Russia: The approvals received at the beginning of November allow the series production of steel and cast iron brake discs for axles and wheelsets.
These are the first certificates under TR CU 001/2011 and TR CU 002/2011 obtained by KSK Group after it was acquired from Knorr-Bremse in 2023. “The mandatory tests have confirmed the friction and mechanical properties of the braking equipment”, said a company representative.
The new products will replace the Knorr-Bremse disc brakes used in Lastochka and Sapsan EMUs operated by Russian Railways. The producer states that in 2024 VSM-Service, a company that provides fleet maintenance, will receive about 1,400 sets of disc brakes produced in accordance with the company’s design documentation.
In the summer of this year, Ilya Germanenko, head of KSK Group’s Division Brake Equipment , emphasised in an interview with TMH’s magazine that the production of railway brakes involves solving a wide range of tasks. He noted the need to replace about 4,000 components in order to fulfil the projects in the company’s order book. “Our main task for the near future is to speed up the localisation and meet the needs of numerous customers”, said Mr. Germanenko to the special project of ROLLINGSTOCK and KSC Group on the sovereignty of components used in rolling stock.
