era-contact - Couplings and Electrical Cables for Trains and Railways

era-contact is a leading manufacturer of current contacts, electrical train couplers, UIC 552, power connectors and cable assembling and wiring. The company produces automatic couplers, contact systems, and hand couplers for rail technology, commercial vehicles and construction machines.

era-contact provides electrical contacts, contact systems and train couplers for the rail technology, commercial vehicle, white goods, automotive and building industries.

ELECTRICAL TRAIN COUPLINGS

The rapid development in the sector of data transmission creates new demands on the contacts installed in automatic electric couplings. The data rate increasingly becomes the deciding factor when selecting a process-proof signal transmission.

era-contact manufacturers safe, train coupler systems. era-contact systems are developed for rough or hostile environmental conditions. Even under adverse weather conditions. The company's products demonstrate high performance, including compactness, signal safety and stability with outstanding quality.

The era-contact product range includes:

• Automatic electric couplers
• Standardized couplers
• Choice of various couplers
• Cable assembling for special engine
• Tight couplings
• Hand couplers
• Plug connector
• Jumper cable

CABLE ASSEMBLY AND VEHICLE WIRING

era-contact supplies assembled electrical components and wirings for all kinds of vehicles. One example is the Spanish high-speed train Talgo 350, which is equipped with a nose cone wired by era-contact. era-contact carries out repairs, refurbishing and overhaul, for our service department for the general inspection and others. The company also offers regulating moderately training.

ETHERNET SIGNAL AND DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM

era-contact operates era-transceive – the signal and data transmission system for high speed Ethernet. In addition to solutions for the transmission of data, current and signals, era-contact offers technology and equipment for the transmission of fast and gigabit Ethernet signals between trains, which is unique throughout the world.

STANDARDISED COUPLERS

Hand couplers and jumper cables are used to connect electric cables mounted between vehicles, from regional and long-distance trains to non-rail-bound land traffic vehicles. The couplings can be equipped as a control current or a high-voltage current version, or as a combination of both if requested.

era-contact manufactures products for the worldwide market at its locations in Germany, Tunisia and China to ISO/TS 16949:2002, and guarantees the quality and the proximity to its customers with its high standards. A defined management aim is advancing the certification according to IRIS.

era-contact channels 80 years of experience and expertise into meeting the specific requirements of its customers. The company's reliable proven products represent a history of capable contact and coupler development.