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Refurbishment of X2000 class high speed trains

Customer: Stadler, Sweden

Project tasks

  • ​Overall project management
  • Electrical and mechanical engineering of the interior
  • RAMS
  • Approval management
  • Technical documentation

Our approach

During the tendering phase PROSE acts as consultant for Stadler. In the project, PROSE is responsible for technical project management, electrical and mechanical engineering, approval and RAMS. PROSE will also provide technical documentation services.

Customer benefit

Our customer benefits from PROSE’s great expertise in X2000 trains, as part of our team was already involved in the last modernisation 10 years ago. In addition, thanks to the modernisation, passengers will enjoy a completely new travel experience on board Sweden’s fastest trains – with new interiors, new seats and more efficient lighting. The availability of the trains will also be improved. The result is a train set that passengers will experience as completely new.

 

RAMS analysis of the Vivalto double-deck coaches

Customer: ATI (Ansaldo Breda, OFV and Magliola), Italy

End customer: Trenitalia, Italy

Project tasks

  • RAMS analysis guidelines
  • Safety analysis guidelines
  • RAMS analysis for the systems from ATI
  • Verification and validation of the systems from the sub suppliers
  • Documentation services
  • Protocol and test procedures
  • Study and analysis for CEI UNI 11170 application
  • RAMS analysis at coach level

Our Approach

PROSE elaborated the guidelines and the templates to realize the RAMS analysis. Furthermore, PROSE carried out a coach risk analysis and generated hazards (SFAS) relating to each system in the driver’s cab and the coaches.

Customer benefit

Thanks to PROSE‘s extensive experience with RAMS analyses and documentation services, the costumer was able to focus on the design. PROSE was responsible for the project management with the support of Ansaldo Breda’s RAMS office. Therefore, the approval of the RAMS documentation by Trenitalia was simplified and unproblematic. Furthermore, the Vivalto coaches are the first coaches to which CEI UNI 11170 was applied, which means that PROSE, ATI and Trenitalia can benefit from this experience for other applications in future projects.

 

Development of suspended monorail vehicles

Customer: Kiepe Electric GmbH, Germany

Project tasks

  • Mechanical design of carbody, vehicle interior and running gear
  • Mechanical system integration
  • Manufacturing supervision
  • Homologation management

Our Approach

In order to overcome the first challenge of creating the optimized vehicle for this particular application, PROSE developed a vehicle body that is constructed from aluminium extrusion profiles.
Moreover, the continuous low floor and wide-opening doors guarantee efficient passenger flow. The new vehicles for the Wuppertal suspension railway also offer high driver comfort.

Customer benefit

Given PROSE’s extensive experience in developing mainstream and special projects of all kinds, PROSE’s development team was able to successfully meet Kiepe Electric GmbH’s expectations. Furthermore, PROSE’s intercultural experience and capabilities are highly appreciated, playing a fundamental catalyst role in the current manufacture of the vehicles in Austria, Germany and
Spain.

 

Bogie engineering in Finland

Customer: Transtech Oy, Finland

Project tasks

  • Design and development of the bogie
  • Running gear design
  • Structural analysis
  • Simulation and analysis of running behaviour
  • Infrastructure test of structural stability and durability, and of load distribution
  • Detailed design for manufacturing

Our Approach

In this project, PROSE provided a full range of engineering services, including running-gear design for the whole vehicle, calculation of structural strength and durability, and detailed design. Simulation and analysis of running behaviour and measurements on Helsinki tram lines yielded important information on structural stability and durability and on load distribution.

Customer benefit

The result of the eight-month development period for the customer is a compact and robust powered bogie that is specifically suited to both Helsinki’s weather and the tram’s low-floor concept. In this process, the customer was able to concentrate fully on their core expertise, manufacturing, while PROSE took charge of developing all necessary documentation. As a corporately independent service provider, PROSE offered the customer system-oriented skills for the full life cycle of a rail vehicle.

Turnkey engineering for a freight wagon with sliding wall for high-speed operation

Customer: CRRC Jinan, China

Project tasks

  • Conception and development of the bogies, the car body structure and the sliding wall mechanism
  • Calculations of the running dynamics and the aerodynamics
  • Structural strength analyses
  • Preparation of component specifications, production drawings, assembly instructions and manuals
  • RAMS / LCC

Our Approach

PROSE performed the entire development process at several locations. PROSE can perform all services, e.g. engineering, design, analyses and calculations, project management etc., at several locations, which cooperate closely, but, of course, the internal communications between the various locations is also always ensured.
The manufacture and the approval tests were performed by the customer, but PROSE provided active support.

Customer benefit

Thanks to PROSE’s extensive experience with the various vehicle components at its various locations, PROSE can offer comprehensive turnkey engineering services. Our customer profits from PROSE’s know how due to the close cooperation and the mutual visits.

 

Adaption of German maglev train technology for operation in China

Customer: Shanghai Maglev Transportation Development Co. Ltd (SMTDC), China

Project tasks

  • Modification of the German maglev train TR08 in line with the requirements of a commercial operation in Shanghai
  • Support of reassembly of vehicles in Shanghai, commissioning and the start of operation
  • Realization of a maintenance optimization program with quality control processes
  • Performance of employees training in vehicle mechanics and on-site vehicle assembly

Our approach

PROSE engineers, at that time as members of ThyssenKrupp Transrapid, supported the successful reassembly, commissioning and start of operation of the German maglev train TR08 for Shanghai Maglev Transportation Development Co. Ltd. Thereafter the vehicles were modified in line with the requirements of a commercial operation in Shanghai. A suitable, adjusted maintenance optimization program with quality control processes was developed and established. Training for maintenance personnel was carried out. Until 2019 PROSE audited the world’s fastest train operation and its maintenance on a yearly basis.

