News 200813.12.2008 Glatttalbahn, Opening of section 1A2 Section 1A2 of Glatttalbahn has opened for regular service. 28.11.2008 Contact Wire Grease Appliance While inserting the contact wire into the conductor rail, grease is applied to the grooves to ascertain contact and to ease the process. A new hydraulic device provides the appropriate quantity of grease irrespective of working speed. 27.11.2008 Room for Crane Runway over Electrified Track Over one of the tracks in the Brig Train Shed the overhead contact line is mounted at maximum height, and sideways removed from the track axis, to make room for a crane runway above the vehicle roofs. Transition of contact wire height and stagger is made by a short portion of pre-bent conductor rail. 19.11.2008 test-site and vehicle shed
Our new test site is ready. Samples as long as 4.50 m can be tested with a tensile force of up to 20 tons.
4.11.2008 Working on Rack-and-pinion-Railway Work is proceeding on the steep line of the Schynige Platte Bahn, using hydraulic plant of our daughter-company UPAG, Worb. 28.10.2008 Dynamic Catenary Monitoring on the M1 Metro Line in Lausanne DCM was used to measure contact wire height and stagger on Metro M1 in Lausanne, as well as on lines of asm and RBS. 21.10.2008 Electric Measurements on Glatttal-Bahn Stage 1A2 of the Zurich-Glatttal-Bahn will create a new Tramway link to the Airport. During commissioning, measurements were conducted to verify the capacity of the power supply and contact line system even under adverse conditions (accumulation of trains, breakdown of a rectifier) and to measure touch voltages and stray currents. 23.9.2008 Innotrans 2008 At our booth we were exhibiting the third generation of the conductor rail and the english version of the ELFF-design tool, adapted for Network Rail. One could also take a look at our overhead contact lines as seen from the drivers cab in the simulator created by Biel University of applied sciences. In the outdoor display area we presented our latest plant which offered a splendid overview (see panorama created by Willy Kaemena; to be viewed with Quicktime). 11.6.2008 9th UITP Light Rail Conference in Istanbul Presentation of the moveable overhead contact line on Galata Swing Bridge(PDF, 2,9MB), 25.5.2008 Extra wide Portal Structures for DB in Mannheim, final stage After removal of the cross spans, the central sections of the two portals was lowered to the height of the end sections. 7.5.2008 New Overhead Contact Lines for the Great Eastern Route Furrer+Frey designed the new components for the new, fully compensated Overhead Contact Line and presented them on a full scale mock-up installation. 28.4.2008 Extra wide Portal Structures for DB in Mannheim, Two portals with a span of 55m have been erected in Mannheim. The central part is temporarily mounted high enough to pass over the existing Cross-Span. 10.4.2008 Tram Bern West Frau Regierungsrätin Barbara Egger-Jenzer und Herr Direktor René Schmid von Bernmobil zusammen mit Reto Marti anlässlich des ersten Spatenstichs des Trams Bern West, das mit Furrer+Frey-Fahrleitungen ausgerüstet wird. 8.4.2008 Ground Breaking Ceremony at Wattwil General Manager of SOB, Dr Guido Schoch, acting as chief fitter for Furrer+Frey Overhead Line at the ground breaking ceremony for the new Wattwil Train Station. 31.1.2008 VDV-Seminar on Energy Supply of DC Suburban Railways A French-Algerian consortium is presently renovating the overhead contact lines between Bouchegouf and Souk Ahras under the supervision of Furrer+Frey. Soon, electric traction will be reinstalled on the first portion of the line. 31.1.2008 VDV-Fachtagung Elektrische Energieanlagen von Gleichstrom-Nahverkehrsbahnen Die vierte Generation der Familie Furrer an der Fachausstellung. | |



