Capability Statement

With approximately 45 staff and four working areas, this department is the most efficient in Europe and worldwide for dynamic and vibratory problems arising from the interaction between vehicles and track. We specialise in planning, executing, analysing and assessing driving and vibration tests carried out on rail vehicles. We can realise the following test conditions for static measurements, tests and test stands: – Wheel profile examination – Rail profile examination – Wheel and rail profile development – Concentricity measurement – Wheel diameter measurement – Measurement of roll coefficient (roll angle determination) – Measurement of veering-out resistance (veering-out resistance test stand) – Verification of safety against derailment of small wheels in the non-guided -area of curved track intersections – Determination of torsional rigidity (torsion test stand) – Determination of wheel contact forces and wheel force tolerances on the torsion test stand (vehicle weighing) – Verification of safety against derailment on twisted track – Determination of the transverse and longitudinal rigidity characteristic curves and play/clearance of vehicles – Determination of car body rigidity – Determination of tracking and wheel contact forces in a 150 m bend (curved test track) – Contact angle measurement – Determination of tracking and wheel contact forces in a 190 m switch curve. We can realise the following test conditions for on-track running tests, too: – Continuous track geometry measurement – Dynamics testing of rail vehicles (approval analyses) – Optimisation tests (component and componentry tests) – Basic vibration tests of rail vehicles – Comfort tests on rail vehicles used for passenger transport – Vehicle response measurements for track clearance and inspection (vehicle/vehicle interaction). With our special-purpose measuring vehicles: -NeiTech measurement train (VT 612), measurement train for vehicle response measurements and component trial testing. DB Systemtechnik is QMS certified to the ISO 9001 standard.