InnoTrans 2024
New product solutions for rail transport
The HÜBNER Group offers intelligent product solutions and customized services that make the operation of rail vehicles more efficient, more flexible and more sustainable. Discover our product innovations that deliver improved aerodynamics and energy efficiency, as well as many other benefits.
HÜBNER AutoCouple System
A smart, flexible and resource-saving world-first innovation! The HÜBNER Group is working on an innovative solution that will facilitate a fully automatic coupling of gangway systems in passenger trains. On this basis, it will be possible to adjust carrying capacities more quickly in response to passenger demand, while saving both time and personnel costs.
In addition to saving on maintenance and repair costs, this will also make it possible to reduce downtimes and to optimize the ecological footprint in passenger operations. The system will be particularly robust and should make it possible to provide integrated electric power and data transmission from car to car. With the HÜBNER AutoCouple System it will be possible for transit companies to carry out safer and more efficient coupling processes during operation at the press of a button – in contrast to the current manual processes that are in use.
Holographic Display Technology
for Window Systems
Smart solutions in the passenger area make for more attractive public transport. The holographic display technology for window systems developed by HÜBNER in cooperation with ZEISS Microoptics gives a look into the future. With the holographic system, up-to-the-minute information such as arrival and departure times or local tourist attractions can be displayed in the window panes of trains and buses. Not only does this offer new levels of comfort and convenience to passengers, it also provides advantages in comparison to existing solutions such as OLED systems. The window systems equipped with this innovative new technology are more economical, require less energy and take less space in the vehicle – while at the same time providing high image resolution.
Foto: ZEISS MicroopticsHÜBNER FrontAdd System
Aerodynamic and robust: The newly developed HÜBNER FrontAdd System effectively protects vehicle equipment at the front end of the power unit from extreme environmental impacts such as sand, moisture, snow and small objects. This minimizes component wear and increases vehicle availability.
In addition, the FrontAdd System improves the aerodynamics of the vehicle by optimizing air resistance. This reduces the average energy consumption and thus CO2 emissions as well. HÜBNER FrontAdd System is compatible with all train-to-train connection systems and can be seamlessly integrated into rail vehicles. And a special plus: It also reduces noise levels in the driver’s cab.
Spring by Wire
Chassis systems without compressed air for more energy efficiency
Compressed air consumes large amounts of energy in the suspension and damping of rail vehicles. Chassis systems that work with the Spring by Wire technology and without compressed air make rail operations more sustainable. HEMSCHEIDT Engineering, a HÜBNER Group company, will be presenting its innovative Spring by Wire concept at InnoTrans 2024.
The new system can take the place of compressed air chassis systems and be a real game changer for greater sustainability. The technology makes use of oil as the hydraulic fluid for a hydropneumatic suspension and damping.
In addition, the innovation makes heavy components such as compressors superfluous, thereby providing greater energy efficiency with lower weight as well as reduced energy use. Thanks to the high pressure that can be achieved with hydraulic systems, the extremely compact cylinders require comparatively little installation space in the chassis. The fully integrated solution comprising motor-pump unit, actuator and spring accumulator avoids hose and pipe routing as well as couplings in the chassis area. The fully integrated suspension system also requires only one control line and electrical power supply. Less installation space also means less weight for the suspension and damping system, which of course has a positive effect on overall energy consumption.
Digital Driver Assistance
with Innovative Tram Simulator
Intelligent, reliable and robust: GERSYS GmbH, a HÜBNER Group company, supplies driver assistance systems and multifunctional displays for the tram cockpits of the future. The simulator is the product of a cooperation with IABG (Industrieanlagen-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH) based in Ottobrunn, Germany, and the Munich Public Transport company (MVG). It simulates how, in future, vehicle personnel will be able to receive additional digital information so as to identify dangerous situations at the earliest possible moment. It represents an important step towards greater safety in transit operations with systems from GERSYS. These systems offer customized design options, modular device construction and unprecedented long-term durability.
How such a digitally supported tram control system of the future will work can be seen at the IABG booth in CityCube A / Booth 240.
The HÜBNER Group’s Articulation Portfolio
The HÜBNER Group offers a broad portfolio of articulations systems for intercar interfaces in both lower and upper areas. These include integrated, adapted, piggybacked rotary, pitch and pitch-roll articulations as well as all possible combinations of these systems.
FXpro: Maximum flexibility with articulation systems from HÜBNER
High quality and 100 percent reliable: With the models FX500pro, FX1000pro and FX1500pro, we offer high-performance articulation technology for trams featuring a long service life and low life-cycle costs. The systems provide high load capacity while at the same time having a low weight themselves. Especially sustainable: The smooth movement behavior guarantees minimal wear on the bogie and rail. The modern eco-design concept allows up to 98 percent of all metal parts to be reused.
And a special plus for even more flexibility: HÜBNER is now offering the radial spherical bearing FXcore as an especially high-performance independent product solution.
Flexible and energy efficient:
Upper articulations from HEMSCHEIDT Engineering
HEMSCHEIDT Engineering’s broad portfolio of rotary, pitch and pitch-roll articulation systems also includes especially roll-flexible articulation systems meeting the latest technical requirements as well as special models such as pivoting articulations with wishbone connections and pitching articulations with Panhard rods. The articulation components can be used and adjusted in all interfaces and can be flexibly manufactured to meet customer requirements. Spring preload and passive or active damper solutions for lateral roll damping, straight-line damping and general shock absorption can also be easily integrated – all with the highest levels of quality and reliability.
The low weight of these components also provides an added degree of sustainability. The traditional heavy-weight upper vehicle articulations, which were typically made of die-cast parts, have now been replaced by a new, patented design using sheet metal elements. This reduces overall weight of the components and allows for improved energy efficiency in the vehicles.
Yaw Articulation HEMSCHEIDT EngineeringEnhanced flexibility:
SensIQ for intelligent door safety systems
With theSensIQ product family, HÜBNER is setting new standards in door safety systems. The new models of the SensIQ contact line provide even more passenger safety thanks to the best fire protection in rail transport. The safety contact strips are compatible with all standard systems in use in public transport. Customers can order SensIQ contact as a complete system or alternatively can integrate the individual components into existing systems.
HÜBNER is also working on a technical upgrade for SensIQ signal, our proven technology for illuminating doors at the closing edge. SensIQ signal Pro improves the illumination of door systems in trains, trams and buses. The newly developed lighting elements use different signal colors to reliably inform passengers when doors are opening and closing. Our customers can benefit from the especially consistent lighting provided by the illumination strips as well as from the simplified installation and maintenance of the components. SensIQ signal Pro delivers an upgraded lighting design together with an extended service life of the system.
