News 200730.11.2007 Brig, FL200 The new connecting line of Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn towards Furka has been equipped with Furrer+Frey FL200 Overhead Line Equipment. 13.11.2007 Laser-Scanning Portal structures scanned in 3D can be incorporated in the OLE model set up with the ELFF design tool. Grunder AG's powerful scanner is installed in a special container which is adapted to the loading gauge of UK railways or narrow gauge lines. 7.11.2007 Suissetransport Since 1923 Furrer+Frey has been designing and constructing overhead contact lines for railways, tramways and trolleybuses. The conductor bar, first installed in 1984, offers an alternative to traditional overhead contact lines for low tunnels and for heavily loaded lines. New tunnels can be equipped with the high speed conductor bar (up to 250 km/h), which allows to do without feeders or tensioning equipment. Workshops or mobile bridges will be equipped with a moveable conductor rail. A model in scale 1:45 was on exhibition at Suissetransport.
11.10.2007 Lifting Overhead Line A new type of mobile overhead line allows to lift the conductor beam up to the ceiling to free space for work on the vehicle roofs. 24.9.2007 Conductor Rail on open track On the SBB line Mahlenwald - Reuchenette the conductor rail has been mounted over the open track between tunnels. Delta-rope suspension allows for spans of close to 30 metres. 5.7.2007 Catiemon Test-Rig Furrer+Frey is a partner in the research project Catiemon of the European Union. Sick pantographs shall be discovered before entering lines of strategic significance. The train concerned can then be diverted to a siding and be verified. The Catiemon Test-Rig has been set up near Heustrich on the BLS Lötschberg line. International Tests involving a 465 of BLS and a 1216 of ÖBB will be conducted in August 2007. More about Catiemon 15.6.2007 FL200/260 on access line to the Lötschberg Base Tunnel The BLS access line to the Lötschberg Base Tunnel has been equipped with a Furrer+Frey FL200/260 overhead contact line system. 6.6.2007 Flat car with bogies for use on tramway lines On its way to the depot at Bern-Eigerplatz 2.6.2007 Internatioinal Fair of Algiers Furrer+Frey showed its products and participated at a Seminaire organised by Suissetram 1.5.2007 Conductor Rail in Templemills Depot The Templemills depot for Eurostar trains has been equipped with Furrer+Frey conductor rails complete with control panels and interlockings. 30.4.2007 Components of the "Stadtbahn" overhead contact line system in Bern Bernmobil has installed components of the "Stadtbahn" overhead contact line system between Viktoriaplatz and Breitenrainplatz. Swiss Federal Office for Transportation has approved the contact line system. 14.4.2007 Furrer+Frey Overhead Conductor Rail in Sunderland North Tunnel Furrer+Frey have equipped the Sunderland North Tunnel with a DC overhead conductor rail. 9.4.2007 The Tunnels of Gautrain in South Africa will be equipped with Furrer+Frey conductor rails Furrer+Frey will supply the overhead conductor rails for the tunnels. Installation is due to commence in March 2008. 28.3.2007 DCM mounted on a Tram in Zurich The DCM monitoring system, mounted on a Tram of VBZ, is measuring the overhead contact lines on the Glatttalbahn 8.3.2007 acrps in Leipzig At acrps in Leipzig Furrer+Frey presented its products and was Co-Author of a paper on "The application of the RAMS standards to fixed electric installations". 5.3.2007 Conductor rail for Curve of 20 m Radius only Commissioning of the first overhead conductor rail for a curve of 20 m radius was successful. | |

