INDUSTRIALISATION OF TEST EQUIPMENT IN THE RAILWAY ENVIRONMENT

RAILWAY TESTING EQUIPMENT FOR MAINTENANCE OR FOR THE VALIDATION OF NEW PRODUCTS

EFS has been manufacturing railway testing equipment for many years, thanks to a dedicated team. Manufactured in series at our facilities, these often complex devices are used for maintenance or for the validation of customer products.

• Validation bay (TCMS products, traction products, signaling products, network products, etc.)
• Maintenance test bench for analyzing and troubleshooting faults in electronic racks on trains.

Customer problem

For more than ten years, the company Alstom, specialized in the transport sector, has relied on EFS for the production of railway testing equipment, including test benches and system cabinet.

This collaboration mainly concerns two types of equipment:

• test benches intended for Alstom’s customer maintenance centers, including a system rack as well as a test rack
• validation cabinet for testing new products and associated software.

EFS response

• Industrialization based on functional specifications
• Creation of the manufacturing file
• Procurement of components
• Wiring by a team of cable technicians and testing
• Packing and packaging for export

Advantages of the solution

• production of complex products with high constraints (over 3000 signals)
• mass production of equipment on our premises by a dedicated team
• delivery to various countries with Alstom train or metro lines.
• specific development tools (train control system, traction products (motor, brake), signaling products, network products, etc.)
• maintenance tools for rapid troubleshooting of faulty electronic racks, followed by full testing.