Customer benefit

Successful operation of the maglev train in China was ensured because of PROSE’s yearly on-site inspections since 2011.

 

Multi-body simulation for providing evidence for safety against derailment for a metre gauge vehicle

Customer: PVF Trade, s.r.o., Czech Republic

End customer: Montreux-Berner Oberland-Bahn (MOB), Switzerland

Project tasks

  • Composition of the modelling parameters
  • Creation of the MBS model for each wagon type
  • Implementation of the boundary conditions in the simulation environment
  • Carrying out and evaluating the simulations
  • Evaluation of the results
  • Documentation in a verification report

Our Approach

The computational verification of safety against derailment in twisted track curves was carried out in accordance with the BAV guideline based on EN14363:2016 using method 1 with test conditions adapted for metre gauge.

Customer benefit

Due to the broad experience of the experts at PROSE with the MBS modelling and simulation of rail vehicles and the performance of computational verifications, the derailment safety verification for the metre gauge vehicles could be carried out efficiently and in target-oriented manner.

Expert opinion on reversing in accordance with EN 14033

Customer: ZAUGG AG EGGIWIL, Switzerland

Endcustomer: Trafiverket, Sweden

Project tasks

  • Standards research
  • Situation assessment from the user’s point of view
  • Preparation of an expert opinion

Our Approach

Based on test reports, technical data and operational knowledge, the specialists from PROSE prepared an expert opinion on how to operatethe ZRR10000M snow blower locomotive just with the CCTV backwards at speeds up to 20 km/h.

Customer benefit

Since the view of this opinion was shared by the end customer and the concerned authorities, Zaugg has achieved legal certainty to offer such machines with the possibility to drive backwards with speeds up to 20 km/h.​

Assessment of brake problems snow clearing vehicle

Customer: ZAUGG AG EGGIWIL, Switzerland

Project tasks

  • Independent assessment of the braking performance of the snow removal vehicle ZRR10000M Trafikverket

Our approach

The task included research of existing standards and operational regulations, the investigation of the implication in case of a lining change as well as consultations with brake suppliers / operators. Based on these technical and operational data, experiences and general conditions, PROSE prepared an independent investigation and assessment of the mentioned brake problems under severe winter conditions including recommendations for action.

Customer benefit

The assessment is used for submission to the vehicle operator. With the various solutions and recommended actions adapted to the vehicle, reliable operation of the vehicle can be achieved. Thus, the customer can fulfill the obligations towards the operator. Furthermore, the report serves as a basis for the approval with corresponding argumentations, which makes it easier for the customer to appear before the registration office and the end customer.

 

Advice on the modularisation of a functional vehicle authorisation strategy

Customer: Plasser&Theurer, Austria

Project tasks

  • Safety assessment report
  • Efficient decision-making basis for identifying significant changes
  • Optimisation in the definition of system boundaries
  • Optimisation potential in the creation of the “Requirement Capture”
  • Optimisation of the creation of the safety plan

Our Approach

PROSE offers support for a corresponding further development and optimisation of the processes. The aim was to optimise the processes and methodologies at P&T to the extent that effort is reduced and lead times can be shortened, but always in compliance with the requirements of the CSM EU VO 402/2013. The results of the workshop, including recommendations for the further procedure, were summarized by PROSE in a short report after the workshop.

Customer benefit

In a full-day workshop, Plasser&Theurer discussed in detail the necessity of a safety assessment report, efficient decision-making bases for the identification of significant changes, the design of optimisation in the definition of system boundaries, the optimisation potential in the preparation of the requirement capture and the optimisation of the preparation of the safety plan.

Verification of clearance between infrastructure gauge and infrastructure

Customer: Stadtwerke München GmbH (SWM), Germany

Project tasks

  • Support of the SWM project management in the technical evaluation of the results of the infrastructure survey
  • Interpretation of the results with regard to the requirements resulting from §18 of the BOStrab (German regulation on the construction and operation of tramways)
  • Recommendation of the measures to be taken
  • Preparation of the final report of the initial survey for the individual metro lines for submission to the technical supervisory authority

Our Approach

​With laser surveying, the existing installations are recorded with a precision that was previously impossible. PROSE supports the SWM project management in the technical evaluation of the results of the infrastructure survey. This includes the interpretation about the requirements resulting from §18 of the BOStrab as well as the measures to be taken. In addition, PROSE prepares the final report of the initial survey for the individual metro lines for submission to the technical supervisory authority.

Customer benefit

PROSE has experts with many years of expertise regarding the interaction of infrastructure and vehicle and especially regarding the clearance of the light area. This enables PROSE to advise clients on the interpretation of the applicable guidelines in case of ambiguous facts. PROSE was able to prove to SWM that several objects, which were initially classified as violating the clearance, do not pose a threat regarding the clearance. Thus, the customer could avoid a cost-intensive dismantling of these objects.

Setting the standards framework for maintenance

Customer: Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems, Switzerland and Rail Vision, Israel

Project tasks

  • Definition of requirements management
  • Creation of a standardisation framework
  • Delimitation of life cycle phase
  • Obsolescence management
  • RAMS & LCC Management

Our Approach

PROSE supports Knorr-Bremse and Rail Vision within their endeavor and defines the normative maintenance framework that builds the basis for a life cycle service contract upon installation of the electro-optic sensor systems.

Customer benefit

After prototype testing is successfully completed at the end of the first quarter of 2021, the partners will examine further business opportunities for integrating these systems into rail freight vehicles.

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