System Testing Division
Leader: Gyula Katona, Division Leader
Phone: +36 1 511 2483
Mobile: +36 1 30 370 9710
Fax: +36 1 511 2461
E-mail: katonagy@mav.hu
Vehicle Testing
- Test of the running characteristics of railway vehicles
Sliding safety, cross running stability, track utilization in cross and vertical direction, measuring of swing comfort during running simultaneously to track geometry characteristics
(UIC 518, ISO 2631, EN 14353, Sperling) - Test during running of the driving and running dynamics of railway vehicles and their dynamical impact on the track
Loads on running gear, carrying structure and connecting elements, tilting coefficient, wheel-rail contact and track speed increase, dynamical assessment of track condition, load on switches and bridges
Csaba Pálfi
Phone: +36 1 511 2488
Mobile: +36 1 30 594 6553
Fax: +36 1 511 2461
E-mail: palfics@mav.hu
- Quasi static running security of railway vehicles
Turning out of bogies, torsional stiffness of casing and underframe, sliding safety, buffer engagement on test tracks - Brake technical test of railway vehicles and their components
Static and dynamic test of pneumatic brake systems, anti-slip testing, measuring during traction of the parking brake and idling slope, qualification measurement of brake shoes and other brake components
(UIC 540, UIC 541-05, UIC 544-1, UIC 546, UIC 547)
(UIC 530-2, EN 14363) - Strength test of the underframe and casing of railway vehicles
Static pressure, traction, shearing, elevation in accident conditions, loads, dynamical impact
(UIC 566, UIC 577, UIC 581, EN 12663)
Zoltán Lukács
Phone: +36 1 511 2478
Mobile: +36 1 30 370 9711
Fax: +36 1 511 2451
E-mail: lukacsz@mav.hu
- Outdoor and indoor noise test of railway vehicles
(EN ISO 3095, EN ISO 3381) - Test of the components used by people on railway freight carriages
(UIC 535, ISO 2631)
János Kaló
Phone: +36 1 511 2421
Mobile: +36 1 30 370 9709
Fax: +36 1 511 2451
E-mail: kaloj@mav.hu
- Traction mechanical test of railway vehicles
Test of basic resistance, starting traction force and adhesion coefficient, determination of efficiency, pull force on road periphery and power diagrams - Energetic test of railway vehicles
Hour, specific etc. consumption of Diesel locomotives, current and voltage relations in electric locomotives, power coefficient of electric locomotives.
Lajos Kóródi
Phone: + 36 1 511 2341
Mobile: +36 1 30 370 9706
Fax: +36 1 511 2461
E-mail: korodil@mav.hu
- Heat technical testing of railway and road vehicles
Cooling, heating, air conditioning of traction railway vehicles, test of the heat insulation between 5°C and 35°C, containers, tanks
Determination of the “k” coefficient of road and traction railway vehicles
(Sections UIC 553, UIC 553-1, ATP prescriptions)
Ottó Andorfy
Phone: +36 1 511 2430
Mobile: +36 1 511 6316
Fax: +36 1 511 2461
E-mail: andorfyo@mav.hu
- Accident prevention in railway vehicles
Accident prevention expertise of railway vehicles, track construction and maintenance machines; quality control of railway track construction and maintenance machines, as well as other machines
(Act XCIII of 1993, Decree 5/1993 (XII.26) MÜM, MSZ 63)
László Szűcs
Phone: +36 1 511 2424
Fax: +36 1 511 2451
E-mail: szucs3l@mav.hu
Metrological Development, Implementation
- Implementation and installation of a technically simple and cost economical track geometry measuring device mainly for the running dynamical test of railway vehicles
- Engineering and development of special measuring equipment for the test characteristics of electric and mechanical machines
- Solutions for the safe transmission of measuring information from the points non accessible due to high temperature or high tension
- Engineering and manufacture of a micro-programmed control unit for specific duties
- Preparation of computer assisted and interface card measuring and data collection systems
- Engineering, manufacture and programming of microprocessor data collectors
Gyula Katona
Phone: + 36 1 511 2483
Mobile: +36 1 30 370 9710
Fax: +36 1 511 2461
E-mail: katonagy@mav.hu
Computer Assisted Calculations and Simulations
- Running technical simulation calculations for the selection of optimal suspension parameters of railway vehicles
- Analysis of the contact between railway wheel and rail for achieving a smooth running of railway vehicles
- Railway wheel wear predictions, simulation
- Running dynamical calculations, simulation
Csaba Pálfi
Phone: +36 1 511 2488
Mobile: +36 1 30 594 6553
Fax: +36 1 511 2461
E-mail: palfics@mav.hu
