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Freight Carssystems RAIL VEHICLE FREIGHT CARSSYSTEMS Freight Cars 1 REALIZING SYSTEM SYNERGIES BRAKE CONTROL BOGIE EQUIPMENT RAIL SERVICES 2 BECAUSE WE SIMPly FIND THE RIGHT ANSWERS TO COMPLEX CHALLENGES RAIL VEHICLE FREIGHT CARSSYSTEMS 3 For decades freight car builders and operators from all over the world have trusted braking sys- tems designed, manufactured and supported by Knorr-Bremse. During this time, Knorr-Bremse has combined its experience and expertise in freight braking to develop new systems designed to offer customers even higher levels of performance, reliability and safety while offering lower life-cycle costs. Based on a modular concept, each of the individual freight braking applications designed by Knorr-Bremse ensures that parameters such as pressure settings, characteristic curves and braking calculations are tailored to exactly suit the customer’s specific operational require- ments. In addition, Knorr-Bremse can assist the customer at the homologation and commissioning stages. Operator and customer audits worldwide regularly single out the consistent quality of our products and services for praise and this is confirmed by our International Railway Industry Stan- dard (IRIS) certification. EDT DERAILMENT DeteCTOR WITH BRACket DISTRIBUTOR Valve 4 Knorr-Bremse's expertise in its field has gone into every single component and system. For freight applications Knorr-Bremse uses a synergistic approach to create complete systems which deliver high performance combined with low life-cycle costs. High-quality components operate in har- mony to guarantee optimum functionality, high reliability and maximum safety. For each project, customers are closely consulted at each stage and Knorr-Bremse offers total support from the beginning of the planning process through commissioning and during the entire operational life cycle of the system. THE PERFECT COmbinatiON OF HIGh-quality systems RAIL VEHICLE AND serviCES FREIGHT CARSSYSTEMS BOGIE EQUIPMENT | INNOVATIVE DESIGN MINIMIZES WEIGHT AS WELL AS ASSEMBLY AND MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS DISTRIBUTOR Valve Knorr-Bremse offers a wide range of bogie equipment including the compact, lightweight bogie-mounted tread brakes CFCB and CFCB LIGHT. These innovative units focus on maximum durability or minimum weight whilst operating more efficiently than a conventional brake. And LCC and weight-optimized disc brake systems for freight cars are realized by means of Knorr- Bremse's new progressive light weight disc. BRAKE CONTROL | EVERYTHING REQUIRED FOR TOTALLY COORDINATED BRAKING Knorr-Bremse has an extensive portfolio of carefully matched components designed for the total coordination of the braking effort along the entire freight train. Load-dependent relay valves 5 ensure multi-level, continuous braking with KE valves finely controlling the system. Various additional modules include the kink-curve valve which reduces wear, especially during long CFCB WITHOUT HANDBRAKE descents. TESTING | TEST BENCHES FOR ALL Products – worldwide Knorr-Bremse can supply test benches for all CFCB WITH HANDBRAKE of the company’s products and systems. The (operateD FROM test equipment can be customized and the GROUND level) necessary tools can be provided to exactly suit the customer’s specific test requirements. Hundreds of Knorr-Bremse test benches and test installations are in successful operational service with customers worldwide. Examples of the type of testing covered include: train brake systems, brake control products, compressors, air dryers, tread brakes, brake calipers – and there are many more available. Global presence. More than 30 service centers all Product expertise. Knorr-Bremse RailServices is Service throughout the entire life cycle. You over the world offer customers a comprehensive range familiar with individual types of rail vehicle and can choose the particular services you require from of services based on top-quality technologies. develops products and services irrespective of the our flexible aftermarket program – whether this Knorr-Bremse’s global competence is demonstrated manufacturer or operator. As a long-term systems involves trouble-shooting, kitting or a complete in the form of local service solutions: Knorr-Bremse partner the company puts together service packages overhaul. To ensure smooth running, regular RailServices makes it possible for repair and that are tailored to customers’ specific requirements. maintenance, overhaul and repair are essential. Via maintenance to be carried out rapidly in one location Such ongoing collaboration not only increases its global ‘Advanced & Project Engineering’ network, close to the customer. The high-quality working vehicle availability but also encourages innovative RailServices offers integrated, customer-specific environment in some