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Rowe Hankins Ltd
Power House
Parker Street
Bury
Lancs BL9 0RJ
United Kingdom

T.+44(0)161 765 3000
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Rowe Hankins at Railtex 2009 - Press Pack

Trouble Free Circuit and Life Protection for Rail Traction

As distributors of Eaton Heinemann hydraulic magnetic circuit breakers for over 20 years, Rowe Hankins has pioneered this technology for use in the rail industry. In traction critical event protection is vital, but nuisance tripping cannot be tolerated. Hydraulic magnetic technology ensures the needed precision and reliability.

Hydraulic-magnetic circuit breakers from Rowe Hankins can be found protecting electrical systems on rolling stock and trackside around the world. The breakers address the need for maximum uptime in critical systems by preventing nuisance tripping with the total assurance that equipment will be protected at the desired current rating. The Swiss engineered Eaton Heinemann circuit breakers meet every need from 0.01 to 1200 Amps.

An innovative RCBO for life protection, developed with Eaton Heinemann, was also displayed at the show. This gives precise and reliable protection, irrespective of environmental interference common on trains such as extreme temperature variation and vibration.

Wheel and Track Lubrication - Intelligent Wheel Flange Lubrication System (IWFLS)

Excess wheel flange wear affects safety, reliability and the environment. The need for repair has direct and indirect costs, not least because it takes both rolling stock and track out of service.

With the Rowe Hankins Intelligent Wheel flange Lubrication (iWFL) system wheel and track wear are substantially reduced, extending service and maintenance intervals. Noise nuisance is eliminated while the bio-degradable lubricants, applied in minimal doses, will disperse and break down naturally.

Each iWFL unit is pre-programmed with location data on areas of track where lubrication is required. Using a combination of data from speed and distance measuring devices, a global positioning system (GPS) and pitch detectors it will pinpoint problem areas of track to deliver a precise pulse of lubricant to the leading wheel set in each bogey.

Following extensive development laboratory and track testing, live trials of the system begin in March with Merseyrail. This trial is significant because of reported problems of wheel and rail wear on this network due to difficulties with trackside lubricators. This trial is being monitored by Network Rail, Merseyrail and Rowe Hankins engineers.

The iWFL system is designed for UK conditions and, being a single pipe system is especially suited to retrofitting. All classes of rolling stock can benefit from light rapid transit vehicles to heavy freight trucks. Also, it can be installed as original equipment.

Rail Component Re-Manufacturing Services

The Rowe Hankins workshop service for the mid-life refurbishment of electro mechanical components is aimed at both operators and rolling stock owners. Items such as contactors and circuit breakers can be completely overhauled and re-tested to certify their performance, maintain reliability and extend their working life.

The expertise of Rowe Hankins engineers can often save operators thousands of pounds, especially where the critical component is part of a sub-system that would otherwise need to be replaced entirely. Special arrangements can be made for small batch processing of these components so that rolling stock downtime and service disruption is minimised.

More Information

Mike Hankins, Tel. +44 (0)161 765 3000 Fax. +44 (0)161 705 2900
E-mail: sales@rowehankins.com Web: www.rowehankins.com
Rowe Hankins Ltd, Power House, Parker Street, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 0RJ, UK

Press pack issued: March 6, 2009

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Intelligent Wheel Flange Lubrication - Information from three sensors including GPS, tilt detection, speed and distance measurement, is carried in memory to allow lubrication to be controlled precisely.

Speed and Distance Sensing - Rowe Hankins i-MAG and MAG-T train speed and distance monitors provide precise speed and distance monitoring using the Hall-effect principle.

Circuit Protection - High precision hydraulic-magnetic circuit breakers for electrical systems.

The new RCBO from Rowe Hankins has a push button that enables a trip condition to be simulated so that the RCBO can be tested.

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