Automotive

More than 1,300 axlebox bearings and gearbox bearing sets have been successfully delivered to Hitachi Rail Europe’s flagship train maintenance centre in Ashford, by Schaeffler (UK). As part of an on-going bogie overhaul programme of Hitachi Rail Europe’s Class 395 ‘Javelin’ high speed trains further deliveries are planned this year.

The BYTEM-123-PC and BYTEM-103-PC are two touch panel PCs recently introduced by IBASE Technology and are based on the quad-core Intel Atom processor E3845 and are EN50155 certified for railway applications.

A series of SMD-type power choke coils for automotive applications using a Metal Composite Core (MC) is now available from Panasonic Automotive & Industrial Systems Europe. The LP series products benefit from a low profile (3 and 4mm maximum height) and feature high heat resistance (designed for operation up to +155°C) and high reliability.

Stackpole has announced its AVY series of automotive surface mount varistors that operate at temperatures up to +150°C. This higher operating temperature allows their use in a wider range of environments compared to most varistors that can only operate at temperatures up to +125°C. The AVY series is rated for up to 2,000A of current and 25J load dump energy.

TT Electronics has introduced automotive actuators for next-gen haptic accelerator pedals. The TT Electronics actuators tackle the weak spots of systems currently available on the market, offering a total weight under 400g, a significant reduction from the total weight of comparable pedals.

The Powerbox Group has announced that it will showcase a series of advanced products and technologies for rail applications at InnoTrans 2016. Designed to reduce time to market and meet specific rail industry requirements, the new technology platform developed by the Powerbox group is extremely flexible to adjust to performance and parameters quickly. First to benefit from this concept is the Powerbox Low Battery Voltage Start Unit which will be ...

The availability of a 3u high, 300W, DC input, compactPCI power supply suitable for railway and trackside applications has been announced by Gresham Power Electronics. Designed to meet the requirements of EN50155 the CPCI-3U-DC-300W RL requires a DC input in the range 66-160VDC and has four outputs; +5VDC at 30A, +3.3V at 40A, +12V at 5A and -12V at 0.5A. 

With its 19" subrack series FerroRAIL, POLYRACK offers a verified rack-mount system for individually configurable enclosure and system solutions in the railway industry. The wide diversity in this series is suitable for all applications in railway and transport system.

The portfolio of automotive-qualified products at Farnell element14 has been extended with the addition of over 250 new ROHM semiconductors. The ranges include LSI, diodes, transistors and power management solutions, suited for the different automotive application segments. To meet the increasing needs of digitisation in new automotive applications, ROHM is developing new products to deliver full system solutions.

Vishay Intertechnology has introduced an automotive grade IHLP low-profile, high-current inductor in the 5050 case size featuring a +180°C continuous operating temperature rating for under-the-hood applications. The IHLP-5050FD-8A provides a wide range of inductance values from 0.22 to 22µH in a low 6.4mm profile package.