Introducing “DIE RETROFITTER” cooperation between IFTEC, ICS, and PROSE, offering comprehensive tram and light rail modernisation solutions. Together we are shaping tomorrow’s mobility!
Our partnership provides a one-stop-shop for A-Z engineering, cost-efficient hardware and software solutions, manufacturing, and maintenance. Our expertise saves customers from keeping on hand their own engineering resources. Our collaboration focuses on sustainability and cost savings.
We’re happy to share some exciting news with you! Our Winterthur office in Switzerland has moved to a brand-new location while staying in a historic building with railway history.
Our agile mindset and way of working have inspired us to create an agile office space that reflects our commitment to innovation and collaboration. We invite all our valued customers and partners to visit our new office, enjoy coffee with us, and experience our dynamic work environment.
Our doors are open, and we look forward to catching up with you at your convenience. The address of our new office is Zürcherstrasse 39, 2nd floor.
See you soon at our fresh and welcoming Winterthur office!
We are happy to extend a warm welcome to our new Business Unit International Director, Michael Schwerdtfeger, who joins PROSE!
Michael comes to us with a long experience and expertise in the international arena.
We are confident that Michael’s skills in strategic planning, market analysis, sales, business development, and leadership will play a central role in shaping our global business unit’s future success.
Please join us in giving him a big welcome to PROSE.
During the development process or during modernisation, aerodynamic influences such as crosswind or vehicle air conditioning of a vehicle must be assessed. Often the final verification requires investigations in a wind tunnel or climatic wind tunnel. However, CFD (Computational fluid dynamics) simulations are ideal for an initial assessment and optimisation, as they generally provide reliable results at significantly lower cost.
Analyses:
Crosswind stability (aero-dynamic coefficients and wind characteristics curves) according to EN 14067-6
Climatic studies and thermal comfort
Our Approach
Crosswind assessment according to EN 14067-6
The EN 14067-6 provides for the evaluation of crosswind with aerodynamic coefficients, which can be obtained either by wind tunnel tests or by CFD simulations. PROSE can determine these coefficients by CFD simulations and derive characteristic wind curves. The influence of the vehicle design on the crosswind stability can be considered in the design phase. In the case of changes to the vehicle exterior shape during conversions, the influence can be assessed and in the case of minor changes, proof of crosswind stability can also be provided.
Investigation of vehicle air conditioning
CFD simulations allow first estimations for climatic-technical investigations according to European standards, which are based on tests in the climatic wind tunnel. An optimisation with CFD simulations within the scope of the design of the air conditioning system generates additional safety and can avoid costly adjustments and repetitions of measurements in the climatic wind tunnel.
Customer benefit
PROSE can support you during the development process or during a modernisation with CFD simulations to reduce costs and risks of wind tunnel and climatic wind tunnel tests.
Looking to navigate the complexities of the European Train Control System, ETCS? We’ve got you covered with our railway vehicle engineering competency!
At PROSE, we’re your trusted advisors and solution builders, ready to manage and support you in your ETCS challenges.
Our Expertise:
Consulting & Project Management: We develop a strategic roadmap for you, optimising operations and asset management. Plus, we are highly skilled in procurement management and ETCS-OB rollout.
Engineering & Integration: Count on us for retrofitting, onboard integration, vehicle authorisation , and commissioning & testing services.
Connect with us to learn how we can improve your railway operations and make ETCS work for you.
Last week, PROSE had the privilege of participating in two great events, RNTP (Rencontres nationales du transport public) in Clermont-Ferrand and the 16th ECM Exchange in Olten.
RNTP brought together the best minds in public transport, fostering a dynamic exchange of ideas to enhance mobility solutions. The commitment to creating sustainable and efficient public transport systems was inspiring. Thank you all for visiting our booth. We are excited about the possibilities that await.
Meanwhile, at the 16th ECM Exchange of experiences showed that there are still many unanswered questions about the application of ECM and that the topic itself is in a constant state of transformation. Thus, the comparison of AVV and ECM again resulted in lively discussions, terminology is often interpreted differently and the political situation between Switzerland and the EU exerts a greater influence than one would assume.
PROSE was also in the thick of it this year; taking along the new information and passing on its own experiences. We would be happy to advise you as a company personally and tailored to your questions and needs.
Together with our customers, we’re committed to providing innovative, sustainable, and forward-thinking solutions that will transform mobility. Reach out to your local contacts today: https://prose.one/contact/
Find out why we are the solution provider for you: All our services
System integration (e.g. doors, brake system, HVAC, coupler etc.)
