1st Issue December 2004

MEE-NT - Now Available for Short-Distance Traffic

Since 1999, the multiple inputvoltage APS (Auxiliary Power Supply) MEE-NT is used by different European operators. For the first time, SMA realized an electric separation in the input stage by a soft switching input converter that can be operated at all UIC input voltages without electromechanical regrouping. More than 250 railway coaches have meanwhile been equipped with multiple input voltage MEE-NTs and prove their reliability in daily use on European railroads.

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Road, Off-Road and Rail Applications

Computer Technology for Mobile Applications

SMA computer systems are used in the Metro that went into service in Bangkok last summer, in new Chinese passenger trains and in the German maglev train Transrapid. The company developed a special know-how for using computers in mobile applications within the last years. This experience can be found in the Enduro Mobile PLC and WINtrak fieldbus terminal blocks.

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From Paris to Stuttgart by TGV

In 1992, Germany and France agreed to build a high-speed line between Paris, Eastern France and Southern Germany. The route from Paris to the East via Lothringen and Saarbrücken to Mannheim is an important step for closing the gap between the German and French high-speed network.

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