An assembly for a vehicle, in particular a rail vehicle, includes an undercarriage unit having at least one first wheel set supported on a track and a main body supported on the first wheel set. The main body has a coupling mechanism for mechanically coupling to at least one car body of the vehicle. At least one first driving motor for driving the first wheel set, at least one power supply unit for supplying the driving motor with electrical power and at least one inverter unit are provided. The power supply unit is disposed at least partially in a region of the undercarriage unit in order to permit the undercarriage unit of the assembly to be expanded with regard to the functionalities of the undercarriage unit.

An assembly for a vehicle, in particular a rail vehicle, includes an undercarriage unit having at least one first wheel set supported on a track and a main body supported on the first wheel set. The main body has a coupling mechanism for mechanically coupling to at least one car body of the vehicle. At least one first driving motor for driving the first wheel set, at least one power supply unit for supplying the driving motor with electrical power and at least one inverter unit are provided. The power supply unit is disposed at least partially in a region of the undercarriage unit in order to permit the undercarriage unit of the assembly to be expanded with regard to the functionalities of the undercarriage unit.

A predictive maintenance system for determining when an item of equipment on a rail car is due for servicing. A server is configured to receive run data relating to a train and a database is associated with the server to maintain identifying information about the rail car, status information about an item of equipment, the date when the item of equipment will likely be due for servicing, and the current location of the rail car. The service date is calculated from the run data by estimating the amount of wear that likely has occurred based on the run data. The estimated amount of wear may then be used to determine the amount of wear remaining and the date when the equipment will likely reach its lifespan based on estimated use to date and the rate of usage.

A predictive maintenance system for determining when an item of equipment on a rail car is due for servicing. A server is configured to receive run data relating to a train and a database is associated with the server to maintain identifying information about the rail car, status information about an item of equipment, the date when the item of equipment will likely be due for servicing, and the current location of the rail car. The service date is calculated from the run data by estimating the amount of wear that likely has occurred based on the run data. The estimated amount of wear may then be used to determine the amount of wear remaining and the date when the equipment will likely reach its lifespan based on estimated use to date and the rate of usage.

A communication system uses a vehicle system controller to control operation of a vehicle system. An electronic air brake (EAB) controller and an electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) brake controller control operation of a brake of the vehicle system. One or more network connections communicate data packets between the vehicle system controller and the brake controllers to allow the vehicle system controller to control the brake of the vehicle system using data packets communicated between or among two or more of the vehicle system controller, the EAB controller, or the ECP controller to allow the vehicle system controller to control the brake of the vehicle system.

Method for the video inspection of a pantograph (100) along an overhead contact line, comprising the steps of:

detecting passage of the pantograph (100) in a plurality of monitoring stations (2);
in each monitoring station (2), in response to the detection of the passage of the pantograph (100), illuminating a first overhead zone in which a portion of the pantograph (100) passes;
in each monitoring station (2), during the step of illuminating the first overhead zone, acquiring images of the first overhead zone by means of at least one pair of stereo video cameras (5a, 5b);
calculating the disparity between the images acquired;
reconstructing a three-dimensional model of the portion of the pantograph (100).

Method for the video inspection of a pantograph (100) along an overhead contact line, comprising the steps of:

detecting passage of the pantograph (100) in a plurality of monitoring stations (2);
in each monitoring station (2), in response to the detection of the passage of the pantograph (100), illuminating a first overhead zone in which a portion of the pantograph (100) passes;
in each monitoring station (2), during the step of illuminating the first overhead zone, acquiring images of the first overhead zone by means of at least one pair of stereo video cameras (5a, 5b);
calculating the disparity between the images acquired;
reconstructing a three-dimensional model of the portion of the pantograph (100).

A rail management device includes a measurement unit configured to measure upper and lateral profiles of the head portion, and a securing unit fixed to the rail and configured to support and fix the measurement unit, in which the securing unit includes a body connected to the measurement unit, an elastic clamp provided at a lower side of the body and provided to be in close contact with an upper surface of the head portion, an invariable clamp provided at one side of the body and provided to be in close contact with one side lower surface of the head portion, and a variable clamp provided at the other side of the body and provided to be in close contact with the other side lower surface of the head portion.

A rail management device includes a measurement unit configured to measure upper and lateral profiles of the head portion, and a securing unit fixed to the rail and configured to support and fix the measurement unit, in which the securing unit includes a body connected to the measurement unit, an elastic clamp provided at a lower side of the body and provided to be in close contact with an upper surface of the head portion, an invariable clamp provided at one side of the body and provided to be in close contact with one side lower surface of the head portion, and a variable clamp provided at the other side of the body and provided to be in close contact with the other side lower surface of the head portion.

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for warning of exceeding speed limit in railway vehicles, wherein a train speed is estimated after a predetermined time, a remaining time is calculated until a train reaches a speed limit based on the estimated speed, and when the calculated time is smaller than a preset reference value, a warning signal is generated. Thus, an adequate warning can be given to cater to a train operation situation because a TTSLC indicator is used that notifies when an emergency braking will be activated by exceeding a set speed limit value after a certain time lapses, resultantly increasing the train operation frequency and the availability of trains.