Vehicle modernisation projects:
Interior design
Layout concepts
System integration (e.g. ATC, infotainment system, magnetic rail brake, air conditioning system etc.)
Niche development projects (e.g. gauge changing and rack railway bogie, people mover or magnetic levitation systems etc.)
Structural bonding & welding competences:
Bonding according to DIN 6701-3 (A1) / EN 17460
Welding according to EN 15085-2 (CL 1)
Our Approach
Our focus is on the manufacturability and maintainability of a vehicle. We offer thought-through solutions in all our de-signs. We remain in direct exchange with our customer to ensure that the design process can be finished in a short time.
Customer benefit
With 3D model views we give visual answers to your ideas or thoughts. We have an agile way of working and can ensure that your feedback is shaping the visual idea and helping to complete it. Already in an early stage of the design process, the PROSE designer team ensures that the concept design is feasible. Our flexibility makes us respond to your requests at very short notice. We offer the complete batch of documentation for procurement and manufacturing.
Industrial engineering of mid-life overhaul of railway equipment
Our Approach
Akiem decided to transfer production to an industrial partner during the construction and commissioning of Akiem Technik’s site in Ostricourt as part of the PRIMA Mid-Life Overhaul (MLO) project. It is important that Akiem has an efficient industrial production facility in order to be able to ramp up production of mid-life operations on PRIMA locomotives in 2023 at the earliest. It is, therefore, necessary to set up an effective industrial production in the partner’s workshops.
We provided Akiem with our expertise and knowledge of workshop layout, and made sure they had the support needed at every stage of the process. The aim was to define all the production resources required for this modernisation project, and to ensure that the customer met their production rate targets. Keeping efficiency in the workshops and delivering productive solutions.
Customer benefit
PROSE has a long experience in assisting realisation and implementation of industrial layouts in the context of mid-life overhaul of rail vehicles. We can ensure the optimised flow of vehicles by developing the workload plan per workstation and the balancing of the workstations. The supply chain aspect and the management of logistics flows are integrated into the overall study. Making sure our customers get the best solution possible.
Background: In the context of the evolution of the future scope of scheduled services, and considering the adoption of the Law of 24 December 2019, “Orientations des Mobilités”, the Transport Organizing Authority (AOT), the Southern Region defines its service offering.
The Region needed to strengthen these capacities in the face of the procedures for renewing contracts for the regional interurban public transport network in the Alpes de Haute-Provence region and the reorganisation of the Regional Express Lines in the areas concerned.
Approach: PROSE joined forces as a consortium to respond to this call for tenders. The consortium, led by the company Trans-missions, is made up of PROSE for its expertise in rolling stock, but also Tractebel for the infrastructure part.
Customer benefit
PROSE is supporting the South Region in the preparation, development and negotiation of a new operating agreement with SNCF Voyageurs. Our profound expertise in rolling stock empowers us to provide valuable advice for enhancing the terms of the operational monitoring contract. We focus on critical aspects such as reliability clauses, availability assurances, and proactive obsolescence monitoring. In the field of maintenance, PROSE’s expertise is made available for an accurate assessment of the advertised costs.
In the pursuit of the opening of regional passenger rail lines to competition, PROSE provides technical assistance on the new calls for tenders to come., Our technical expertise is poised to address critical areas, including:
ERTMS installation
Rolling stock maintenance
Sustainable development
Technical sizing of maintenance and siding sites, etc.
Pre-studies (feasibility study and budget estimate on different topics)
Electrical and mechanical integration studies
Replacement of the headlights with LED headlights
Integration of a socket with USB ports in the driver’s cab.
Modification of existing circuit diagrams
Design of integration plans and schemes
Creation of an operating and an assembly manual
Budget estimate to modify the entire PRIMA fleet of AKIEM
Supply of prototype parts and support for its integration
Carrying out the procedure and the test report
Updating of documents after the integration of the prototype and the realisation of tests, if necessary
Provision of the purchase specifications of the parts for the series
Impact assessment of the amendment
Our Approach
To carry out all pre-studies and studies, PROSE has set up an internal organisation:
Project Manager / Coordinator
Electrical Engineers
Mechanical Design Engineer
Expert in change impact analysis
PROSE worked in collaboration with AKIEM to provide the best possible solution in the shortest possible lead time.
Customer benefit
Thanks to our expertise in the field of rolling stock and our engineering department with its various competence centres, PROSE was able to offer our best services to propose modifications and carry out innovations on the locomotives.
