Latest InnoTrans news – Page 6
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NewsMeet a robot at InnoTrans
INNOTRANS: A robot will be included in the electrically-powered railway construction machines which AMT Group is to exhibit at InnoTrans. The robot has been developed to make smarter use of labour, enabling physically demanding and monotonous work to be carried out by a machine. The Dutch ...
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NewsFour themes to Speno’s InnoTrans innovations
INNOTRANS: Speno will be discussing how it has increased the productivity of rail grinding, and highlighting four themes to its innovations. These are: Clean machines, with a technique to ensure the recovery of debris and metal chips during the grinding process; Smart machines, with the ...
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NewsVDS Rail to show train consist reconfiguration tool
INNOTRANS: VDS Rail will be showcasing the Dynamic Consist Composition tool embedded in all its Ethernet consist switches to provide fully automatic, fast and reliable train composition discovery that can if needed be followed by IP network enumeration based on the updated coach sequence. The Dynamic ...
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NewsIngeteam to show traction and control system innovations at InnoTrans
INNOTRANS: Spanish company Ingeteam designs and supplies traction systems and converters, control systems and predictive maintenance technology based on its in-house developments of power and control electronics. In Hall 9 at InnoTrans 2022 it will be showing Ingetrac modular traction converters incorporating the latest advances in ...
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NewsTenneco to show second generation wagon brake blocks at InnoTrans
INNOTRANS: Tenneco is to showcase its second generation of LL wagon brake blocks, which are designed to cope with the high thermal loads and noise limits on trans-Alpine routes. The Jurid 847 LL block features an optimised contact surface shape and uses advanced friction material manufacturing ...
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NewsHyperloop hype at InnoTrans
INNOTRANS: The Hyperloop Conference will be taking place at InnoTrans in Berlin for the first time on September 23. The conference agenda will feature a wide range of formats and topics including keynote speeches, panel discussions, masterclasses and a ‘Hyperloop Safari’. Discussion forums will look at ...
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Metro Report InternationalBus innovation at InnoTrans
INNOTRANS: There will be 12 buses on show in the central Summer Garden area of InnoTrans 2022, with the 500 m long test circuit featuring exhibitors including Solaris, Van Hool and Ebusco.
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NewsIndustry executives head to InnoTrans
INNOTRANS: More than 1 000 senior national and international figures from the rail sector, science and politics have been invited to the official opening of InnoTrans 2022 on September 20. Germany’s Federal Federal Minister for Digital & Transport Dr Volker Wissing will be on hand to ...
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NewsAre you exhibiting at InnoTrans?
August issue INNOTRANS: As the only official international media partner for InnoTrans, Railway Gazette Group offers exhibitors the opportunity to promote their presence at the global rail industry’s leading event in print and digital formats. September issue We have partnered ...
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NewsMore than 100 vehicles to be on show at InnoTrans 2022
INNOTRANS: The whole of the vast Messe Berlin exhibition site will be used by InnoTrans 2022, including the new trade fair hall hub27, with 95% of the exhibition area and all 3·5 km of railway track now booked. Visitors will be able to see more than ...
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NewsARA to lead delegation from down under at InnoTrans
INNOTRANS: The Australasian Railway Association is to lead an Australian rail industry delegation to InnoTrans 2022. As at previous InnoTrans events, the ARA will have a stand at the exhibition and will host social events, with participation and use of the general section of the stand ...
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NewsMireo Plus H hydrogen multiple-unit is ‘another step towards phasing out diesel’, says DB
GERMANY: There will be a need for between 1 700 and 2 500 trains with alternative traction systems by 2038, the Federal Ministry for Digital & Transport said at the unveiling of Siemens Mobility’s first Mireo Plus H hydrogen multiple-unit, with DB seeing the optimal technology choice as depending on route length.
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NewsMobility+ highlights mobility-as-a-service at InnoTrans 2022
INNOTRANS: The Public Transport section of this year’s InnoTrans exhibition will for the first time host a ‘Mobility+’ area focusing on mobility-as-a-service. ‘This is where companies exhibiting supplementary mobility services can meet domestic and international transport companies, transport networks and administrations, and display their intermodal concepts ...
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NewsPublic transport must become more digital, says Hacon in InnoTrans podcast
INNOTRANS: ‘Cars are already being built to fit into the Apple, Android and Google universe. In order to realise a digital ecosystem for public transport there is still some catching up to do’, says Michael Frankenberg, CEO of Siemens Mobility’s transport software business Hacon, in the ...
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NewsInnoTrans Podcast: tackling particulate emissions from train brakes
INNOTRANS: French startup Tallano Technologie has designed a braking system for trains which it says reduces ultrafine particle emissions by 90%. In the latest InnoTrans podcast, CEO Christophe Rocca-Serra explains how it works. ‘Braking releases ultrafine metal particles the size of a virus’, says Rocca-Serra. ‘he ...
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NewsInnoTrans Podcast: Towards sustainable air-conditioning
INNOTRANS: Modern trains are often fitted with complex air-conditioning systems to ensure optimal temperatures and ventilation. In the latest InnoTrans podcast, Dr Wolfgang Reuter, Chairman of heating and air-conditioning system manufacturer Konvekta, explains how smart technology can reduce energy consumption, minimise environmental footprints and improve the ...
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News'The mood is positive’ with 98% of InnoTrans display area now booked
INNOTRANS: ‘The mood is positive in the rail industry at the start of this InnoTrans year’, reports trade fair organiser Messe Berlin. It has seen keen international interest in the event on September 20-23 which will have the slogan ‘the future of mobility in times of ...
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NewsEuropean Loc Pool reports increasing interest in leased locos
SWITZERLAND: Leasing company European Loc Pool reports that several of its customers expanded their fleets of leased locomotives in 2021, citing their performance and flexibility and ELP’s full-service maintenance and support package. ELP owns Stadler EuroDual electro-diesel locomotives, and the company said that these had already ...
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NewsRecognising and managing the risks of battery fires
INNOTRANS: In the latest InnoTrans Podcast, Roger Dirksmeier, Managing Director of Fogtec, explains how the rail industry must adapt its fire-fighting measures to cope with battery-electric and fuel cell drive systems. ’It is important to look at fire safety as an integrated system and not simply ...
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Rail Business UKExports strategy highlights infrastructure opportunities and tradeshow programme
UK: The government’s exports strategy published on November 17 highlights British infrastructure expertise and includes a ‘bigger and better targeted’ programme to support SMEs in attending overseas trade exhibitions such as InnoTrans. The strategy includes an Infrastructure Exports:UK initiative to bring together government and industry in ...