Control of the electrochemical resources for railways

In the whole world, the rail network uses many types of batteries:

• Starting batteries for diesel engines on rolling stock material, or for emergency power units in logistical stations.
• To major discharge for the feeding of the emergency and assistance networks, but also for the signals and their applications along the edge of the railway.

A great number of batteries are also embarked as rolling stock material to feed the lighting and the board equipment in the event of local supply breakdown. This item is extremely heavy in the maintenance costs of the static and rolling stock material.

RBC Role

Our role is to inform, advise, prevent, maintain and interfere at the right time to perpetuate the park “batteries” of our customers:

• Appraisal  and diagnosis of the existing park,
• Preventive maintenance,
• Curative solutions.

Uses

• Starting batteries for motors of traction engines and automotive oars.
• Embarked stationary batteries, for feeding of the back-up systems. (Critical servo-control, necessary to the stabilization and braking systems of the express trains and in case of an emergency during 90’ following a power cut of the main feeding system).
• Batteries for feeding of the back-up systems for lighting, heating and air-conditioning of the cars of passengers. And to ensure the operation of the door operation systems.
• Terrestrial feeding batteries for the maintenance of the railway lines (high/low voltage) of traffic warnings, level crossings and shunting operations, safety monitoring and telecommunication

Specificity of spare batteries

Did you know?

It is proven that lead sulphate crystals formation is unavoidable and generally more important, in an unused battery. This, at the point to make it lose up to 5% of its power per month!!

This is why, after long immobilization periods, certain engines, even equipped with recent batteries, have weaknesses at starting what generally leads to replace the batteries.

This is the reason why, due to this natural deterioration, the huge parks of spare batteries need to be replaced on a regular basis.

Purchase and replacement costs of these benches of battery are considerable. In this context, regeneration takes all its dimension and represents a particularly advantageous economic alternative.

Advantages of Regeneration : Economy and Ecology

The regeneration of batteries for railways, on an important park scale, makes it possible to realize savings, reaching up to 50% of the price of the new batteries. It also contributes actively to the reduction of harmful waste, while enhancing the company in its ecological step.

Proximity service

The operations of regeneration are organized and carried out in a cyclic way by a member of the R B C laboratory of your area who ensures the complete management of your park of batteries.

Method: Within the framework of a provision of services, the R B C dealer of your area ensures:

• Expertise on the existing park;
• Preventive and regular maintenance;
• Removal of batteries to be regenerated;
• Services of regeneration in laboratory;
• Delivery on site of the qualified batteries

 

External use of the laboratory of regeneration

Concerning certain types of batteries, or for technical reasons, the R B C dealer, if he considers it necessary, will be able to bring on site, a transportable device of regeneration.

 

Contact

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