References

Customer Requirement
Design of an aluminium car body including all necessary stress evidences, design according to the CWA specific aluminium profile technique Documentation of stress evidence for carriage body structure.

Realisation
Realization of the complete technical documentation including drawings and evidences in cooperation with the customer according to his requirements Coordination of all interfaces to the vehicle bogie and vehicle components. Evidence of stress resistance regarding specific load for funicular railways.

Customer Advantage:
External handling of the complete working package including English documentation.

Customer Requirement
For cost effective and reliable local services with maglev trains diverse mechanical components had to be optimized for meeting the specific requirements. Essential requirements were broad entrance doors, constant distance between all entrance doors, extended carriage body height, seats and standing room for passengers, improved acoustic behaviour inside the car body, fulfilment of fire protection  and crash requirements.

Realisation
Definition of necessary specifications (Requirements and dimensioning loads for local services)
Approval of vehicle layout together with the customer’s designer
Development of a carriage body structure with specific features as extra-large passage width, increased interior height and standing areas as well as seats Optimization of the internal acoustic behaviour and the travelling comfort, for example by implementing of a double floor and specific measures concerning the interior Consideration of the increased fire protection requirements and crash resistance
Modification of the vehicle air conditioning Cooperation in documentation of rules and standards for maglev trains together with other experts and the German railway authority EBA.

Customer Advantage
Realization of a maglev vehicle for commercial services as regional transport
Achievement of required passenger numbers by introducing standing room areas.
Fulfilment of the required high availability of mechanical components by stress optimized design and evaluation of stress behaviour during commissioning and test runs. 

Customer Requirement
Design-modification of the mechanical components of the maglev vehicle TR08 for meeting the customers’ requirements resulting from the use as airport connecting service.

Realisation
Adaption of vehicle TR08 to customer’s requirements by modification of vehicle layout and carriage body interior as well as vehicle air conditioning Adaption of documentation concerning component and vehicle assembly and customization of quality control processes. Specification of customer relevant maintenance program and technical documentation Training of customer concerning vehicle mechanics and on site vehicle assembly Documentation of all necessary assessments including the approval of the kinematic clearance Support of approval process.

Customer Advantage
Realization of a maglev vehicle for commercial service, meeting the specific Chinese requirements
Execution of service and maintenance measures by customers enabled by specific education of staff and supply of necessary technical documentation.

Customer Requirement
For realizing a cost effective and reliable service with maglev trains in commercial far distance services, all mechanical components of the maglev train had to be optimized to meet the relevant requirements. Essential requirements had been lightweight design, reduction of diversity of structural elements and a maintenance adequate design. Further development targets had been the approval of conformity with specified crash and fire protection requirements and an optimized acoustic behaviour.

Realisation
Definition of all necessary specifications (requirements, dimensioning loads) Approval of vehicle layout together with the customer’s designer Development of the vehicle components (undercarriage, carriage body, crash elements at front end) Optimization of exterior acoustic behaviour by developing cladding elements taking into account the local air flow distribution when traveling with high speed implementation of all requirements regarding fire protection behaviour using adequate materials and structural designs Optimization of maintenance procedures by adequate arrangement of the electrical equipment in the vehicle’s undercarriage Design of vehicle interior according to customers’ demands.

Customer Advantage
Realization of a first prototype vehicle for commercial use of maglev trains with required payload by consequently implementing adequate methods of lightweight aluminium design. Fulfilment of the required high availability of mechanical components by stress optimized design and evaluation of stress behaviour during commissioning and test runs.

Customer Requirement
For realizing a cost effective and reliable service with maglev trains in commercial service, all mechanical components of the maglev undercarriage (bogie) had to be optimized to meet the relevant requirements. Essential requirements had been lightweight design, reduction of diversity of structural elements and a maintenance adequate design.

Realisation
Development of the undercarriage components by using aluminium – lightweight structures (Al-Profiles and Al-casted components). Consequent design of structural elements similar to a construction kit.
Evaluation of the stress resistance of the Al casted materials by static and dynamic testing as a fundament of the structural design. Dimensioning of complete components by static and dynamic stress analysis Validation of structural components in static and dynamic tests of complete bogies (experimental approval of stress resistance).

Customer Advantage
Realization of the undercarriage for the first prototype vehicle for commercial use of magnetically levitated trains. Evaluation of stress resistance and fatigue behaviour of aluminium casted materials.