portillo, Director for Strategy and Business Development, CETEST
CETEST Test and Analysis Centre is an independent accredited laboratory focusing on the testing of railway vehicles. With headquarters in the North of Spain, we are a global company serving a diversity of customers ranging from railway undertakings (operators), system integrators (vehicle manufacturers) to equipment sub suppliers. The tests we…
31 May 2011 | By Markus Dengler, Director of Standardisation, R&D and Innovation Management, Bogie Business Unit, Bombardier Transportation
Since the 1930s, the rolling stock industry lost its role as ‘technology and innovation driver’ which it held for a century from the 1830s to 1930s, to the aircraft and automotive industry. Today, the railway industry is perceived as a ‘technology follower’ rather than a ‘technology driver’. In addition, a…
31 May 2011 | By Dr. Raimund Abele, EURAXLES Chairman
EURAXLES is a three-year EU/industry research programme lead by UNIFE which aims to reduce the risk of axle failure to a level where it is no longer a significant threat to safe operation. The project unites 23 partners across Europe including six axle manufacturers, four railway operators/IMs, two system integrators,…
17 September 2010 | By Heiko Mannsbarth, Chief Engineer & Product Manager for Mainline & Metro Bogies, Bombardier Transportation and Heiko Mannsbarth, Chief Engineer & Product Manager for Mainline & Metro Bogies, Bombardier Transportation.
In the 1950s and 1960s, specific programmes were initiated to increase service speeds on rail. In Europe and Japan especially, these efforts lead to a considerable increase in the attractiveness for long-distance travellers to choose rail instead of air or road transportation through shortening journey times.
31 May 2010 | By Dipl. Ing. Richard Schneider, Vice President of Product Engineering Integrity, Bombardier Transportation
The demand for capacity is on the increase across all areas of transportation. Due to its flexibility as a mass transportation system and its environmental performance, rail transport in particular is gaining in significance. As a consequence, many countries are making major investments to meet future demand and for systems…
31 May 2010 | By Friedrich Hoppmann, Head of ContiTech Railway Engineering, ContiTech AG
Innovative suspension technology for modern rail vehicles for urban, mainline, or high-speed rail services; this is what ContiTech Railway Engineering is all about...
31 May 2010 | By James Abbott, Technical Editor
The wheel/rail interface is one of the most critical parts of an entire railway operation. Through a contact patch the size of a small coin, all the forces between the moving element (the train) and the static element (the track) are transmitted. These forces are immense, and if not properly…
