Philadelphia
Philadelphia Orange Line (B-IV-Cars) Re-Traction (USA)
Exchange of the existing camshaft controller by a modern IGBT DC-Chopper with one appertaining Traction Control Unit (TCU) on 127 Metro Cars
The Broad Street Line (BSL), also known Orange Line is a subway line owned by the city of Philadelphia and operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA).
The line runs primarily north-south from the Fern Rock Transportation Center in North Philadelphia through Center City Philadelphia to NRG station at Pattison Avenue in South Philadelphia; the latter station provides access to the stadiums and arenas for the city's major professional sports teams at the South Philadelphia Sports Complex.
Project Characteristics
- The control function of the Traction Control Unit (TCU) is identical to that of the existing control unit
- Reconfiguration of the existing brake resistor
- All traction components are combined in one traction container a low risk and fast installation
- All electrical and mechanical interfaces are identical
- The new traction control system has the identical drive / brake performance as the existing system a optimized homologation efforts for customer
- New propulsion system is designed as plug and play system
- Electrical and mechanical integration (engineering) done by Kiepe
