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new generation cars: reliability, comfort, availability page 4 aero trains: page 10 a pleasant start of your journey Magazine for the partners 2 03/2010 № TRANSMASHHOLDING corporate news 2–3 cover story 4–9 New generation cars: Reliability, comfort, availability holding abroad 10–13 NTS In the same gauge e getting acquainted 14–17 TVZ: Development cannot be ceased cooperation 18–19 Upper level of efficiency operation 20–21 ONT Aero trains ED4MKM-AERO electric trains operation experience C in the company Aeroexpress technologies 22–23 Effective intellectual property management traditions 24 Double-deck cars Historical insight 18 4 10 20 Magazine for partners of CJSC Transmashholding Authors: V.Mironov, Е. Frolova, Layout: OJSC Imars Group Editor K. Dorokhin, phone: (495) 660-89-50, N.Kapran, К. Dorokhin, N. Belova M. Fedorova, A. Denisenko [email protected]. Editorial office adress: Edition 999 copies Phone: (495) 234-57-46 127055, Moscow, Butyrsky val st., 26, bld. 1 TRANSMASHHO NeWS alstoM acquires transMashholding blocking stake This agreement is contained in ing company — Rail Trans- the document, signed in Paris port Technologies has on March 1, 2010, concretiz- already been set up and ing the companies` strategic incorporated in Russia. It is partnership agreement as of aimed at creating Russian March 31, 2009. centres of excellence for Alstom's acquisition of designing and manufactur- a stake in TMH is subject ing the rolling stock and key to certain conditions. Af- components. This work will ter that Alstom will effect integrate the latest technol- an advance payment in the ogies developed by Alstom amount of 75 million US$. Transport and TMH. The whole procedure is sup- This engineering centre posed to take no more than is already working on the 6 months. The balance will design of a new dual-system be paid to the Russian party electric passenger locomo- in 2012. The exact amount tive, the EP-20, capable of of the block of shares cost speeds of up to 200 km/h. will depend on Transmash- This locomotive will serve as French Group Alstom acquires Transmashholding's share- holding's results for the pe- a template for a future range a 25% stake + 1 share in the holder, Dutch company The riod 2008–2011. of new Russian locomotives capital stock of the sole CJSC Breakers Investments B.V. A joint-stock engineer- for various uses. the coMMittee evaluated cars for the regular Makeup trains The acceptance committee, brand new for the domestic passage from one car into evaluating cars for the regular transport machine building. another has become more makeup trains, has completed Sealed passages, lash-free comfortable. its operation at Tver Carriage coupling units, centralized Restaurant car is innovative Works (TVZ). 3 cars passed power supply are the main product for TVZ. The cars are of the acceptance tests — com- design features. The wagon a distinguished design and high- partment car (61-4462), HQ is distinguished by a high ly oriented on serving hot meals car (61-¬4463) and restaurant level of comfort — the level not only to the visitors of the car (61-4464). Certification of noise and vibration is es- restaurant but also to other pas- of the three models will allow sentially lower. The central- sengers, who prefer not to leave making up the full train sets of ized power supply allows to their compartments for long. passenger trains. Start up of desist from using rotary gen- The first trains, consisting full production is scheduled erators (replacing them with of new cars, are expected to for April 2010, 34 cars will be high-voltage static convert- appear on the railway route manufactured this year. ers) and lower the car main- between Moscow and St-Pe- Production of such cars is tenance labor intensity. The tersburg. MetrowagonMash dMus will operate in serbia Metrowagonmash enterprise manufacturers experience in mash proves the fact that the prise near Moscow in various located near Moscow has the sphere of DMU develop- Russian railroad production years are successfully oper- won the tender for the two- ment and production along is in great demand, and it is ated not only in Russia but year delivery of 10 two-coach with the level of the price capable of competing with also in Ukraine, Lithuania, DMUs for Serbian Railroads proposed. Summarizing the large manufacturers from Hungary, Chezh Republic. (Zeleznicе Srbije). results of the tender Trans- the European Union on equal In total since 2006 Metrow- In the process of the mashholding General Direc- terms. agonmash has delivered its winner selection the ten- tor Andrey Andreev said that DMUs and rail buses customers 62 sets of two- der board considered the the selection of Metrowagon- manufactured at the enter- and three-coach rail buses. 