Railway TechnologyNews and commentary for the Railway Technology community.Automation Products from Phoenix Contact now Certified to the EN 50124-4 Standard- June 19, 2008 Phoenix Contact has fulfilled the requirements of the EN 50124-4 standard for their automation products. This is an important railway norm for supplying the industry. Part 4 deals with emission and immunity of the signaling and telecommunications apparatus. With the already available manufacturers declaration for the EN 50155 and the fulfillment of EN50124-4, Phoenix Contact meets major prerequisites which allows them to supply the railway industry with an even broader product spectrum.http://www.railway-technology.com/contractors/cables/phoenix2/press18.html New Product Catalogue for Voith Universal Joint Shafts- June 17, 2008 A completely revised product catalogue describing its line of universal joint shafts is now available from the drive specialist Voith Turbo. The catalogue contains not only technical data on universal joint shafts, but also presents complementing products and services. The operating principle of a universal joint shaft is explained and selection aids assist with choosing the correct shaft from the catalogue. UNIVERSAL JOINT SHAFTS Voith universal joint shafts are not simple pieces of...http://www.railway-technology.com/contractors/diesel/voith/press80.html Airquick Quality System Passes LRQA Assessment and Achieves UKAS Accredited ISO 9001:2000 Standard- June 17, 2008 Airquick (Newark) are proud to announce that their quality system has recently undergone and passed an assessment by LRQA and achieved the UKAS accredited ISO 9001:2000 standard. We chose LRQA because earlier this year they were the first certification body to achieve ISO IEC 17021, the standards used by accreditation bodies to define the requirements for certification bodies delivering all types of management system certification. This new standard will only be recognised by the UKAS and...http://www.railway-technology.com/contractors/yard/airquick/press2.html Brussels RER- June 16, 2008 The Belgian capital of Brussels is also the focal point of the country's densely packed railway network. A high proportion of the 10.5 million national population lives within easy commuting time of Brussels, with substantial cities such as Leuven, Antwerpen, Gent and Charleroi all perceived as being within the travel-to-work area. The opening of the North-South Junction line that eradicated the main termini in the early 1950s allowed services to work through the cross-city tunnel that...http://www.railway-technology.com/projects/brusselsrer/ Knorr-Bremse Maintains Pattern of Growth- June 9, 2008 The Knorr-Bremse Group once again sustained the pattern of growth of previous years in fiscal 2007, attaining new record levels of sales, net income and incoming orders. Consolidated sales were up 4.2% at &uro;3.251 billion (2006: &uro;3.121 billion) ‐ adjusted for exchange rate fluctuations, this equates to operating growth of 6.6%. The rail vehicle systems division contributed &uro;1.304 billion (2006: &uro;1.174 billion) or approximately 40% to the consolidated total, while the...http://www.railway-technology.com/contractors/brakes/knorr_bremse/press6.html Railtec Trends in Theory and Practice- June 6, 2008 The International Rail Meeting has become an established professional event at Schenck Process. The third International Rail Meeting, held by Schenck Process between the 15th and 17th of April 2008 in Darmstadt (after successful events in 2004 and 2006), focused on "Diagnosis and weighing systems for the workshop and rail applications". Around 90 attendees from ten countries listened to specialist presentations on cutting edge technology from both rail operators and representatives of the rail.http://www.railway-technology.com/contractors/weighing/schenck/press15.html Automated Rail Wheel Hardness Measurement- June 6, 2008 A stand-alone Brinell Hardness measurement machines of rail wheels has been commissioned and certified for accuracy by third-party auditors. The machine automatically picks up wheels from a loading ramp, reads wheel serial number, and places it on to the horizontal conveyor. Then advances the wheel under a milling head to remove carbonized layer, makes indentations using either a 10mm or 5mm diameter ball, optically reads the indentation, calculates BHN and delivers the wheel on to the exit...http://www.railway-technology.com/contractors/track/ndt/press9.html |