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Environmental product portfolio 2 KNORR-BREMSE ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT PORTFOLIO
Our contribution towards making mobility more environmentally friendly and energy-efficient In recent years, climate change and environmental Our product portfolio offers solutions that protection have taken on greater relevance for >> minimize energy consumption and enhance the commercial vehicle and rail vehicle sectors. In fuel efficiency, response, Knorr-Bremse has for many years been >> reduce atmospheric emissions, giving top priority to developing fuel-saving, >> minimize noise emissions, emission-reducing technologies with solutions >> protect the environment by using eco-friendly tailored to market needs. materials and manufacturing processes.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROTECTING RESOURCES AND REDUCING EMISSIONS
• CFCB bogie-mounted block brakes • Oil-free compressor with sound insulation
• Compact brake calipers • Flexpad Silent brake pad • Lightweight HVAC units, doors, brake discs • LL composite brake block • iCOM Assist (LEADER) driver assistance system • Sanding systems with reduced sand use DIVISION • Driving and training simulators • iCOM Energy Metering • HVAC systems • IFE Generation 4 entrance system RAIL VEHICLE RAIL • Isobar brake pads • Aluminum brake discs
• Pneumatic disc brakes • Electronic braking system (EBS) • Electronic air treatment • Engine retarder DIVISION
• Aluminum compressor casing • Genuine remanufactured products • Compressor with clutch • Electric screw compressor • Compressor with energy-saving system • Mechatronic transmission control • Shift module for dual clutch transmission • Tire pressure and temperature monitoring systems COMMERCIAL VEHICLE COMMERCIAL 3 ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT PORTFOLIO RAIL VEHICLE DIVISION
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
The compact bogie-mounted The compact brake caliper Lighter products such as the block brake CFCB makes it prevents disruptive noise and new models of our HVAC units, possible to reduce weight by saves up to 120 kg per bogie, doors or brake discs contribute up to 1,000 kg per freight car thus lowering the entire significantly to reducing energy and is significantly more energy vehicle’s noise levels and consumption during operation. efficient than conventional brake energy consumption. equipment.
The iCOM Assist (LEADER) Driving and training simulators iCOM Energy Metering mea- driver assistance system contribute to driving efficiency sures the power consumption supports drivers, enabling them and therefore to reducing the of trains and indicates savings to operate trains as energy- environmental impact. potential, thus ensuring the most efficiently as possible, minimizing efficient operation possible. wear, and still arriving safely and punctually. iCOM Assist typically makes it possible to save 10% of energy costs. 4 ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT PORTFOLIO RAIL VEHICLE DIVISION
ENERGY-EFFICIENCY
Air conditioning units with Special HVAC control systems HVAC systems use excess integrated heat pump save adapt the supply of fresh air to braking energy to heat the 25% to 50% of energy compared the actual passenger numbers. air and reduce the additional to units without a heat pump. If there are few passengers on amount of energy required board, the system reduces the for electrical heating. inflow of outside air, reducing the amount requiring heating or cooling, and cutting energy consumption.
The IFE Generation 4 Entrance The Isobar brake pad is so The aluminum brake disc re- System is 20% lighter and uses effective it can cut the overall duces the weight by up to 50% 25% less energy than its prede- weight by up to 25% by reducing compared with conventional cessor. New materials for the door the number of brake discs and discs – saving considerable leaves have improved levels of calipers required for each bogie. amounts of energy. The operat- noise and heat insulation. Isobar pads are also more ing life of the discs and pads is durable and easier to replace also extended by up to a factor than ones made with conven- of three, and significantly less tional materials. dust is generated. 5 ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT PORTFOLIO RAIL VEHICLE DIVISION
PROTECTING RESOURCES AND REDUCING EMISSIONS
The oil-free compressor oper- The Flexpad Silent high- The LL composite brake ates without oil lubrication, performance brake pad block significantly lowers the which means that no oil reaches largely prevents typical train rail noise of freight cars com- the environment or has to be brake squeal, thus lowering pared to conventional cast iron disposed of. Its weight has been noise emissions produced by brake blocks. The same goes for reduced, and it requires less rail traffic. the K pad, which is used for new energy and installation space. freight cars. 10 years after the A sound-proofed capsule also introduction of the first K pad, significantly reduces noise levels. the second generation has now been launched, offering improved wheel wear.
New sanding systems reduce to a minimum the fine dust pro- duced when braking rail vehicles, and also offer modern diagnostic options. 6 ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT PORTFOLIO COMMERCIAL VEHICLE DIVISION
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
The SL7, SM7 and ST7 pneu- The EAC electronic air treat- The aluminum compressor matic disk brakes help increase ment unit adapts to the driving casing reduces the weight by energy efficiency because they situation, making it possible to up to 35% compared with the are considerably lighter than save up to 1,300 liters of fuel per previous model. The water their predecessors. Eco-friendly year. cooling system incorporated chrome VI-free surface coatings in the cylinder also cuts the avoid the use of critical materials. temperature by up to 50 °C. This reduces oil contamination, improves air quality and prolongs the operating life of the air drier cartridge.
The compressor with clutch The electric screw compressor Compressors equipped with automatically uncouples from saves energy by using the excess an additional energy saving the engine when the system is energy generated during engine system (ESS) can lower fuel adequately supplied with air, thus overrun, thereby reducing a consumption even further. lowering a truck‘s CO2 emissions vehicle’s diesel consumption by about 2.5 tons per year. by up to 1,700 liters a year. 7 ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT PORTFOLIO COMMERCIAL VEHICLE DIVISION
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
The mechatronic transmission The shifting module for the Tire pressure and temperature control system reduces fuel dual clutch transmission of a monitoring systems warn the consumption by ensuring that heavy-duty truck ensures rapid driver if the pressure of the tires the engine is always running in shifting without any interrup- falls below a preset level or the the optimum operating range. tion in the flow of power, which temperature is too high. Such The unit consists of an electronic means added comfort for the systems not only increase safety control module, a pneumatic driver and fuel savings for the but also prevent excessive fuel module and a sensor unit that fleet operator. consumption as a result of registers the gear selected as underinflated tires. well as the temperature and speed of the transmission. 8 ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT PORTFOLIO COMMERCIAL VEHICLE DIVISION
PROTECTING RESOURCES AND REDUCING EMISSIONS
The electronic braking system The engine retarder ensures Genuine remanufactured (EBS) with wear harmonization the vehicle maintains a constant products from Knorr-Bremse uses sensors to monitor wear speed on downhill gradients such as spring brake actuators, levels of individual wheel brakes. independently of the engine EBS components, electronic air During braking, the axles with load and speed. It controls the treatment units, compressors the thickest pads are braked exhaust mass flow and plays an or oil separation cartridges are more heavily, making maximum important role in reducing wear qualitatively and functionally use of the brake pads and saving and tear on the service brake. equivalent to newly-manufac- resources. tured products, differing only in terms of the length of their service life. Remanufacturing is the best type of recycling, as it involves reusing entire products rather than just raw materials. Despite the cost of returning, disassembling, cleaning and testing the parts, up to 75% of
the CO2 emissions generated by manufacturing a new product can be saved.