Railway
The international rail industry is both highly competitive and safety driven.
Global market development has presented the manufacturers of rail rolling stock with a host of new challenges. Apart from the usual requirements of speed to market, increased value and higher quality there are also more and more specific customer requirements and local market demands
Product development in the rail industry is focused on higher speeds, increased line capacity, innovations relating to passenger comfort and environmental and safety impacts. These innovations take place against a backdrop of tight international legislative frameworks and stringent safety regulations. For example the Board of Chicago Transit project where the automatic levelling equipment on board the Bombardier Transit Corp rail cars is designed to ensure level boarding with the station platforms and thus meet the requirements of Americans with Disabilities Act.
Such innovations inevitably involve an increase in the complexity of the electronic and electrical engineering complexity.
Rail companies demand electrical and electronic design products that will enhance reliability, shorten the path to market, and offer productivity gains. Zuken solutions are perfectly placed for the electrical design of rail rolling stock and have huge potential application in infrastructure design.
Zuken’s electronic solutions are also highly applicable to the complex signalling function design. With the rail industry moving rapidly towards greater compatibility of systems across country borders there is increasing demand for versatile electronic design technology that can respond to these challenges.
100% Reliability in Electrical and Electronics Design
Compromises on quality are not an option; products need to work right-first-time, every time in the field. Zuken’s software design solutions have advanced verification features that are designed to isolate problems and errors at the earliest stage possible in the product design process, helping organizations deliver 100% reliable products on schedule at the lowest cost possible.
Long Lifecycles and Component Obsolescence
Regardless of whether the product is in active production or service and warranty repair mode, overall product lifecycles far exceed the average lifetimes of the standard electronic product and the individual components within them. The ability to use design data for the creation of extra documentation such as maintenance manuals, can significantly minimize effort required after post production to guarantee the longevity of a product. Having full traceability and centralized control of design data is also very important for managing obsolescence throughout the life of a product, allowing organizations to ensure the latest information is shared in a timely manner across all disciplines and sites.
Zuken Solutions
Zuken offers a variety of product solutions that support these aims underlining Zuken's strategy of growth in the rail vehicle market and adding to the company's growing market share at a local and international level. In rail vehicle manufacture Zuken considers itself a provider of solutions for electronics and electrical engineering, with its eye keenly on the position of market leader.
Zuken is already working with Alstom, Bombadier Transportation and Voith Turbo and can demonstrate the productivity gains achieved through the use of the E³ series. This flexible software exchanges data with other software solutions and can be readily integrated with existing IT infrastructures making it very popular with rail vehicle manufacturers who use a suite of different applications.
More Information:
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CR-5000 - Enterprise-wide modular PCB Design
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CADSTAR - Price / Performance PCB Design
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E³.series - Software Solutions for Electrical Wiring and Fluid Design
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DS-2 - Electrical & Electronic Engineering Data Management