Annual Report 2010 - Knorr-Bremse AG.

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The first production order covers 53 cars due for delivery during the course of 2011. A total of nearly
800 doors is required, and production began at the IFE facility in the Czech Republic in November
2010. Within the same time frame Knorr-Bremse will be supplying all the oil-free compressors, block
brake units and braking resistors.
These recent orders from Metrovagonmash have enabled Knorr-Bremse to further expand its penetration
of the Russian metro market: Both the new cars and their predecessors, which will continue to be
built in parallel in 2011, are now equipped throughout with Knorr-Bremse compressors and Microelettrica
brake resistors.
Braking systems for Russian State Railways
Russia is currently modernizing its regional train fleet in advance of the Sochi Winter Olympics – which
is one reason why the country’s state railway system (RZD) is calling the new regional trains ordered
from Siemens the “Desiro RUS Sochi 2014”. Knorr-Bremse is to supply complete braking systems and
bogie equipment for a total of 54 multiple units.
The 5-car trains will be equipped with the EP Compact brake control system. The fact that Knorr-
Bremse is also supplying the oil-free compressor marks a further milestone in the company’s activities
in Russia. The Russian Desiro multiple units will be braked by a combination of wheel and axle brakes.
Both types have been combined because passenger densities of up to seven people per square meter
make high demands of the brakes.
The braking systems are designed to operate in temperatures ranging between +50 and -50 degrees
Celsius. All three of Knorr-Bremse’s Russian sites – St Petersburg, Moscow and Voronezh – were involved
in their development.