HARTING Canada offers various custom retrofit solutions for rail cars

Rail vehicles should be upgraded for the future.

Businesses in many sectors, including rail transportation, benefit from HARTING Canada products and services. Rail vehicles are built for long-term service life for economic reasons, so HARTING makes tailor-made retrofit solutions that keep these vehicles functional for decades – plus long-lasting suitable replacement parts and cable assemblies, among many other options.

To create retrofit rail solutions that ensure a sustainable, economical manufacturing strategy for years to come, HARTING depends on its deep development expertise.

Updating interiors of vehicles

Train modernization is more than renewing an individual rail car. It comprises a standardized technology throughout a whole train. HARTING’s retrofit solutions include inter-car connections, like jumper cables, designed to guarantee smooth transmission of power, data, and signals. The manufacturer designs and makes jumper cables individually and provides other suitable options to save money and time during retrofitting. Solutions for other rail modules include bogies, drive and brake units, heating systems, and air-conditioning systems.

Another option – pre-assembled connection plates that allow high connector density in confined spaces, making space-saving expansion palatable in short time periods. Because cutting separate openings through the walls or floor plates of rail cars for all connections is not required, this substantially lowers mechanical effort. Pre-assembly also reduces installation time on the vehicle and trims the input required for wiring and testing. To keep interfaces flexible, the Han-Modular connector lineup includes many combination options.

Passenger information and entertainment systems (PIES) should be retrofitted to comply with new standards, so interiors of rail vehicles also require upgrading. This includes information monitors, individual seat displays, charging facilities for phones and laptops, a wireless network, and security cameras. HARTING provides a broad variety of connectors and ready-made cable solutions for these scenarios. Its product experts can take on the layout and design allowing the development of suitable retrofit solutions, to make sure that PIES functions can be individually used in plug-and-play mode.

New safety-related systems may also be required to keep trains fit for the future. The European Train Control System is forming the foundation for a future uniform train-control system, which will need retrofitting or modernization.

For more information, contact HARTING.

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