service centers has already solutions and cuts life cycle costs. modernization programs to prepare rail vehicles for achieved ECM certification – a standard that the approval process. Knorr-Bremse aims to roll out at all its European sites. CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGIES FOR UIC STANDARDS KE CONTROL VALVE | Kink-CURVE VALVE | DERAILMENT TRIED AND TESTED, AVOIDS WEAR AND DETECTION SYSTEM | HIGHly ADAPtable OVERLOAD AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY In production and subject to The kink-curve valve is an additional STOP IN CASE OF continuous improvement over many valve for braking under load that DERAILMENT years, there are now over 1.5 million is simply attached to the KE control The EDT®101 consists of an emer- KE valves in use throughout the valve. In freight trains consisting gency brake valve, a mounted spring- world. The KE valve has established of cars with differing braking mass valve and an indicator device. a reputation for delivering fast, performance, it ensures even braking In case of derailment, the increase in controllable, even and safe operation according to the load and braking vertical acceleration is registered by of the braking system and its proven requirements and can reduce surface the spring-mass valve. This immedi- 6 platform can have many additional temperatures significantly. The valve ately activates the emergency brake features added to it. The modular comes into its own during long valve, which opens the main brake design of the KE valve allows the descents, when it effectively protects pipe and initiates an emergency customer cost benefits combined against excess wear. brake application. with the flexibility to customize features and solutions. CFCB | COMPACT FREIGHT CFCB LIGHT | COMPACT FREIGHT CAR DISC CAR BRAKE REDUCING FREIGHT CAR BRAKE BRAKE | WEIGHT AND OPERATING COSTS AND BRINGING WEIGHT LCC-OPTIMISED DISC WEIGHT REDUCTION INTO FOCUS BRAKES BECOME REALITY Compared to conventional freight car The CFCB LIGHT is geared towards Following the requirements of disc- brakes the bogie tread brake CFCB weight minimization. At least 30% braked freight cars an optimized combines extremely durable design lighter than a fully encapsulated friction disc/hub interface makes this with significant weight reduction, design, it is the preferred solution rugged disc ~45 kg lighter than one making freight cars considerably when weight saving ranks first. Just a usually used for such applications. more economical to operate. Brak- single brake cylinder model covers all Latest computer simulation processes ing force is transferred directly via applications and provides easy con- like Computational Fluid Dynamics slack adjusters and the cylinder and version to the park brake variant. The (CFD) yielded an elaborated geom- transmission rod are fully insulated. slack adjuster integrated in the brake etry of the cooling rips that provides All bearings are maintenance-free cylinder adjusts the block clearance necessary cooling capacity despite a and the system automatically adjusts with one brake application. width of only 110 mm. for block and wheel wear. RAIL VEHICLE FREIGHT CARSSYSTEMS CUTting-EDGE TECHNOLOGIES FOR AAR STANDARDS DB-60 II | WITH BRAKE SLOPE SHEET TMB-60 | DESIGNED TO CYLINDER maintaining EMPTY/LOAD LOWER LIFE-CYCLE COSTS (BCM) The EL-60SS valve provides empty/ The unique TMB-60 parallelogram DB-60 II with the BCM feature is the load control for bulk commodity design delivers optimum braking “SAFEST” control valve available for hopper car applications, using the performance using extremely rugged the AAR markets as it makes up for proven EL-60 upstream proportioning but lightweight beams. TMB-60 is 7 leakage in the brake cylinder circuit. technology in a slope sheet package. recognised for delivering the It also improves operational efficiency In addition to a lightweight all- industry’s most uniform shoe and of railroads and keeps the freight cars aluminum design, the EL-60SS wheel wear. With no “through-bolster in service longer. It is made from includes an innovative test feature, rods” the risk of equipment damage is of the highest-quality materials which makes single car testing easy. significantly reduced. The integrated including cold-temperature rubber compression slack adjuster eliminates compounds. Highly reliable poppet trigger failures found on competitors’ valves used in the valve deliver the products. The assembly and set-up longest life since they are free from process is fast and during car friction and stiction, while DB-60 II maintenance brake heads can be meets all the requirements of AAR removed and replaced without S-464. The DB-60 has proven its de-trucking, providing a major reliability in service and has been operational advantage. The field- installed on over 500,000 cars in
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