Railway tramway contact lines

RAILWAY AND TRAMWAY
CONTACT LINES
INNOVATION
IN POWER
TRANSMISSION
Cariboni, an Alstom company since
2008, is a leading European player
Established in 1908, with about 85
employees operating in the surroundings
of Lake Como – one of the main
industrialised areas of Northern Italy –
the company specialises in:
• Design and manufacturing of
in the design and manufacturing of
components for railways, tramways
materials for power transmission.
and trolley bus contact lines
• Bus-bar ducts for power plants
• HV/MV connectors and fittings
• Power supply systems for overhead
cranes and hoists
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Our excellent workforce is committed in
Cariboni is proud of being included
the seamless effort to manage the most
in the list of the most important
demanding projects aiming at achieving
European manufacturers of railway
top notch customer satisfaction.
systems and of being a reliable
partner of all the major worldwide
Nowadays, we can offer our customers
leading manufacturers of overhead
all kinds of products and services,
contact line systems.
ranging from the design, engineering,
testing and manufacturing of complete
Cariboni specialises in the design
cantilevers to the manufacturing of all
and manufacturing of contact lines
sorts of droppers, fittings and clamps
for railways, metro lines, tramways,
based on customer-specific requirements.
undergrounds and trolley-buses.
Our mission is to meet our customers’
expectations, both when they need an
We are ready to fully meet all your
integrated service or when they need
needs.
products manufactured on time and
according to the highest quality level.
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CLAMPS
STEADY ARMS
DROPPERS
Clamps are devices that hold
Steady arms are crucial for proper
Droppers are used to ensure that the
messenger and contact wires,
operation of cantilevers. Our steady
contact wire remains parallel to rail
connect the cantilever pipes and
arms come in a wide range of shapes,
track.
anchor the wires within the diverse
sizes and characteristics to perfectly
range of materials used, the
match our customer specifications.
Our broad range of products includes
most important ones are bronze-
Our steel or aluminium-alloy steady
standard bronze-aluminium alloys,
aluminium and CuNi2Si.
arms can be insulated or otherwise and
copper-nickel alloy products that
terminals are made of steel or copper
provide the highest performance in
Our company caters for any type
alloy. Coupling between tubes and
terms of mechanical resistance and
of customer requirements and
terminals can be done by crimping.
electrical conductivity (which, in turn,
specifications and is capable of
allow for weight and size reduction).
constantly renewing itself thanks
to its R&D activity that ensures
compliance with the most stringent
quality standards.
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INSULATORS
CANTILEVERS
SECTION
INSULATORS
Our insulators for the 3kV contact
Capitalising on the huge experience
Section insulators are essential for
line are RFI S.p.A (Italian railways)
and expertise gained over time in this
contact lines. For the 3 kV types for
approved. Their core is made of
specific field, Cariboni designs, makes
1 or 2 contact wires, Cariboni has
fibre glass and insulation is provided
and supplies complete cantilevers at
obtained the approval from RFI SpA.
by silicon rubber coating. We also
0.75, 1.5, 3, 15, 25 kV according to
Also available are new 3kV and 25 kV
make different types of low and
customer specifications for the entire
ones for high-speed lines.
medium voltage fibre-glass insulators
range of overhead contact lines
to be used on the contact lines
manufactured and marketed by us.
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RIGID CATENARY
TENSIONING
DEVICES
In the standard system, contact wires for
Our standard tensioning devices are
the catenary are supported by droppers.
equipped with 3, 4 and 5 pulleys for 3 to
With the rigid catenary the contact wire
25kV for all lines. Furthermore, Cariboni
is inserted in the lower part of a special
designs and makes special bespoke
aluminium section bar without any
tensioning devices compliant with
auxiliary support wires. This allows to
the standards required by the leading
reduce the tunnel height as well as civil
Europeans railway companies.
engineering work costs. We design and
make all accessories according to the
customer specifications.
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APS GROUND
FEEDING SYSTEM
THIRD RAIL
SYSTEM
This is an innovative feeding system
The third rail system is designed to
for the tramway line which takes the
conduct the high traction currents
electrical energy from the ground.
with low voltage systems between
Without prejudice to the tramway
600V DC and 1,500V DC.
performance, thanks to this system
The conductor rail is made of highly
unattractive overhead contact lines no
conductive extruded aluminium
longer overhang old city centres. This
alloy and coupled with wear-
system, made of fibre-glass rail with
resistant stainless steel to withstand
steel conductors and insulating parts,
friction. The big cross section of
ensures safety also when placed on the
the aluminium section bar of the
ground.
conductor system allows to minimise
voltage drop and - in general - also
load losses.
The stainless steel surface is hard
enough to withstand the sliding of the
collectors’ shoes.
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