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With ABB equipment being specified to control the flow of power on board trains, at stations and to overhead lines, the Crossrail project has highlighted ABB’s rail electrification capabilities at every level from component supplier to lead contractor. Services on London’s new Elizabeth line are due to start through central London in autumn 2019. As part of the final drive towards completion, ABB

As road and rail transport networks turn to greater levels of electrification, Fahd Hashiesh, ABB’s Global Power Quality Market Development Manager, explains how ABB’s consulting team can support power quality in transportation networks. We’ve all experienced the consequences of poor power quality. Symptoms can include a flicker on your PC, equipment breakdown or even a complete network blackout.

ABB robots help a specialized shoe manufacturer boost competitiveness and create a reputation for big choice for its customers

With the five-year funding cycle of Control Period 6 (CP6) due to start in April 2019, Network Rail is laying the foundations for a digital approach to asset management. ABB’s Industry Solutions Expert for Enterprise Software, Robert Alonso explains how the operator will use ABB AbilityTM Ellipse® to support safety, performance and cost. Network Rail is implementing a digital approach to asset

ABB helps to design, build and maintain the infrastructure that is making the electric vehicle (EV) transport revolution happen. Electric vehicles offer the advantages of low or no emissions, noise reduction and low running costs. As a result, demand is growing fast. According to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association, the total market for plug in vehicles in the European Union and the

ABB has delivered the world’s most powerful rail frequency converter for German utility E.ON. The installation at the Datteln railway hub in the north west of the country can supply up to 413 MW to feed DB Energie’s traction power supply. ABB has delivered the rail static frequency converter (SFC) system as part of a turnkey package that includes design, engineering, installation and commissioning

Space is at a premium when building new infrastructure or delivering upgrade projects in congested city centres. The high value of the land makes it difficult to acquire suitable sites and obtaining planning consent can often be a major challenge, as well as extending project timelines. The logical thing to do is to dig down, putting the substation below ground level and freeing up land on the

BAE Systems is installing a centralised shore-to-ship power conversion solution at Her Majesty’s Naval Base (HMNB) Portsmouth. Ian Render, ABB’s Senior Project Engineer, explains how the Static Frequency Converter (SFC) solution will help to enhance the overall efficiency of the Navy Base while minimising its environmental impact. The naval base is spread over 150 hectares and has 10 kilometres of

State-of-the-art drives and motor power 200 year old farm machinery used to explain innovation in food production over the centuries. A farm in Cheshire, UK, is bringing 200 years of agricultural history to life for visitors using a 21st century motor and energy-efficient variable speed drives (VSDs). ABB and its authorised value provider, Central Electrical, supported the Tatton Hall estate’s

Following a doubling in workshop space, ABB’s UK Engineering Centre now offers its customers extended services including engineered upgrades, retrofits and tailored replacements. ABB has doubled the size of its UK Engineering Centre to tackle demand for servicing variable speed drives (VSDs), developing specialist test rigs (STRs) and customer training. Floorspace at the site in Coalville,