Noise, Shock and Vibration Control
| ContiTech Railway Engineering | ||
On track worldwide with the right suspension concepts! |
The Gigabox from ContiTech and SKF copes with all major challenges facing freight car components. |
ContiTech: Staying on track with primary and secondary suspension. |
They do away with conventional shock absorbers: Hydraulic springs from ContiTech Luftfedersysteme. |
A contactless functioning height and pressure sensor has been integrated into the air spring by ContiTech Air Spring Systems. |
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| ELPA | ||
Elpa won the 2004 European Business Award for the Environment. |
The CL-E1 ws - a wayside application system for rails; various modifications enable the use of CL-E1 ws on railways, tramways and metros. |
The carry-down effect of environmentally friendly composite material can be seen several kilometres from the dosing point. |
The CL-E1 ug - an underground application system for rails ideal for reduction of noise in urban areas. |
The BREMEX-ANNSYS anti-noise system for rail brakes on a hump yard. |
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| Freudenberg Schwab | ||
We have various possibilities to simulate the operation of our products, especially concerning their lifetime, compression set and creep performance; during numerous projects throughout the world our products have delivered optimum performance in practice. |
For progress to be achieved, we must never stop learning and dynamically upgrading processes; we continuously target further development of manufacturing technology. |
Tailor-made solutions: vibration control, kinematics, acoustics – the entire range of products from our competence center, unique in Europe, safeguards our customers. |
At a glance: get an overview of the variety of uses for our products. |
At home on the world's railways. |
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| Gadelius | ||
Toyo high-reliability air springs are proven worldwide. |
Rigorous testing and extensive performance analysis ensure reliable and high-performing and durable air springs. |
Conical-bonded rubber springs. |
Rubber bushings. |
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| Gerb | ||
Floating slab (length 60m) for double tram track with embedded GERB spring elements, in Bielefeld, Germany. |
Installation of embedded GERB spring elements. |
6Hz floating trackbed at Chonan station, on the Seoul to Pusan high-speed line in Korea. |
Spring element for building isolation. |
The geographical spread of GERB's subsidiaries. |
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| Getzner Werkstoffe | ||
Elasticity in modern superstructures. For the last 25 years, Getzner has amassed expertise in the field of elasticity of modern superstructures. |
Rail and baseplate pads for rail resilient rail fasteners, used on trams, subways, light rail and main lines. |
Applications for elastic sleeper pads include vibration isolation, increased track stability, adjustment of track stiffness and reduced rail corrugation. |
Ballast mat - Getzner’s Sylomer® and Sylodyn® materials are ideal for elastic supports in all mass-spring systems where the noise isolation demands are very high. |
These mass-spring systems are used in applications where the isolation demands, in terms of structure-borne noise, are very high and where the use of these systems is possible. |
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| GMT Rubber-Metal-Technic | ||
GMT air springs provide high torsional, horizontal and conical displacements, giving a low-frequency ride characteristic for various conditions. |
GMT chevron axle springs are multi-purpose vibration reducing elements. |
GMT conical springs and rolling rubber springs are used frequently in rail bogie manufacture. |
With almost 40 years of experience in the industry, GMT offers a comprehensive range of components and complete system solutions for the improvement of safety and ride comfort on rail vehicles. |
GMT also produce a wide range of additional mounting systems such as buffers, bushes, spherical bearings, control links, steering rods, multi layer rubber springs and pivot bearings. |
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| KONI | ||
KONI is a leading manufacturer of hydraulic dampers for rail rolling stock. |
Our Performance Line dampers are among the latest technology for primary-vertical, secondary-vertical and secondary-horizontal bogies. |
Endurance Line yaw dampers control small-amplitude sinusoidal bogie rotational movements. |
Our vibration isolation products are custom-engineered to solve your complex shock, vibration and noise isolation problems. |
The relatively small-sized pantograph damper is customized to keep the pantograph in working position in contact to the catenary. |
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| Mediterr Shock Absorbers | ||
GIMON shock absorbers are installed in high-speed trains, as in this ETR 500 by Fiat Ferroviaria. |
One of our test benches with ten-speed hysteresis cycles - each shock absorber is controlled by special test benches, load cell and computer assisted. |
A wide range of products for any application - the high technology we apply allows us to meet the requirement for a prolonged warrantees. |
GIMON yaw shock absorber and view of section. |
High technology in new design – MSA was involved in Bombardier's projects for Virgin Trains and the SIRIO tram by Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie. |
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| PHOENIX | ||
The PHOENIX encapsulation system is suitable for straight and curved rail as well as for switches and crossings. |
The PHOENIX encapsulation system can be customised to meet the required deflection. |
PHOENIX noise-reduction sub-ballast trackbed mats. |
Track-filling safety profiles for closing gaps in level crossings. |
Resilient sleeper boots with inserts. |
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| Rex Articoli Tecnici | ||
One of the recent projects in the Zimmerberg tunnel of Switzerland's SBB, using Rex rubber boots with specially developed microcellular rubber pads. |
Glide springs, sandwich springs and different elements for bogie production. The company has been registered to ISO since 1980. |
Rex developed a particular insulation system for the city railway: anti-vibration profile with insulating effect and noise absorption sideparts. |
Rex Articoli Tecnici can deliver SWISSCROSS rubber level crossings. |
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| RockDelta | ||
RockBallast® resilient mats for vibration isolation of railway track, seen here on the Copenhagen Metro, Denmark. |
RockXolid® anti-vibration floating slab track mats at Bern Bahnhofstrasse, Switzerland. |
RockBallast vibration isolation resilient mats at Pinhal Novo station, Portugal |
RockXolid resilient mats (in blue) installed in floating slab track solution. |
RockBallast resilient mats (in blue) installed in ballasted construction. |
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| Saargummi | ||
Resilient rubber components for track systems increase noise protection and reduce maintenance costs. The Eurotunnel is one of our references. |
Resilient rubber components for track systems are a guarantee for long term age resistance and weatherproofing, high UV and ozone stability and minimum water absorption. |
Elastomer rail pads reduce natural oscillations and vibrations and corrugation formation on rail contact surfaces. |
Our product attributes are exceptional. This is the combined result of many years of experience and our high-quality elastomers that have outstanding longevity. |
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| Schrey & Veit | ||
Wheel absorber to reduce squealing noise. |
Wheel absorber to reduce rolling and squealing noise. |
Absorber for high-speed trains and locomotives. |
Rail absorber. |
Absorber to reduce the noise radiation of railway steel bridges. |
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