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DESIGN & EXPERTISE METALLURGICAL EXPERTISE DESIGN & TESTING STANDARDI- SATION ExperRail TM A WIDE RANGE OF TECHNICAL SERVICES WWW.VALDUNES.COM METALLURGICAL TEST CENTER - MTC MTC center comprises a fully new workshop of 700 m² with a machining shop for sample preparation (sawing, oxygen cutting, machining, grinding, drilling and electro erosion cutting of notches are possible), a testing and a metallurgical laboratory associated to chemical analysis facilities. MTC center is composed of technicians and engineers with metal- lurgical skills and railway experience of more than 20 years. Wheel and axle defect analysis, steel shop process, mechanical tests can be performed in our lab. Steel chemical analysis, harpy impact tests, pre-cracking equipment, tensile tests and Brinell hardness, micrographic examinations are available according to the main Railway European standards EN13261, EN 13262, and testing standards as ASTM E399, EN ISO 6892-1, EN ISO 148 - 1 and ISO 6506-1. Accreditation according to EN ISO - 17025 in progress CONSULTING Product standardisation, project management, consulting in European certifications and homologations, supplier evaluation, LCC (Life Cycle Cost). TESTING/MEASUREMENT Non-destructive testing expertise, acoustic characterization, inspection specification. DESIGN Full wheelset design, acoustic studies (STARDAMP, ANSYS ABA- QUS), finite element analysis, failure analysis. METALLURGY Metallurgical defect analysis, mechanical properties evaluation.
Transcript of ExperRailTM · evaluation, LCC (Life Cycle Cost). TESTiNg/MEASUREMENT Non-destructive testing...
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METALLURgiCAL TEST CENTER - MTC MTC center comprises a fully new workshop of 700 m² with
a machining shop for sample preparation (sawing, oxygen cutting,
machining, grinding, drilling and electro erosion cutting of notches
are possible), a testing and a metallurgical laboratory associated to
chemical analysis facilities.
MTC center is composed of technicians and engineers with metal-
lurgical skills and railway experience of more than 20 years.
Wheel and axle defect analysis, steel shop process, mechanical
tests can be performed in our lab.
Steel chemical analysis, harpy impact tests, pre-cracking equipment,
tensile tests and Brinell hardness, micrographic examinations are
available according to the main Railway European standards EN13261,
EN 13262, and testing standards as ASTM E399, EN iSO 6892-1, EN iSO
148 - 1 and iSO 6506-1.
Accreditation according to EN ISO - 17025 in progress
CONSULTiNg
Product standardisation,
project management, consulting
in European certifications
and homologations, supplier
evaluation, LCC (Life Cycle Cost).
TESTiNg/MEASUREMENT
Non-destructive testing expertise,
acoustic characterization,
inspection specification.
DESigN
Full wheelset design, acoustic
studies (STARDAMP, ANSYS ABA-
QUS), finite element analysis,
failure analysis.
METALLURgY
Metallurgical defect analysis,
mechanical properties
evaluation.
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BACkgROUNDA wide range of Engineering services are pro-vided by MG-Valdunes. Our technical resources are dedicated to devising innovative solutions. Many railway projects for passenger and freight rolling stock have been designed with MG-Valdunes support.
SOLUTiONS Extensive experience of railway products. inspection & ND testing experts. Mechanical & metallurgical laboratories. Relationships with Railway companies.
Engineering and Design Department.
AN ACTiVE RAiLWAY PARTNER Member of the Competitive i-Trans French rail hub.
Member of the iRT Railenium. Active member of many Railway Associations (FiF, AiF, …).
Partners of collaborative Research projects (Euraxles , Stardamp,…).
Normative expert (CEN, TSi, iSO, …).
SwitLab laboratory.
OUR MAiN REFERENCES Wheelset design (worldwide).
High Speed wheel design (Talgo, Huyndai Rotem).
Metallurgical expertise (RATP, …).
Non destructive testing, wheel / axle defect examination, residual stresses (Eurotunnel, Alstom, Matisa…).
Resilient wheel design (Alstom, Bombardier, Siemens…).
Overheated wheels NDT inspection (Matisa, Alstom, RATP, …).
Mg-ValDunes - Rue gustave Delory - 59125 - Trith Saint Léger - France - Tel: +33 (0)3 27 23 62 62 - E-mail: [email protected] - www.valdunes.com
