TALLERES ALEGRÍA S.A. TRACK CAR WITH TOWER FOR ...

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Ferrovías Astur (Talleres Alegría S.A.)
Polígono industrial Silvota, parcela 104, 33192 Llanera, Spain
Phone +34-985-269-288, fax +34-985-980-059,
ferrovias@talegria.com
The 336 kW (457 HP) diesel engine provides enough power to the hydraulic
transmission to accomplish the daily tasks. The engine has a displacement of 11.1 litres
and a maximum torque of 2080 N*m.
As it was said, the VEL400 track car has two speed ranges, 0-100 Km/h and 5
Km/h. The following are the average performances: top speed on a level track with no loads:
100 Km/h, on a 2% sloped track with no loads: 80 Km/h, on a 1.25% sloped track with no
loads: 90 Km/h, on a level track and towing 150 T: 70 Km/h. Please see next chart, where
high resistance forces and low friction coefficient have been considered, in order to get
realistic results:
Maximum adherence 1.25% gradient resistance (no towing)
70000
60000
50000
40000
30000
Force (N) 2% gradient resistance (no towing) Tractive effortLevel track resistance (towing 150 T)
20000
10000
0
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
The diesel engine comes with silencer (catalytic filter as an option), so working on
difficult places like tunnels can be achieved.
The hydraulic transmission allows an easy driving, because all acceleration
manoeuvres can be done with one lever on the control desk.
It can pull another vehicle or can be towed, we can see its UIC equipment for those
purposes on the next shot:
Speed (Km/h)
VEL400 description leaflet Page 8 / 16