ROLLING STOCK CONSULTANCY
AEGIS has its roots in passenger rolling stock. When the company was formed in 1997, our engineers worked almost exclusively on passenger rolling stock projects. AEGIS has extensive engineering experience in all aspects of passenger rolling stock; both new build and legacy fleets, high speed and commuter services, overground and underground, in the UK and across the world.
We have a team of traction and rolling stock engineers with many years of experience in engineering, operations and safety associated with passenger rolling stock. We can also call upon specialists where required to supplement its core team.
We can undertake complete turnkey projects from first principles or can be integrated as part of a wider project team. Our engineers have the knowledge and capability to specify and design complete new trains through to minor modifications to existing fleets. We work for many new builders as an integral part of their project teams. We also undertake a significant amount of work on existing fleets. This work might include amongst other things reliability and safety investigations / reviews, modifications and upgrades, feasibility studies, maintenance reviews, project management, assurance support, structural assessments. We can manage your projects through the whole lifecycle including the approvals process via our sister company AEGIS Certification Services.
Some recent project examples are:
- Electrical / Mechanical / Structural Engineering support to vehicle manufacturers on new build and legacy fleets
- Safety investigations
- Reliability investigations
- Maintenance extensions
- Turnkey provision of a DMI display
- Provision of a specialist brakes engineer
- Safety case authorship
- Design assurance support
- Safety (CSM-RA) management
- Independent safety assessment and assessment body services for new build and vehicle modifications
ROLLING STOCK DESIGN
Working in conjunction with the RS Consultancy Team, we provide design solutions to integrate system upgrades or improvements to aid operation of rolling stock.
Projects we are currently working on
- TPWS Mk 4 upgrades on a variety of vehicle types including mainline DMU stock, Locomotives and On Track Maintenance stock.
- Bogie Lifeguard upgrades.
- Hinged table redesign for enhanced passenger safety.
- Access improvements for On Track Maintenance stock.
- Train Advisory System integration design on new passenger vehicles.
Tools we use:
3D CAD – Solid Edge for large design projects,
Solidworks for smaller projects to produce model data to support production of drawing packs and analysis.
Data Management – Teamcenter. This package controls Design Data including models, drawings, documents, datasheets and reference information.
Structural Analysis – Ansys and Strand7 for FEA.
Within The Rolling Stock Team (Consultancy & Design) we have a pool of talented Engineers and Designers who have the below capabilities:
- Structural Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Project Engineering
- Mechanical Design
- Electrical Design
We can provide a wide range of Engineering Design solutions with full supporting documentation to achieve a complete solution to the engineering requirements of the Rail Industry.