Railway VCB

最近宣布，英国政府将在英格兰和威尔士的铁路上投入94亿英镑，特别是电气化项目[www://railwaytechnology.com/news 15/01/2013]。2900米长的25kV新线路将投入使用，包括东海岸和西海岸干线的翻新，以及从南安普敦到英格兰中部的新货运线路。所有这些线路都需要安装新的开关柜。此外，2012年11月，六氟化硫（SF6）——一种用于开关柜高压断路器的无机温室气体——被禁止用于铁路行业的所有新开关柜安装。SF6多年来一直是空间有限的轨道上断路器的主要解决方案，这一禁令将催化该行业的重大变革。EPS希望开发一种新产品，通过开发一种更小、更安全、更便宜的替代产品来提供解决方案，并在现有产品的基础上进行重大改进，这在SF6禁令和新铁路基础设施的主要投资方面都是及时的，详见下一节。我们的创新将比目前的产品更小、更紧凑，对操作人员来说本质上是安全的，并且将更有效地运行，从而减少零件的磨损，减少维护需求。

It has recently been announced that the UK Government will spend £9.4bn on railways acrossEngland and Wales, particularly on electrification projects [www://railwaytechnology.com/news 15/01/2013]. 2,900m of new 25kV lines will be commissioned,including the refurbishment of East Coast and West Coast Mainlines and new freight linesrunning up the centre of England from Southampton. All of these lines will require newswitchgear installations.Additionally, in November 2012 Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) - an inorganic greenhouse gas usedfor high voltage circuit breakers in switchgear - was banned for all new switchgearinstallations in the rail industry. SF6 has been the dominant solution for circuit breakers onspace constrained rail tracks for many years, and this ban will catalyse major change in theindustry.EPS wish to develop a new product which will offer a solution by developing a smaller, saferand cheaper alternative offering significant improvements over current products, which istimely both in terms of the SF6 ban, and the major investment in new railway infrastructure,detailed in the next section.Our innovation will be significantly smaller and more compact than current offerings, will beinherently safe for operators, and will operate much more efficiently thereby reduced wearand tear on parts and requiring less maintenance.