Competence in rolling stock engineering consulting testing PROSE

Structure & facts § Field of work: o Engineering services concerning railway systems o

Development § 1982: Foundation of PROSE AG, Switzerland § 2001: Integration of the testing

Services (extract) § Engineering o o o Vehicle development Bogie development Carbody development Modernisation

Tram for CSR Sifang § 2012 – 2014: Development of a 100% low-floor tram

Low-floor motor bogie § 2011 – 2012: Development motor bogie for HKL, Helsinki City

Skytrain § 2011 – now: Development of a Suspended Monorail § Customer: Vossloh Kiepe

Skytrain § Pictures of production (March 2014) Left top: Aluminium car body Right top:

Approval Testing / Vehicle Dynamics § 2011: Vossloh – Loc family G 18/DE 18

Acceptance Tests § 2001 – 2006: Spanish State Railways (RENFE AVE) § Customer: Bombardier

Research / Design Validation § 2006: Spanish State Railway (RENFE – AVE) § Customer:

Roller Test Rig § 2010 – 2013: Chinese Academy of Rail Sciences Roller Test

Competence in rolling stock engineering, consulting & testing Thank you! info@prose. ch www. prose.

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Competence in rolling stock engineering, consulting & testing PROSE Ltd. Company presentation Selected references April 2014 PROSE Ltd. Zürcherstrasse 41 CH - 8400 Winterthur +41 52 262 74 00 info@prose. ch www. prose. ch

Structure & facts § Field of work: o Engineering services concerning railway systems o 70 employees (60 engineers) in Switzerland Germany We realise railway solutions in all areas. § Corporate structure: o Independent Engineering-company since 1982 o All shares of PROSE Ltd. are owned by the management team We are absolutely independent and interested in long-term cooperation. § Range: o Customers in Europe, Asia, North and South America We have access to markets all over the world. 2 www. prose. ch

Development § 1982: Foundation of PROSE AG, Switzerland § 2001: Integration of the testing laboratory of Bombardier Transportation (Switzerland), former laboratory of SLM Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works Ltd. § 2003: Integration of the Analysis Team of S&P (structural, dynamic, nonlinear and crash analysis) § 2006: Foundation of SCONRAIL together with ENOTRAC and TÜV Rheinland § 2009: Foundation of PROSE Berlin Gmb. H, Germany § 2011: Foundation of PROSE München Gmb. H, Germany § 2013: Integration of electrical testing laboratory of SBB (Swiss Federal Railways) 3 www. prose. ch

Services (extract) § Engineering o o o Vehicle development Bogie development Carbody development Modernisation Acoustic engineering § Testing & Trials o Oscillations & vibrations o Mechanical stresses & forces o Measurement of noise sources www. prose. ch § Analysis & Simulations o Analysis of strength & durability o Crash analyses o Simulation of running behavior § Acceptance tests o Brake & anti-slide device o Airborne noise & vibrations o Tractive / braking effort diagramm 4

Tram for CSR Sifang § 2012 – 2014: Development of a 100% low-floor tram § Customer: CSR Sifang, China o Conception & development of the vehicle o Stress analysis of the car body & bogies o Running dynamics analysis of the whole tram o Creation of technical documentation o Supervision of production start up 5 www. prose. ch

Low-floor motor bogie § 2011 – 2012: Development motor bogie for HKL, Helsinki City Transport Utility § Customer: Transtech Oy, Finland o Development of a low-floor motor bogie in narrow gauge for a low floor tram 6 www. prose. ch

Skytrain § 2011 – now: Development of a Suspended Monorail § Customer: Vossloh Kiepe Düsseldorf, Germany o PROSE is responsible for the entire mechanical development, consisting of the vehicle body, the vehicle interior and the running gear. 7 www. prose. ch

Skytrain § Pictures of production (March 2014) Left top: Aluminium car body Right top: Gear box on test bench Right bottom: Structure of the aluminium car body 8 www. prose. ch

Approval Testing / Vehicle Dynamics § 2011: Vossloh – Loc family G 18/DE 18 § Customer: on behalf of Vossloh Locomotives o Complete tests of the running behavior in Switzerland for an all-European acceptance o Running characteristics according to EN 14363 with PROSE-measuring wheelset o Method using different conicities for acceptance on rail inclinations of 1: 20 and 1: 40 9 www. prose. ch

Acceptance Tests § 2001 – 2006: Spanish State Railways (RENFE AVE) § Customer: Bombardier & Talgo o Running dynamics noise approval tests for the prototype of the high speed power head train set Talgo 350 o High speed train set AVE S 102: • Power head: Approval test management, noise design, noise testing &measurement for the optimization of the adhesion control • Complete train set: Accredited running dynamic test 10 www. prose. ch

Research / Design Validation § 2006: Spanish State Railway (RENFE – AVE) § Customer: Siemens, Germany o Noise measurements during the development for validation and optimization purposes of the AVE S 103 train sets (Velaro E) 11 www. prose. ch

Roller Test Rig § 2010 – 2013: Chinese Academy of Rail Sciences Roller Test Rig – CARS RTR § Customer: RENK Test System, Germany o Instrumentation of the track-wheel into a measuring wheelset o Additional measuring wheelset for calibration of the track-wheel o Design of the axle-mount (bogie-half-frame) 12 www. prose. ch

Competence in rolling stock engineering, consulting & testing Thank you! info@prose. ch www. prose. ch/en/2/? PROSE Ltd. Zürcherstrasse 41 CH - 8400 Winterthur +41 52 262 74 00 info@prose. ch www. prose. ch