Track Systems Engineering 2009

When: 7-8 October 2009
Where: Hilton Munich City, Munich, Germany

With both passenger and freight kilometres on the rise in all European countries the need for effective track superstructure from infrastructure owners has become ever more important. The cheapest and quickest solution is no longer necessarily the best option for the infrastructure owners and life cycle costing is now becoming the largest factor in strategy and purchasing decisions. With infrastructure owners putting more pressure on their already congested tracks suppliers are continually developing more effective solutions to increase the sustainability of the network.

Track Systems Engineering 2009 brought together infrastructure owners, research and development organisations, consultants, construction engineers and suppliers to further the development of common strategy and to share experience from across Europe. Hosted by Technical University Munich and organised by European Railway Review this two day conference included presentations from the most pre-eminent figures across Europe’s rail industry. The event provided open debate during the panel discussions, a technical visit to the Technical University Munich research facility as well as unrivalled networking opportunities such as an evening drinks reception as well as during the refreshment and lunch breaks.

You can order a CD of the conference material for just €227. Contact us for more details.

Speakers

Jens Hartmann, Head of Track Technology Division, DB Netze
Tadeusz Kaczmarek, Director of International Coorporation Office, PKP PLK S.A.
Professor Riessberger, Technical University Graz
Nick Thom, Lecturer, School of Civil Engineering, University of Nottingham
Dipl.-Ing. Dimitre Iliev, Chair and Institute of Road, Railway and Airfield Construction of TUM
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stephan Freudenstein, Professor and Head of Research Institute Chair and Institute for Road, Railway and Airfield construction, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Technische Universität München
Ignacio Barron de Angoiti, Director of High Speed, UIC
Jens Kleeberg, Vice President for R&D, Rail.One
David Rhodes, Technical Director, Pandrol Ltd
Gunnar Baumann DB & Dipl.Ing. Johann Herdina, Head of Unit, ÖBB Infrastruktur Bau AG, Business Division “Lower Inn Valley”
Dr.-Ing. Christoph Simon, Lehrstuhl und Prüfamt für Verkehrswegebau der TUM, Technical University of Munich
Arjen Zoeteman, Head Technical Advisor, European Rail Infrastructure Managers (EIM)
Michaël J.M.M. Steenbergen, Research Engineer, Railway Engineering Department, Delft University of Technology
Dipl.-Ing. Stefan Knittel MBA, Technical Director Rhomberg Bahntechnik, CEO Rhomberg Rail Consult GmbH

Sponsors

Pandrol

Pandrol has been producing rail fastenings since 1937 and is the global market leader. By the end of 2008 Pandrol products had been installed on over 392 railway systems in 98 countries worldwide. There are in service in every type of climate and under every type of traffic.

Track loadings vary from light mass transit systems to the heaviest mineral railways in the world, and track geometry from straight and level lines across open plains to the most severe curves and gradients of mountain railways.

Today there are some 1,225 million Pandrol rail fastenings in service. This achievement owes much to designing products which meet customer needs, attention to detail, high quality standards and continued advancement in innovation. These improve track standards through improved efficiency, greater durability and generate confidence in the Pandrol Fastening System to perform far beyond industry norms.

Over the years, substantial design improvements have been made to all assembly components. Material specifications and production processes are also regularly reviewed and revised, to take account of technological advancement.

Pandrol has manufacturing plants in 10 countries and is supported in its Marketing and Manufacturing disciplines by an extensive technical team. This team has expanded and spread around the world, generally based within the Group’s manufacturing facilities. The team , possessing many varied skills and an in-depth knowledge of the needs of the track engineer, comes under the control of the Technical Director, who is based in the United Kingdom. Their aim is to make an “interested potential customer” into a “satisfied long-term user”. This can only be achieved by continued dialogue and assistance.

Rhomberg Bahntechnik

Rhomberg Bahntechnik Group located in Vorarlberg/Austria. Railway engineering and construction plays an important role within a solid and widely spread construction company.

Due to internal strategic partnerships, a division like Bahntechnik is able to fully benefit from synergies within the group. All services originate from one source, thus guaranteeing highest quality and safe execution standards. Rhomberg is a family business whose name is synonymous with top quality projects. This has been the philosophy of the company for generations and is reflected in our contacts with clients, partners and employees.

