EP2002 - Distributed Brake Control System

Author

Albert, S.

Author_Institution

Knorr-Bremse Rail Syst. (UK) Ltd., Melksham

fYear

2007

fDate

22-24 Oct. 2007

Firstpage

66

Lastpage

71

Abstract

EP2002 is an integrated "mechatronic" brake system that integrates mechanical, electronic and software components to provide load compensation, emergency brake, service brake and wheel slide protection. The design and development of the EP2002 system began at the end of the nineties. The introduction of the CENELEC standards on RAMS has changed the safety policy of K-BRS and in consequence the safety strategy for EP2002. TUV SUD Rail GmbH carried out an independent safety assessment of the complete system. In June 2005 the assessors finished the assessment and issued the TUV SUD Product Safety certificate for EP2002 for compliance with EN50126, EN50128 and EN50129.

Keywords

brakes; compensation; distributed control; mechatronics; railway engineering; safety; CENELEC standards; EN50126; EN50128; EN50129; EP2002 system; K-BRS; RAMS; TUV SUD Rail GmbH; distributed brake control system; electronic components; emergency brake; integrated mechatronic brake system; load compensation; safety assessment; service brake; software components; wheel slide protection;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

System Safety, 2007 2nd Institution of Engineering and Technology International Conference on

Conference_Location

London

ISSN

0537-9989

Print_ISBN

978-0-86341-863-1

Type

conf

Filename

4399911