The Benefits of Composites
Advanced Composites provide lightweight solutions for railway vehicles saving as much as 50%-80% of the weight compared with traditional components.
A lower overall weight translates into less stress, faster acceleration and higher speeds, as well as reduced starting and stopping inertia.
Today these are important criteria in global high-speed and metropolitan railway projects.
Fire, smoke and toxic fumes are key safety criteria for interior components of railway carriages. Any material selected for an interior component must meet international fire retardant standards.
Premier Components for Rail Interiors and Exteriors
Premier Composite Technologies expanding offer of composite components for railway interiors includes:
Ceiling Panels Stairs
Seating Vestibules
Window Panels Door Pillars
Partition Walls Diffusers
Gangway and Cabinet Panels Cabin and Desk panels
Door Pillars Lavatory Modules (standard and specialised)
Offerings for Exteriors include:
Front and Rear Ends Roof Panels
Nose Cones Under Fairings
Premier Composite Technologies provides customised and competitive solutions to the global customer base through:
Structural Analysis
Industrial and Engineering Design
Rapid Prototyping and Tooling
Process Engineering
Competitive Supplier Base
Fire Retardency
The Premier Composite Technologies process team is actively involved in the testing of FRP samples to meet clients requirements in terms of fire, smoke and toxicity requirements.
These adhere to the different standards such as NFF 01 281, NFF 16 101, DIN 5510, BS 6853 ASTM and TS45545.
ICE HIGH SPEED Train
The PCT team, when trading in Germany, manufactured and supplied aerodynamic composite nose cones for the hi-speed German ICE Trains. These cones were manufactured using Carbon composites and Vacuum Infusion technology. The use of carbon sandwich composite panels and infusion manufacturing methodology met all weight and fire requirements as specified by the customer.
The Premier Composite Technologies process team is also pleased to have worked with most of the major industry clients including Bombardier, Alstom and Siemens.
For further information, please contact info@pct.ae.