Applications for Rail

Simplify challenges with a focused solution

Today’s railway industry faces the challenges of maximizing efficiency and reliability, digitalizing infrastructures, and increasing sustainability, and it needs to do it in compliance with the highest requirements and regulations.

Our Application bundles were designed by domain experts to focus on your specific challenges, making it simpler for you to select the right solution for the right need.

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Intelligent distribution

Motor starting and protection

Switching and protection

Your challenge:
Keep things moving and enhance sustainability

Deliver smart and reliable stations to ensure passengers start their journey in safe and pleasant conditions.

Connect systems and sub-systems with intelligent solutions to enable smooth rail operation, maximize energy efficiency, reduce carbon footprint, minimize running costs and downtime while ensuring 24/7 continuous service.

Your focused solution:

PASSENGER STATION

Discover our Intelligent Distribution solutions to remotely monitor and control various applications in passenger stations.

Energy efficiency
Maximize energy efficiency up to 30% and comply with LEED & ISO 50001 certifications.

Multi-site Analysis
Monitor and analyze multiple passenger stations simultaneously.

Reliability
Maximize reliability and avoid downtime with 24/7 real-time monitoring.

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Integrable design
Ready for several systems integration: BMS, SCADA, and facility management 3rd party systems.

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Your challenge:
Enhance protection for keeping things running

Rolling stock vehicles need the most reliable solutions to safely start and protect all the onboard systems, and provide the best possible transportation experience for the passengers.

Your focused solution:

HVAC SYSTEMS

Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems are used to control the temperature in Rolling stock vehicles to ensure passengers are comfortable at any time of the year.

Our Motor Starting and Protection solutions ensure that the HVAC systems installed in rolling stock vehicles are always up and running.

Continuous Operation
Less chance of failure thanks to reliable connections and coordinated products.

Energy efficiency
Reduced energy consumption thanks to the use of AF technology.

Compact control panels
Save space in the control panel and external unit thanks to compact design

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Motor starting and protection for HVAC systems in rolling stock

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Your challenge:
Secure systems for their availability

Both hybrid and full-electrical rolling stock vehicles need safe and reliable switching and protection solutions to protect the systems from the most threatening electrical hazards.

Your focused solution:

BATTERY SYSTEMS

CONTROL & DISTRIBUTION PANEL

Batteries are the systems that guarantee the continuous availability of the vehicle even when the main source of energy fails or it is disconnected.

Our Switching and Protection product portfolio in compliance with rail standards protect both batteries and systems upstream, ensuring that continuous power is always available on the train.

Reliable supplier
More than 50 years of experience in the railway industry.

Designed for rail
Solutions in accordance with the most demanding standards for rolling stock applications.

Compact control panels
Save space in the control panel thanks to highly reliable compact solutions.

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Switching and protection for battery systems in rolling stock vechicles

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The control and distribution panel onboard rolling stock vehicles is responsible for the protection and availability of HVAC, lightning, batteries, and brakes systems.

Our Switching & Protection application offer you a broad range of devices designed to protect against electrical outages and monitor various application parameters, while meeting the latest rolling stock requirements.

Reliable supplier
More than 50 years of experience in the railway industry.

Designed for rail
solutions in accordance with the most demanding standards for rolling stock applications.

Compact control panels
Save space in the control panel thanks to highly reliable compact solutions.

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Switching and protection for control & distribution panel in rolling stock vehicles

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Applications for Rail

Simplify challenges with a focused solution

Today’s railway industry faces the challenges of maximizing efficiency and reliability, digitalizing infrastructures, and increasing sustainability, and it needs to do it in compliance with the highest requirements and regulations.

Select your application

Intelligent distribution

Motor starting and protection

Switching and protection

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