Propulsion and Coupling (ProCo)
The inner DLR undertaking Propulsion & Coupling addresses the drive and chassis know-how of rail autos with the goal of enhancing their useful resource effectivity and sustainability in addition to their attractiveness and user-orientation. Along with light-weight building and put on discount, the Subsequent Era Practice working gear idea focuses on passenger-friendly entry at platform top, even in mainline railway autos. For freight transport, we’re proposing using self-propelled bogies with an built-in drive and their very own vitality provide so as to have the ability to function freight wagons autonomously during the last mile. The digital coupler allows the dynamic winging of practice formations and driving with relative braking distance for higher utilisation of the infrastructure. Using hydrogen and batteries can be being investigated for hybrid car vitality provide.
The worldwide challenges of transport by way of local weather change, securing mobility and managing the transition to a sustainable transport system are complicated. The ProCo undertaking represents a holistic and built-in method that goals to allow climate-friendly, resource-efficient and sustainable rail transport.
The undertaking primarily contains and develops vehicle-side applied sciences. The primary areas of focus are
the continuation of chassis growth from the NGT-BIT projectsafe and environment friendly car platforms utilizing digital coupling,car vitality provide with hybrid drive ideas (hydrogen, battery) andself-propelled bogies with built-in drive and vitality provide for freight transport purposes.
