Railway industry

In the field of railway transportation, motor cars are used to provide power. A motor train can be a traction unit of a locomotive or motor train unit.

Autorail Grande Capacit é (AGC) used FAG wheel sets and transmission bearings in AGC. In 2007, Bombardier Transportation manufactured 500 fast trains for SNCF in AGC New Area. According to the requirements of French national railway, AGC meets the needs of France due to its wide range of vehicle models.

That is to say, it can only be provided for AGC internal combustion or electric drive, or it can be combined with internal power. The transport capacity can also be changed by coupling two to four carriages.

Due to the modular design (i.e. using the same components), although there are many models, the maintenance and service are very simple. AGC provides more flexibility for drivers, shorter stops, and more activity space and comfort for passengers.

FAG provides ready to use tapered roller bearings and axle boxes for all AGC models.

The design of modern rail vehicles requires high passenger comfort, low noise and economy. This is made possible by the rolling bearings developed by the industrial division of Schaeffler Group, which are used in railway transmission systems. Various ball and roller bearings are used to guide the drive shaft. As described below, various types of bearings such as deep groove ball bearings, self-aligning roller bearings and angular contact ball bearings can be used.

The increasing demand for control and monitoring systems in the field of railway transportation requires comprehensive data collection of vehicles during operation. More and more wheel set bearing information is used for various vehicle systems. It includes speed signal and direction monitoring, while bearing temperature monitoring is an additional function of thermal operation monitoring.

The industrial department of Schaeffler Group has developed the wheel set bearing with integrated sensor (ready to install module with integrated sensor), which has been optimized to meet the requirements of railway transportation.

The sensor reliably transmits relevant speed information to the wheel sliding and braking system, speed indicator, door closing mechanism and rolling identification system. Continuous temperature identified by early thermal operation