Railway Technical Inspection
Trams, trains, locomotives, and construction vehicles require specific inspections: braking force, door closing pressure, headlight alignment, and emissions testing. Capelec tailors its expertise to rolling stock.
Measurement Applied to Rolling Stock
Trams, trains, diesel locomotives, railcars, construction machinery, and switching equipment: these rail-based vehicles are inspected using the same physical principles as road vehicles, but under conditions and on components specific to them.
High power outputs, large exhaust systems, maintenance work in workshops or depots, and operating cycles where a vehicle’s downtime is planned well in advance: the measuring equipment must be brought to the vehicle, not the other way around.
On-site or at the depot
Railway equipment is not transported to a testing center. The equipment used is therefore either onboard or permanently installed in the workshop that maintains it.
Long-term support
Operators plan in terms of multi-year maintenance cycles. The traceability of measurements and the long-term reliability of the devices are just as important as the measurements themselves.
Three Specific Needs for Rail
Beyond measuring diesel engine emissions, rolling stock requires inspections not typically encountered on public roads.
01
Braking force
On-board solutions enable the testing of braking forces on rail vehicles without the need for a fixed test bench.
02
Closing the doors
Testers measure the pressure exerted when automatic doors close, a safety feature specific to passenger transport.
03
Headlight Alignment
Fixed test stands are used to align and inspect the headlights of motor vehicles.
Emissions from diesel engines
Shunting locomotives, railcars, and construction vehicles continue to use internal combustion engines, whose emissions are measured using the same equipment as in the road transport sector: gas analyzers, opacimeters, and combination testers.
The challenge lies in accessing the sampling point and maintaining the required operating conditions during the measurement, which are coordinated with maintenance teams.
A need to coordinate with your maintenance teams
The requirements applicable to rail equipment fall under frameworks specific to the sector and to each network. They cannot be inferred from road protocols.
We therefore approach these projects from a practical perspective: which vehicles, which engine types, in which workshop, at what frequency, and for what traceability needs.
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