Mike Niebling (55) has become the new Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Member of the Board of Directors of Škoda Transportation. One of the leading European manufacturers of public transport vehicles thus continues to strengthen its TOP management and sends a clear signal that Škoda wants to focus even more on selling its…
The new period of pig iron production in Třinec steelworks started on Sunday of 17th October. The BF # 6 has again blown out after 60 days of downtime. The reconstruction and overhaul of one of the two primary technologies was succefully completed. It has been the largest investment of this year in Třinec železárny.…
SKD TRADE, a.s. has been renovating 15T trams for Prague Public Transit Company for several years now. The design of the wheel is characterized by insertion of elastic segments between a wheel hub and a rim which ensures the transmission of driving and braking torque, the transmission of forces arising from the dynamic effects of…
ETCS (European Train Control System) stands for European Train Control System, which will gradually replace about 20 different national train protection systems and enable comprehensive safety assurance on Europe’s main lines. Operation of the system is provided by two main parts, track-side and vehicle. The vehicle part of the ETCS system consists of the central…
In 2009, Kontron Transportation s.r.o. started to build a very advanced solution for powering radio communication equipment for the operation of the GSM-R system in the Czech Republic. It was an island photovoltaic system, which does not need external power supply via cable connection for its operation. The construction was carried out as part of…
AŽD presented the first public ride of an autonomous train on a digital railway on Švestková dráha (Plum Railway line). A railway vehicle without the driver’s intervention reacted, for example, to a broken-down car standing at a level crossing. AŽD is working intensively on the introduction of advanced autonomous technologies into practice, thus creating space…
Adhesive bonding joints are an integral part of rail vehicle design. Part of our development activities in AV R&D are deals with both partial tests of adhesive bonding joints in the AV R&D Testing Center and the development of special test equipment for testing adhesive bonding joints in accordance with DIN 6701. Laboratory tests of…
Company IG Watteeuw ČR, based in Brno, has obtained again the Czech Railways certificate for its supply of gearboxes for railway’s rolling stock, this time including technology of wheel pressing to axle. Thanks to the Škoda CDR 500 hydraulic press, which has a working force of 5000 kN, a feed of 750 mm and a…
The OLTIS Group has launched on the market a completely new solution for managing the railway company’s personnel. The solution consists of two parts. The EDO RAT central application includes all essential functions: employee card, registration of employment conditions, certificates and licences, knowledge of routes, local conditions and traction vehicles, planning of prescribed and standard…
The manufacturer of brake systems and components for rail vehicles from Třemošnice in Eastern Bohemia has been on the market for 205 years now. To help it celebrate this anniversary DAKO-CZ invited some special guests, was visited by the famous Slovenská strela railcar and, during the celebrations, succeeded in raising almost one hundred thousand crowns…