TÜV SÜD Schweiz AG
Rolling Stock Services
TÜV SÜD Schweiz provides testing of railways and components as well as rolling stock certification, technical inspection, independent safety assessment (ISA) and certification, EC verification and conformity assessment.
TÜV SÜD’S ROLLING STOCK CERTIFICATION AND TESTING SERVICES
TECHNICAL INSPECTION
- Assessment of tender documents and technical specifications
- Technical documentation
- Optimisation of maintenance procedures
- Risk management procedures according to the relevant requirements (e.g. 402/2013/EC),
- Safety management systems for railroad companies according to 1158/2010/EU
- Safety of Rolling Stock Directive (SIRF) and EN 5012X respectively
TESTING
- Testing and modelling of vehicle dynamics; special expertise for wheel-rail contact
- Technical driving tests including safety tests agains derailment
- Brake tests incl. wheel slide protection and functional tests
- Crash tests on front structure or components
- Strength tests
- Rail impact tests for tank containers and flexitank systems
- Static and dynamic tests of traction and impact devices as well as coupling systems
- Machine dynamics measurements
- Acoustic measurements
- Aerodynamics measurements
- EMC, voltage and current tests
- Fire prevention and protection
- Testing of pantograph-catenary interaction (contact force and arc measurement), including measurement of contact wire lift
INDEPENDENT SAFETY ASSESSMENT (ISA) AND CERTIFICATION
- ISA for electrical, electronic and software-controlled systems, mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, propulsion, and energy supply
- Certification of vehicles and components (including train control monitoring system (TCMS))
- Assessment of refurbished vehicles and networks access conditions
- Assessment of personal protection safety concepts
- Certification of maintenance procedures and workshops (Entities in charge of maintenance (ECM))
- As Notified and Designated Body, we serve as a project-independent and autonomous organisation for testing compliance with national regulations and Notified National Technical Rules (NNTR)
EC VERIFICATION / CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT
- EC certification in line with Directive 2008/57/EC to place rolling stock into service on the Trans-European Networks (TEN)
- EU assessments for rolling stock vehicle subsystems in line with the Technical Specification for Interoperability (TSI) (PRM, SRT, NOI, HS RST and CR LOC&PAS) and for vehicle control, command and signalling systems as Notified Body (NoBo) for interoperability
- Rolling stock