Voith to present innovative product solutions for urban transportation at UITP Global Public Transport Summit 2019

With the unique and fully electric Voith Electrical Drive System (VEDS), Voith enters the growing market for e-mobility. The VEDS is the first manufacturer-independent complete system, including the drive components, control of the auxiliaries, high-voltage distribution, cooling system and wiring of all these components. Additionally, the plug-and-play roof rack makes it easy for the customer to integrate all of these components into vehicles without a big effort. The water-cooled permanent magnet motor has a high power density and can be used in single, articulated and double decker buses.

With Smart Schaku from Voith, operators will be able to monitor the status of the couplers in real-time and make better decisions concerning maintenance, repairs and replacements. Information from the coupler is sent to the cloud and combined with the vehicle operation data. The coupling log includes operating hours, date, time, speed and strength of every connection. It can even detect a broken damper or deformation tube, giving operators the information they need to improve vehicle safety and optimize maintenance. Plannable and calculable costs, availability and safety are only some of the benefits that the condition monitoring system for rail couplers offers.

Voith and Pilotfish announced their strategic partnership in January 2019. As one of Europe’s leading providers of on-board IT systems and applications, Pilotfish has already installed systems in over 10,000 buses, trains and trams, in multiple countries. Based on an open standard vehicle communication platform, the company provides applications, hardware and consulting in a portfolio that includes, e.g., eco-driving, tachograph download, automatic fault report, navigation and automatic vehicle data transfer directly into cloud-based analytics. The technology and domain knowledge of Pilotfish complement Voith’s activities in the mobility sector.