As a general contractor Rhomberg Bahntechnik Group takes over the entire range of works related to the construction of railway lines. If you talk slab or ballasted track, logistics, high or low voltage installations, catenary or cable line construction, noise attenuation or safety installations – the long years of experience and the resulting know-how have made Rhomberg Bahntechnik a renowned and worldwide expert in all fields of railway engineering.

Design, organisation and on-site preliminary works – Rhomberg Bahntechnik implements even the most comprehensive railway projects reliably and fast thanks to the benefit of internal synergies and several close partnerships.

Our standing team of experts for every kind of activity offers tailor-made solutions and services to satisfy the specific needs and requirements of each client! The results are convincing: high efficiency and top quality guaranteed.

Rail.One

Over the past years, RAIL.ONE Group has developed from a pure manufacturer of railway sleepers into an innovative provider of all-inclusive system solutions for the development and the construction of railway track systems for passenger, freight, and heavy-haul transport. In addition to classical delivery business, RAIL.ONE today offers engineering, production, supply, logistics, and quality management on a one-stop basis. The company places emphasis on close collaboration with its customers and business partners. Its comprehensive product portfolio extends from the individual pre-tensioned concrete sleeper for ballasted tracks, encompasses ballastless track systems for lines with extremely high speeds, and extends to special solutions for high axle loads.

With over 800 staff and locations in Germany, China, Korea, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Turkey, and Hungary, RAIL.ONE offers production capacities for a total of 3.3 million main-track sleepers and around 680,000 linear metres of turnout sleepers. The company achieves average annual sales of approx. EUR 160 million.

On the basis of its leading position in Germany and Europe, RAIL.ONE is now concertedly opening up new markets in the growth regions of tomorrow: in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as in the Middle East, North America, Asia and Russia. With its competence, creativity, and cultural sensitivity, the company cultivates and systematically develops new customer relationships, in order to create together the technical solutions required for international rail traffic in the world of tomorrow.

Exhibitors

CDM

CDM is a company with a history. We have more than 50 years of experience in the field of noise and vibration isolation, with two main working areas; the isolation of noise and vibration sources, such as train/ tram and metro tracks and the isolation of receptors such as buildings.

CDM is a vertically integrated company, enabling us to offer custom-made solutions and a very innovative list of products and projects (QCity, Urban Track…). The production is based in France and Belgium, while our engineers and technical designers are active worldwide.

CDM is a relatively small company, but with an annual turnover of approx. 30 million EUR, our technical know-how and our impressive portfolio, we are proud to be counted among the big players in both the building, industry and track market.

Our experience in the track area has known a substantial boost these last years with track installations in Madrid, Paris, Brussels, Lisbon, Porto, Rome, Budapest, Athens, Cracow, Istanbul etc. CDM offers solutions for all levels of track isolation, from ballast mats to embedded rail solutions.

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GERB Vibration Control Systems

In 1908, the history of GERB began when its founder, William Gerb, began using steel springs to protect working areas and surrounding neighbourhoods from vibrations. Since then, the privately owned GERB group of companies has continued to develop this idea.

Today, GERB with its headquarters in Berlin, Germany and subsidiaries in many countries is your partner worldwide for:

design of foundations systems
protection against vibrations and structure borne noise
protection against subsidence
protection against earthquakes.

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Host

Chair and Institute of Road, Railway and Airfield Construction, Technische Universität München

The faculty of civil engineering and geodesy of Technische Universität München offers various degree courses for civil engineering, environmental engineering, geodesy and geoinformation. The Chair and Institute of Road, Railway and Airfield Construction is part of this faculty.

The chair and institute do research and development for more than 5 decades in the fields of road, railway and airfield construction. During this time various research projects were finished in collaboration with international customers, contracting authority, private industry and foundations. These research projects are documented in about 2500 reports.

Due to this research activity chair and institute were and still are significantly involved on innovative developments in superstructure in the fields of road and railway construction. Among other things the research projects in the fields of railway construction had significant influence on the development of the welded track, the prestressed concrete sleeper as well as the slab track. A further field of research is the shielding of structure-born sound and vibration.

In the field of road construction chair and institute were involved in the experimental determination of the significant material properties to dimension asphalt pavement and in the development of the jointed plain concrete pavement.

On the institute experiments can be made not only on several components of superstructure, but also on complete superstructure systems in full-scale.

The major advantage for research as well as for teachings is to realise the synergies of road and railway construction.