Annual Report 2012 - Knorr-Bremse AG.
Annual Report 2012 - Knorr-Bremse AG.
Annual Report 2012 - Knorr-Bremse AG.
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<strong>Report</strong><br />
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The air supply system is integrated into the vehicle frame and uses tried-and-tested VV 120 compressors.<br />
The ESRA brake control system, which is also attached to the vehicle frame, is an EP BGE system.<br />
<strong>Knorr</strong>-<strong>Bremse</strong> France is responsible for the bogie equipment. The systems are slated for delivery by<br />
the end of May 2013, and delivery of the metro vehicles will start thereafter.<br />
<strong>Knorr</strong>-<strong>Bremse</strong> receives order for Brazilian monorail project<br />
Monorails operate above ground on special guideways and, as such, can be built relatively quickly<br />
and at reasonable cost. These were the main reasons why the city of São Paulo decided to build a<br />
second monorail line. The operator, CIA Do Metropolitano de São Paulo, ordered 54 trains from Canadian<br />
vehicle builder Bombardier for the new “Expresso Tiradentes”. <strong>Knorr</strong>-<strong>Bremse</strong> was responsible for<br />
developing and manufacturing the brake discs, calipers and control units for the hydraulic braking<br />
system, which is designed for speeds of up to 80 km/h.<br />
The new monorail<br />
line in São Paulo is to<br />
be equipped with<br />
<strong>Knorr</strong>-<strong>Bremse</strong> braking<br />
systems.<br />
The rubber tires of monorails make acceleration and braking much more efficient than in the case of<br />
the steel wheels on trains or metros, which means this type of vehicle is particularly suited for operating<br />
with short distances between stops.<br />
The combination of rubber tires and rails means that <strong>Knorr</strong>-<strong>Bremse</strong> is an ideal partner for the development<br />
of monorail braking systems. Even though monorails themselves have only started to be<br />
used in significant numbers in recent years, <strong>Knorr</strong>-<strong>Bremse</strong> is able to draw on decades of experience<br />
with its commercial vehicle and rail vehicle divisions and combine components from both these<br />
areas.<br />
Order placed for braking, door and HVAC systems for first metro line in Qingdao<br />
In <strong>2012</strong>, for the first time ever in a single Chinese metro project, <strong>Knorr</strong>-<strong>Bremse</strong> successfully obtained<br />
the contract for the braking, door and HVAC systems – a further confirmation of the company’s successful<br />
strategy in the Chinese metro market. As a result, <strong>Knorr</strong>-<strong>Bremse</strong> will be supplying Line 3, the<br />
first metro line to serve the east coast city of Qingdao with its 8 million inhabitants. The line is scheduled<br />
to open in 2014, serving 22 stations along more than 25 kilometers of track and carrying approximately<br />
230,000 passengers a day.<br />
The cars for the new metro line are being built by Chinese OEM Sifang Locomotive and Rolling Stock<br />
Co., Ltd. The order received by <strong>Knorr</strong>-<strong>Bremse</strong> covers equipment for 144 metro cars to operate as 24<br />
six-car sets. All of the braking systems are to be manufactured at the <strong>Knorr</strong>-<strong>Bremse</strong> plant in Suzhou.<br />
Merak-Jinxin will be producing the HVAC systems in Wuxi, while IFE-VICTALL is to manufacture the<br />
door systems almost on the customer’s doorstep in Qingdao.<br />
<strong>Knorr</strong>-<strong>Bremse</strong> achieves further successes in the Chinese metro sector<br />
In addition to Qingdao Metro Line 3, where for the first time ever in a Chinese metro project <strong>Knorr</strong>-<br />
<strong>Bremse</strong> was able to obtain the contract to supply not only the braking and door systems but the<br />
HVAC system as well, the company also secured many further orders for Chinese metro projects in<br />
<strong>2012</strong>.<br />
<strong>Knorr</strong>-<strong>Bremse</strong> was commissioned, for example, to supply braking systems for 276 new cars for Wuxi<br />
Metro, 162 for Hangzhou Metro, 115 for Suzhou Metro, as well as 90 cars for the Nanjing airport link.<br />
Orders for HVAC systems came for 138 new cars for Wuxi Metro, and 30 for Hong Kong South Island<br />
Line East. <strong>Knorr</strong>-<strong>Bremse</strong> also supplied door systems for 96 new cars for Changsha Metro Line. <strong>Knorr</strong>-<br />
<strong>Bremse</strong> subsidiary Westinghouse Platform Screen Doors received orders for 1,248 platform screen<br />
door systems for Metro Line 2 in Hangzhou and for 480 systems for Metro Line 1 in Zhengzhou.