Railway vehicles

Range of services - Railway vehicles

• Management of national processes for high speed trains, commuter trains, locomotives, freight cars (CESIFER, BAV, BMVIT, EBA ...).

• Managemet of international approval processes according to EC-directives 96/48 and 01/16 (composition of requirements, catalogues, synchronization of national requirements, agreements on cross acceptance. Review of test specifications, review of reports and approval documentation, expert opinions).

• Evaluation and assessment of train protection and train control systems.

• Experimental verification of electromagnetic compatibility, operational safety and lightening protection of the electrical equipment used in vehicles.

• Development of fire protection and emergency evacuation concepts, professional consultation, fire risk analyses, functional tests and assessments by experts.

• Damage evaluation (vehicle fires, collisions, derailment and component fatigue)

• CAE support: finite-element analysis, structural optimization, fatigue life prediction, multi-body simulation to assess component and vehicle life, running saftey and riding comfort.

• Analyses on passenger room and driver's cab safety of railway vehicles.

• Planning, management and coordination of approval processes for freight cars, passenger cars, commuter trains, locomotives and high speed trains.

• Brake tests according to UIC 541 and EBO §32.

• Fatigue tests of bogie frames and vehicle components according to UIC 510, UIC 515, UIC 615 and DIN EN 13749.

• Running tests according to UIC 518 and DIN EN 14363.
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• Review of test specifications, supervision of test activities, review of reports (simulation, test).