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Test benches & facilities – Our solutions

Design and delivery of an axle lift and support console

Customer: Göteborgs Spårvägar, Sweden

Project tasks

  • Requirement capture
  • Engineering design
  • Manufacturing and logistics
  • Delivery within time, budget and quality
  • Training
  • Verification

Our approach

Our engineering team worked closely with the customer to define the functional and safety requirements for the axle lift and support console. Based on these inputs, we created the original design delivered three years ago, providing a stable and safe solution for axle handling.  For the repeat order, we coordinated the detailed design updates and worked with one of our trusted manufacturing partners to produce the second unit. This follow-up delivery allowed us to refine the proven concept with targeted improvements informed by the customer’s operational experience.

Throughout the project, we ensured clear communication, organised the necessary verification steps, and provided training to support safe and consistent use in the workshop.

Customer benefit

​The customer receives a fixture that supports safer and more controlled axle handling in the workshop. The design reduces the risk of axle movement and helps protect personnel and equipment during maintenance activities.
By working with PROSE, the customer benefits from a partner capable of managing the full chain from requirement capture to design, manufacturing coordination, verification, and training. Our independent engineering approach and familiarity with workshop processes ensure that the delivered solution is practical, reliable, and straightforward to integrate.
The decision to procure a second unit confirms that the original solution met the customer’s expectations and that the updated version continues to support their operational needs.

 

 

Mechanical design and system integration

Customer: Various customers

Project tasks

  • Development projects:
    • Complete bogie design according to EN 15085
    • Complete car body design according to EN 15085
    • Interior and layout design
    • 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.

 

Development and delivery of module test stands for railroad construction machines

Customer: Plasser & Theurer, Export von Bahnbaumaschinen, Gesellschaft m.b.H., Austria

Project tasks

  • Development, delivery and commissioning of test benches for vehicle modules for construction machinery (e.g. power pack, cabin)

Our Approach

For the specific implementation of the tests, PROSE developed suitable algorithms for an optimal test process. PROSE was responsible for the complete delivery of the test stand in the project, from the conception and construction to the delivery of the fully assembled test benches.

Customer benefit

Plasser&Theurer benefited from PROSE’s engineering experience during the project. By outsourcing the entire development and engineering project, the customer had the advantage of having fully designed and assembled test benches available by the time the first vehicle modules were completed. The commissioning of the test benches by PROSE ensured that the components to be pre-tested only had to be mounted and connected to the test frame, which significantly reduced the overall production and commissioning time.

 

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