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While much of the focus is on next year’s Wheelset Congress, 2012 has been another successful year for KLW. Interpipe opened a state-of-the-art steel mill earlier this year which is now the largest factory producing steel billets in Eastern Europe, reinforcing the company’s 75 years of experience in railway wheelset manufacturing. KLW currently produces 250 types of wheel and 80 railway tyres and has an annual capacity of 600,000 wheelsets per year.
As well as serving markets in the Ukraine, Russia and the CIS, KLW exports to over 60 countries, making it one of the world’s largest export manufacturers of wheel. Director of KLW Michael Is’kov says this and the fact that the company and Ukraine is situated between Europe and Asia makes it the perfect place to host the 17th Inter- national Wheelset Congress which will act as a bridge between East and West.
“This congress will be a fantastic opportunity for our colleagues, competitors and end users for various railways to come and to explore one of the world’s largest railway networks in the Ukraine that is very well advanced and well developed,” Is’kov said.
17th International Wheelset Congress September 22-27 2013, Kiev, Ukraine Hosting company: Interpipe, KLW
The International Wheelset Congress is one of the premier railway conferences in the world. The Congress provides a platform for rail operators, equipment builders, component suppliers, academia and government, regulatory and standards organizations to share their expertise.
It is also a forum for dissemination of technology and advance- ments in the design and manufacture of wheelset components to promote increased productivity, performance and safety in rail operations.
The International Wheelset Congress was found in 1963 and since then, with only two exceptions, it has been held every third year. In 2013 the Congress will be held in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, and it is the first time the Congress has taken place in a country of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
Congress Topics 1. Development of new steel grades for rolling stock wheels 2. The latest non-destructive testing technologies for railway wheels and axles, as well as hardness testing
3. Increasing the load on conventional rolling stock 4. Wheel defects resulting in failure - the main types of wheel wear and how to control it 5. Equipment to test wheel strength characteristics - analysis of the fatigue properties of rails and axles 6. Technical peculiarities of high-speed rail wheels and axles - trends and overview 7. Rail/wheel/brake-shoe interaction 8. Monitoring wheel life cycle and establishing feedback be- tween wheel producers and users - development of automatic wheel identification systems and integrated electronic data- bases
CIS focused workshop 1. Global integration of the CIS railway system 2. Strategic programme of developing and upgrading transport systems in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan 3. Development of high-speed transportation in CIS countries
Abstract submission is opened until December 1, 2012. Please follow
www.17iwc.com for details
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