INNOTRANS PREVIEW XXXX
Communication is key – a new vision for future railway connections
Recent headlines have put the spotlight on the comfort and services that railway operators provide for their customers, and have brought into question whether the technology is up to standard. Alun Thomas, market unit manager of Huber+Suhner, believes that today’s rail transport needs to be faster, safer and much more effi cient – and so does the technology.
imes have changed. The daily commute is no longer just a way of getting to work – it is now a chance to complete that last-minute presentation, check business emails and even take part in conference calls – and rail technology needs to refl ect those changes in order to ensure its future.
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With more pressure on railway operators to provide added comfort and perfect services for their customers, more and more complex systems are entering the market to help them meet these requirements. MIMO (multiple- input and multiple-output) rooftop antennas, new data bus cables and fi bre optic jumpers are just part of the Huber+Suhner vision for the future of railway connections, enabling the provision of gigabit ethernet services in trains.
The exciting range of new Huber+Suhner products launching at the world’s largest railway exhibition, InnoTrans
2014,
signal cables and innovative products for data transmission.
Unlike conventional railway cables, Huber+Suhner’s new thin-walled cable families Radox EN 50306 300V and Radox Tenuis-TW 600V are especially space- and weight- saving. Its electron beam cross-linked Radox insulation material ensures that
they retain their shape even under extremely high temperatures.
will
illustrate the company’s vision for the future of railway communications. On a joint booth with Swissrail, Huber+Suhner will showcase its vision of connectivity solutions for next generation rail vehicles with new power and
Alongside new cables for power transmission, Huber+Suhner will also be off ering new products for data transmission. The company is showing two new components in its extensive range of rooftop antennas. The omni-directional Sencity Rail MIMO antenna allows system integrators and OEMs to upgrade rail vehicles to 4G/LTE standard with very little installation eff ort. The introduction of MIMO also enables a much higher data throughput rate than with standard antennas, particularly important for applications that require high data rates, such as ‘internet on board,’ CCTV or repeater systems.
Huber+Suhner is also showing its new low- profi le MIMO antenna, particularly suitable for double-decker trains or for rail routes with tunnels. Customers with already installed Sencity Rail antennas benefi t from a clever solution: by using the same mounting scheme, antennas can easily be replaced with the new antennas.
Huber+Suhner’s display includes its new RF Jumper cables, completing its railway-
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specifi c range of cables complying with the EN 45545 standard. The Spuma 195-FR-01 and Spuma 240-FR-01 are highly fl exible cables, particularly suited to situations where a small bending radius is required. The range also includes the new Spuma 500-FR-01 feeder cable, particularly suitable for long distances due to its very low attenuation.
Finally, Huber+Suhner will demonstrate how a gigabit backbone can be built into trains using fi bre optic cables,
despite market hesitation
about the ability to use fi bre optic technology between carriages.
Huber+Suhner will
therefore demonstrate project-specifi c jumper cables at the event. These cables
are resistant to vibration and shock according to the IEC 61373 standard. Tested over several million inter-vehicle movement cycles and installed for many years on operating trains, these cable systems have shown that, even under harsh environmental conditions, the data transmission performance remains extremely stable.
Huber+Suhner’s comprehensive portfolio of products can be used by companies in the rail industry to fully equip themselves for the future and ensure that, as times change and the daily commute demands more, rail technology can keep up with these demands.
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