Capability Statement

We can offer you a number of customised testing services for active railway operation: Vehicles – Measurement of inside and outside noise of vehicles in accordance with DIN EN ISO 3095* and DIN EN ISO 3381* – Measurement of acoustically relevant surface roughness of a wheel – Full-scope technical noise approval measurements for rail vehicles in accordance with TSI NOI and TSI HGV RST* – Determination of the sound power level of noise sources based on sound pressure measurements in accordance with DIN EN ISO 3744 and DIN EN ISO 3746* – Measurement of audible warning devices for high-speed train horns in accordance with DIN EN 15153* – Vibration measurements in track-bound vehicles* – Measurement of the perceptibility of whistling signals and detonators in the driver’s cabs of traction units in accordance with UIC 643 (approval: Italy, France) – Speech intelligibility measurements on rail vehicles in accordance with DIN EN 60268-16 – Measurement of reverberation time in accordance with DIN EN ISO 3382 in rail vehicles Infrastructure – Measurement of acoustically relevant surface roughness of rail track in accordance with DIN EN 15610* – Measurement of track decay rates in accordance with DIN EN 15461* – Vibration measurements on rail lines in accordance with DIN 45672 and DIN 45669* – Retarder emission measurements in marshalling yards in accordance with DB Directive Acoustics 35.3 – Speech intelligibility measurements in accordance with DIN EN 60268-16 in stations Other test procedures – Measurement of traffic noise in accordance with DIN 45642* – Acoustic measurement of micro-pressure waves in the rail tunnels of high-speed lines (tunnel “bang” phenomenon) – Testing of noise and vibration loads in the working areas of rail vehicles in accordance with EU Directive 2003/10/EC, noise accident prevention regulations and 2002/44/EC. DB Systemtechnik is QMS certified to the ISO 9001 standard.