Annual Report 2012 - Knorr-Bremse AG.

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Market successes // Rail vehicle systems
Knorr-Brake Corporation will also be supplying the brakes and door systems for the CAF LRVs destined
for new mass transit lines in Houston. A total of 39 vehicles have been ordered and are also
scheduled to enter service in 2013.
Merak equips Washington Metro with HVAC systems
The Metro in Washington D.C. transports about 800,000 passengers a day, making it the second largest
metro network in the USA after New York. Links between Knorr-Bremse subsidiary Merak and the
Metro’s operator, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), stretch back over 15
years. In the year under review they were further reinforced as Merak began supplies of initial HVAC
units for test purposes. The tests are in preparation for delivery of volume-built systems for almost 430
metro cars from the new 7K series manufactured by Kawasaki.
Traditionally, Washington Metro cars have used split HVAC systems, with one unit in the ceiling area
and the other mounted under the floor. In the new 7K cars, both HVAC units are to be installed in the
roof. With this in mind, Merak developed a new, extremely low-profile unit with a maximum height of
just 290 millimeters that takes account of the very restricted installation envelope in metro car roofs.
In the year under review, the new HVAC unit successfully completed a series of tests, including initial
testing in the presence of operator WMATA. Start of production for the volume-built HVAC units is
scheduled for January 2014, with the final systems due for delivery in 2016.
Frenos supplies systems to Lima Metro
Line 1 of the metro system in the Peruvian capital is to be extended, and the metro operator has ordered
nineteen new trains from vehicle manufacturer Alstom. Knorr-Bremse’s Spanish subsidiary
Frenos is to supply the air supply and brake control systems, both of which are further developments
of equipment already in use in the latest metro trains in Barcelona, Spain.