2 №2 03/2010 NeWS two electric trains ed9M have been supplied to kazakhstan Demikhovsky engineering ten-coach AC current electric Pavlodar and resort city Kok- (St-Petersburg, also a part plant, which is a part of CJSC trains ED9M to Kazakhstan shetau (Kokchetav). of Transmashholding) are in- Transmashholding, in Janu- railways. The new electric Electric trains are stalled. ary-February 2010 supplied 2 trains will connect Astana, equipped with the electric-air Delegation from Kazakh- heating system with the ap- stan, headed by the presi- plication of the heating-ven- dent of JSC Passazhirskiye tilation air supply plant. Uni- perevozki Bayan Sunnatova fied control panel is installed visited the enterprise at the in operator`s cabin. Coating end of February for the accep- with an increased wear resis- tance of the trains. Kazakh- tance is applied in compart- stan representatives showed ments, tambours, operator`s interest in further cooperation cabin of the electric train. with the plant and acquisition New windows with small flap of Demikhovsky electric trains windows produced by KMT for fleet renewal. NEVZ has been granted with an award for the developMent of new electric locoMotives grain-car Model 19-3054-04 has obtained a right for serial production Interdepartment acceptance cargo as seven standard cars. committee has assigned a let- OJSC RZD requirements ter “A” to the grain-car model — to increase reliability and 19-3054-04 with body volume operating safety — were com- increased by 17% produced plied with during the develop- by Bryansk Engineering Plant ment activities. Now the grain- (BMZ, a part of CJSC Trans- car is equipped with separate mashholding). Assignment of braking system (its own brake this letter gives the enterprise a cylinder at each of two trucks), right to start serial production slip joint of pipes. Moreover of cars, leaving out the stage the car can be equipped with of pilot batch production. wheels of higher hardness, Decision to build a car nonasbestos wheel-saving with the body increased from brakeblocks. These innova- 94 to 112 cubic metres was tions noticeably decrease the Novocherkassk electric lo- ing locomotive designer, taken at the plant after analyz- wear of the wheelsets and comotive plant (NEVZ) has was handed over to NEVZ ing the market of the hopper reduce the harmful environ- got an award for the devel- General Director Sergey Po- type rolling stock. mental effect. The costs are opment of the new types dust. Several new technical so- paid back due to the increase of electric locomotives — The enterprise has mas- lutions are introduced in the of mileage between overhauls 2ES4K and 3ES5K from the tered considerable quantity design: higher end walls incli- and reduction of the operating professional association of of new models of products: nation, modified load bearing costs. the Russian enterprisers of AC current main line electric structure of the body, down- The car has passed the transport machine build- locomotives 2ES5К, 3ES5К, sized radius of the roof. Carry- whole cycle of certifica- ing — non-commercial part- E5К; DC current electric ing capacity makes 70,5 tons. tion tests without serious nership Union of Industries freight locomotives 2ES4К; The tare weight grew by 500 notes requiring finalization of Railway Equipment. The electric passenger locomo- kg, but at that 17% grain more of documentation or design award for the “design inno- tives P1М и EP1P. These can be loaded into it. That is debugging. The tests proved vativeness” named after Lev locomotives are the basis of six hoppers of the new model high reliability and quality of Lebediansky, an outstand- the enterprise`s lineup. can carry the same amount of the car. №2 03/2010 3 COVeR STORY New Generation Cars: Reliability, comfort, availability Vladislav Mironov, deputy chief designer of CJSC Transmashholding starting from october 2008 tver carriage works launched the production of new generation passenger cars. the main feature, initially contemplated in the design of the new cars is the possibility of creating any varia- tions and modifications of passenger cars on the base of the main platform meeting any customized require- ments in all segments of passenger operations with the application of locomotives. Gateway to the Future he head of the family is a of the life cycle (cost of ownership) of the option of the customer the cars are compartment car model these cars is lower than of those which completed with bolster bogies trucks 61-4440 and passenger were constructed from carbon (“black’) model 68¬4065/4066 with the common T (parlor) car model 61-4447. steel, because these cars don`t require brakes or bolsterless bogies model Bodies of the cars are produced of costly body repairs every 5 years, which 68-4095/4096 with disc brakes, at that corrosion-proof (stainless) steel, due to allows to lower labor intensity and the braking kits for these bogies can be of this the cars service life makes 40 years.