Light rail vehicles open up completely new development opportunities for urban planners. Well-designed routes can take over some of the important feeder functions of metro networks or provide rapid overground links between busy underground lines.

Knorr-Bremse is ideally positioned to react flexibly to the challenges: developing new braking systems to meet ever stricter regulations or creating more energy-efficient products in response to an increasing scarcity of resources.

Our Reproducible Braking Distance (RBD) project, for example, brings together a combina-tion of coordinated functions such as deceleration control, wheel slide protection and sanding that will bring tomorrow’s trains to a halt reliably and precisely – even in adverse conditions.

Every day, countless people use rail vehicles equipped with Knorr-Bremse products. Manufacturers and fleet operators choose to work with Knorr-Bremse because they value our systems expertise and want to offer their customers top levels of safety, reliability and comfort. Global presence.

Dec 14, 2020 · Rail Vision has secured an order to deliver two samples of its light rail vehicle (LRV) system to Knorr-Bremse Systeme für Schienenfahrzeuge. As agreed, Rail Vision will also customise its LRV system to meet the stated requirements of the Knorr-Bremse affiliate.

Knorr-Bremse teams on both sides of the Atlantic have been in-volved in designing the new braking systems. Approval of the final specifications is imminent, and parallel to this, Knorr Brake Company in Westminster, Maryland is developing the manufac-turing equipment. The current schedule is for prototype delivery

ply chain excellence. Knorr-Bremse’s leading rail friction factories focus on the product portfolio of the world’s largest. markets: UIC and AAR. Our facilities are equipped with the latest production technology to ensure high-quali.

Knorr-Bremse electromagnetic track brakes are controlled by the Modular Magnetic Track Brake Control (MMBC) system. Within the Knorr-Bremse group, Zelisko is responsible for developing this fully electronic control system.

Aug 8, 2022 · Knorr-Bremse has expanded its long-standing relationship with Hyundai Rotem through the signature of a new five-year framework agreement to supply the South Korean manufacturer with subsystems for up to 200 light rail vehicles.

Knorr-Bremse has developed the first oil-free piston compressor for rail vehicles: The compressor is designed for the full range of railway vehicles from LRVs to Heavy Duty Locomotives. A delivery range from 70 l/min to 2900 l/min will be catered for when the …