Rail brochure internal pages feb 11.qxd 17/3/11 13:11 Page 1 Resistive Solutions For Railway ApplicationsRail brochure internal pages feb 11.qxd 17/3/11 13:11 Page 2 Product Portfolio for the Railway Sector Introduction TE Connectivity can help you to become part of the leading TE Connectivity s Passives Core Product force in the railway sector. For over 50-plus years, TE Offering for Railway include: Connectivity has worked with industry leaders to lower costs Power Resistors and develop systems to increase reliability, and to devise new Power ratings from 0.25W to > 300kW and innovative ways to implement technically advanced products Range of applications for the railway market. Find more information at te.com/railway - Balancing - Capacitor Pre-charge / discharge - Chopper Power electronics design in railway applications presents - Crowbar unique environmental, mechanical and electrical challenges - Current sense - Filter in the selection of power resistor components and assemblies. - Inrush limiting The selection of resistors must be engineered to take these - Snubber factors into account. Why Range of technologies - Carbon composition - Ceramic composition Resistors must be carefully chosen to meet the specific - Foil performance requirements including factors like power rating, - Thick film power density, accuracy, stability, short-term overload - Thin film - Wire-wound capacity, capacitance and inductance and thermal de-rating. In-house design and test facilities for In addition, heat dissipation, electrical isolation and other development of specification driven products requirements often call for specialized packaging solutions. Customisation capabilities of standard products Supported by wide range of commodity Working with TE Connectivity power resistors We provide you with reliable technology for high safety railway applications. As a global company, we operate wherever you do and we can We design tests in conjunction with your specifications support you worldwide through a single account management to include cyclic rated power and overload testing, adiabatic program, which simplifies design and sourcing for you. (single shot and frequency) testing, environmental, mechanical Through our global manufacturing network in 25 countries, and repetitive pulse testing. Qualification testing is carried we can balance e.g. exchange rate volatility to offer you out to a proven procedure and the product development competitive pricing for your local market needs. stages are well documented and approved by a design approval team. Depending on your application, you can either choose a field-proven component from our standard resistor portfolio. We offer 3D modeling of the product so you have an understanding of what the product will look like from the Or, if you need a custom solution, our experienced field start of the project. engineering and design team works closely with your engineering personnel to meet your exact requirements. TE supplies quick turnaround samples. We conduct in-house testing in our own R&D laboratory. 2 Literature No. 4-1773460-6 Dimensions are in millimeters Dimensions are shown for TE Connectivity / Berwyn, PA Issued 3-11 and inches unless otherwise reference purposes only. For email, phone or live chat, go to: te.com/help specified. Values in brackets Specifications subject are standard equivalents. to change.