Traction subproject focuses on the improvement of seven technical and economical performances of the Traction system that have been agreed and defined in Roll2Rail. These performances have to be improved on five different train applications. Traction subproject addresses the Shift2Rail MAAP objectives as follows:
Railway system LCC reduction by reduction in validation & certification cost.
Operational reliability increase via higher reliability/availability of components.
Train & Line capacity increase through weight, volume and noise savings of Traction equipment.
Adhesion subproject focussed on contributing in formulating new performance specifications for Adhesion Recovery Systems. Moreover, improved requirements for Wheel Slide Protection test procedures should be developed, followed by new specifications for Automatic Test benches. The Adhesion subproject main specific objectives are:
Improvement of braking degradation limit in poor adhesion condition.
Management of all adhesion conditions in a way that brake distances are optimised.
Improvement of the overall train safety, which relies substantially on the management of the wheel/rail contact.
Reduction of wheel Life-Cycle-Costs through optimised wheel/rail contact in braking.