Engineering
8 years ago

Next Generation Turnout System Prevents Failures and Reduces Maintenance Effort.

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INNOVATION OF TURNOUT AND SWITCH MACHINE SYSTEM - NEXT GENERATION TURNOUT (NGT)
Yuichiro Hori, K. Yasuoka, M Obi, Toru Kaji, Teruo Odaka, Kazuhiro Motohashi

Paper Summary

A new type of turnout/switch machine system called Next Generation Turnout (NGT) was developed to prevent failures and reduce maintenance work. The NGT prototype was successfully installed at Omiya Station in 2002 and has been working well since then.

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