Press Releases
News about EXPO 1520 participants
The United Wagon Company and the American company Timken have signed a partnership agreement
The United Wagon Company (UWC) and Timken (Ohio, USA), the world’s biggest manufacturer of cassette bearings, announced that they have begun long-term cooperation at the IV International Rail Salon of Engineering and Technologies EXPO 1520.
Under the agreement, a new generation of freight wagons manufactured by the Tikhvin Freight Car Building Plant on Barber bogies with a 25-tonne axle load will be fitted with Timken axle box cassette bearings and will be included in the Russian Railways field performance programme.
The two companies agreed that 800 Timken 150x250mm bearings will be supplied, for fitting on the Tikhvin Freight Car Building Plant’s model 12-9853 drop-bottom gondolas with unloading gates and 25-tonne axle load.
The field performance programme includes commission checks and inspections of the rolling stock equipped with Timken bearings by representatives of Russian Railways, the Vagony Research and Commissioning Centre, and Timken-Rus Service Company (Timken), and also representatives of the owner and manufacturer of the railway equipment. In addition, service centres will be set up to distribute spare bearings on the network.
It is expected that the results of the field performance checks on the wagons will make it possible to confirm improved parameters for the Timken bearings’ fault-free operation and to begin large-scale use of them in the Russian wagon-building market.
Timken bearing units are included in the basic configuration of Barber bogies in the global market and ensure an increased service life for the wheel pair and a high level of operational reliability and safety for the wagon.
Commenting on the agreement, Roman Savushkin, CEO of the United Wagon Company, noted: “The challenges facing the industry today cannot be met without large-scale introduction of innovative technologies. We are endeavouring to provide the market with commercially and technically attractive wagons by applying advanced design solutions in them. Introducing Timken bearings to the Russian wagon-building market is another important step in that direction.”
Mikhail Gorokhov, General Director of Timken-Rus Service Company, a branch of Timken in Russia, added: “The Timken trademark appeared more than 100 years ago and is now known all over the world as a leading supplier of bearings. Today the Russian market for cassette bearings is fairly limited, but the railway industry’s growing interest in developing innovations will inevitably lead to modernisation of the wagon fleet and increasing demand for new-generation components. The Timken company is pleased that its rich experience and knowledge can be useful and that it will help to address the complex challenges facing the railway industry.”
United Wagon Company
Created in 2012 for strategic management of the activities of the Tikhvin Freight Car Building Plant and the RAIL1520 leasing company. The United Wagon Company’s aim is to create an integrated provider of railway services in the area of production, operational leasing, engineering and servicing of railway wagons. The synergy between the wagon-building plant and the leasing company, and also the creation of in-house servicing and engineering divisions, will enable the United Wagon Company to provide the market with integrated solutions in the area of rail transport.
www.uniwagon.com
Timken
The company was founded in 1899 by the engineer Henry Timken, who owned a patent on the design of the tapered rolling bearing. The Timken company is represented in 26 countries, and its assets include 48 plants, 8 technology and engineering centres, 17,000 staff and 5 companies specialising in railway equipment production and repair.
The Timken company supplies high-tech bearing products and associated services and solutions to various industries all over the world. The company has its own production facility for special alloy steels. Timken’s annual investment in scientific developments and product improvements is about 50 million US dollars. The company is a distinguished member of the Association of American Railroads (AAR) and the owner of unique research and testing resources. The Timken company’s partners in the railway sector across the world are companies such as Siemens, Alstom, Bombardier, Voith, General Electric, EMD, Caterpillar, Talgo, Wabtec etc. The Timken company has created a range of latest-generation cassette tapered axle box bearings for use in freight wagons to be operated on the Russian Railways network and in the 1520mm gauge area. Timken-Rus Service Company is a Russian branch of the Timken company and is a member of the Association of Railway Equipment Manufacturers. In the 1520mm gauge area Timken cooperates with Transmashholding, Sinara Transport Machines, EVR Cargo, Estonia, the Ust-Katav Wagon-Building Plant, and Locomotive, Kazakhstan.
www.timken.com
The schedule for the exhibition and the terms of participation are available on the event’s website at expo1520.ru
General partner: Russian Railways
Organiser: Business Dialogue
