Latest InnoTrans news – Page 21
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Connect with a RockStar at InnoTrans
WEIDMÜLLER: The RockStar HighPower connector will be displayed at InnoTrans by Weidmüller. Specially designed for inter-vehicle cables carrying up to 55 A and 1 500 V, the three and four-pin high-current connectors have a compact dustproof and waterproof impact-resistant design with maintenance-free crimp connections.
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GE highlights locomotives, signalling and data at InnoTrans
GE TRANSPORTATION: Locomotives, signalling and the RailConnect 360 data platform will at the heart of GE Transportation’s presence at InnoTrans. There will the opportunity to take a close look at a PowerHaul diesel locomotive on the outdoor tracks, while indoors there will be information on heavy-haul Evolution Series ...
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Young Rail Professionals from across the world to meet in Berlin
YRP: Building on the success of its presence at the last two InnoTrans events, the UK’s Young Rail Professionals will be holding an evening drinks reception at the Railway Gazette stand on September 25. The reception will provide a networking opportunity for young railway professionals from all over the ...
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Planning for obsolescence management
MOXA: At InnoTrans Moxa will highlight how the in-house development of CPUs for its ToughNet series of ethernet switches will ensure long-term availability, which in turn will assist rolling stock refurbishment contractors with obsolescence management. ToughNet supports Moxa’s new Dynamic Ring Coupling. This enables fast automated reconfiguration when trains are ...
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Making better rails
VOESTALPINE SCHIENEN: Under the slogan ‘good is good, but better carries it’, Voestalpine Schienen will showcase the latest developments in the world of rail steels. Its heat-treated grade 400 UHC HSH hypereutectoid steel combines hardness with a resistance to rolling contact fatigue and corrugation. Voestalpine says the steel can double ...
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Compact rail miller to be unveiled at InnoTrans
LINSINGER: The Austrian railhead profiling specialist will be unveiling its latest compact SF02T-FS rail milling train at InnoTrans 2014. This is one of a pair that the company is due to deliver to Hong Kong’s MTR Corp in the spring of 2015. The small-profile SF02T-FS has been designed for use ...
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Battery water filling station
ENAG: The PRC water filling station has been developed by ENAG to top up Ni-Cd batteries with demineralised water. It is fully automatic to ensure the operator’s safety, and it can be used to fill all the cells in a Ni-Cd battery in one operation, or for traditional element-by-element ...
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Trams, trains and locomotives from Škoda
ŠKODA: Central and southeastern European orders will be the focus of Škoda Transportation’s displays at InnoTrans 2014. The outdoor display will include a ForCity Classic 28T tram for Konya. The first of these entered passenger service in the Turkish city earlier this year, and most of the remaining 59 ...
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TME3 shunter on show in Berlin
CZ LOKO: A TME3 diesel shunting locomotive developed by Czech manufacturer CZ Loko based on its Effishunter design and assembled at Belarus Railways’ Lida workshops will be exhibited for the first time at InnoTrans 2014. Belarus Railways placed a €20m order for 20 of the 1 520 mm gauge TME3 ...
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More than passenger information
RUF GROUP: ‘More than passenger information’ will be the motto of the Ruf Group’s stand at InnoTrans. The Swiss company will be presenting its VisiWeb data transfer technology which can be used for both passenger information and safety applications. Visitors will be able to see examples of the real-time exchange ...
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Euro VI Unimog road-rail vehicle on show
MERCEDES-BENZ: The Unimog U 423 road-rail vehicle which will be on show at InnoTrans 2014 meets Euro VI exhaust emission standards and has a redesigned cab. The large windows gives an unobstructed view, with the wipers now positioned above the windscreen. The driver’s instrument cluster has been redesigned with ...
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Get better connections with Huawei
HUAWEI: A wide range of advanced rail transport information and communications technology will be showcased by Huawei, including GSM-R, eLTE and Cloud computing. Huawei will explain how it can already undertake a smooth evolution of communication systems from GSM-R to LTE, how cloud computing is being applied by customers around ...
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Bombardier highlights capacity, efficiency and urban flow at InnoTrans 2014
BOMBARDIER: Capacity, efficiency and urban flow are the key themes for Bombardier Transportation’s ‘biggest and best exhibition yet’. ‘Capacity’ exhibits will highlight rolling stock with flexible interiors designed for moving more people in greater comfort. Two double-deck EMUs will be on display, an Omneo (Régio2N) for SNCF, and the inter-city ...
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Braking things worldwide
DAKO-CZ: Czech firm DAKO-CZ will be highlighting the worldwide usage of its products, with vehicles equipped with its braking systems now operating in Europe, Algeria, Malaysia, Indonesia and China. Stadler Minsk incorporated a DAKO-CZ hydraulic braking system into its prototype tram, which will be on show at InnoTrans, and DAKO-CZ ...
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Adaptive lighting brings the sky and clouds onboard
SBF: Adaptive LED lighting which mixes warm, neutral and cold white light to simulate natural changes in daylight will be demonstrated by SBF Spezialleuchten at InnoTrans 2014. The company will also be discussing developments including virtual panorama ceiling panels which could simulate the passing sky or clouds based on the ...
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Going live at InnoTrans
ALCATEL-LUCENT: A live LTE network will be demonstrated by Alcatel-Lucent at InnoTrans, providing a preview of SYSTUF, the Telecom System for Future Urban Transport which is to be tested for the fture Grand Paris automated metro network. Visitors will be able to discover how a converged IP/MPLS network can be ...
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Road-rail excavator and hand-held tamper
WACKE NEUSON: A road-rail version of the 8003 excavator will be unveiled at InnoTrans by Wacker Neuson, which will also be showing its proven BH 55rw hand-held tamper. The 10 tonne 8003 excavator is designed to be compact and more manoeuvrable than larger models, with lower purchase and operating ...
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Vossloh highlights modular locomotive and tram families
VOSSLOH: Locomotives and light rail vehicles based on modular platforms but customised to meet specific customer needs will be displayed at InnoTrans 2014 by companies from the Vossloh group. On show in Berlin will be a UKLight diesel locomotive developed specifically for the UK market, along with a full-scale mock-up ...
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Deutsche Bahn companies team up in the CityCube
DEUTSCHE BAHN: On display at InnoTrans 2014 will be the first of 36 Pesa Link diesel multiple-units which DB ordered for the Sauerland network in 2013 under a framework agreement signed at the last InnoTrans. Visitors will also be able to see the first of five diesel-battery hybrid shunting ...
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Steelmaker rolls into InnoTrans
EVRAZ: Russian steelmaker EVRAZ has completed a two-year US$520m reconstruction of its ZSMK rail mill at Novokuznetsk in Siberia since the last InnoTrans. In May this year it delivered its first batch of Russian-made 100 m head-hardened rails to RZD, and certification is underway which will enable the company ...