DOOR: Norgren has introduced an actuator designed for the curved doors of wheelchair-accessible train toilet cubicles. The integrated package comprises a toothed belt, actuators, motor and controller, as well as the extruded curved guide which can be supplied to a custom size and radius.
The door can open to a maximum width of 1·1 m, with a controllable opening time of up to 60 sec.
According to Norgren the quiet operation makes the actuator well suited to use on sleeping cars.
EUROPE: The Association of European Rail Rolling stock Lessors has called for the more co-ordinated deployment of ERTMS, changes to subsidy policies and measures to ensure life-time support of vehicles. It says these measures are needed to avoid disrupting procurement and to avoid rail pricing itself out of the freight market.
UK: Alstom has announced the appointment of Rob Whyte as Managing Director UK & Ireland with effect from February. He was previously Managing Director in the Nordics. Whyte joined Alstom more than 30 years ago as an apprentice in the company’s Transmission & Distribution business while ...
DENMARK: Goa-based industrial group Kineco has acquired Danish train sanitary system supplier Semvac from Wabtec UK in an all-cash transaction. Kineco’s railway division supplies rolling stock interior and exterior products in India, and the diversified group is also active in the aerospace, defence, renewable energy and ...
