Wagon construction

Expansion of energy-efficient transport capacities

Wagon construction is enjoying renewed popularity. An increasing amount of goods is transported by railroad, while passenger transport capacities are successively being expanded. Train frequencies are increased and energy-efficient drive concepts are adopted.

What is AHP Merkle moving on the train?

The compact hydraulic axles of our E-AHP series unlock the utilization of decentralized hydraulic drives. There is no need to lay miles of hydraulic lines or install space-consuming hydraulic power units. In addition, only a very small quantity of hydraulic fluid is required.

Just place the E-AHP unit and you have complete unit comprising drive and cylinder installed and ready for use.

  • Pantograph actuation
  • Tilting technology control

These are just two examples of many.

E-AHP, compact hydraulic axles

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