Locomotive

Indval’ssolution support covering a range of Locomotive programs. Systems like Electromechanical, Control systems, Engine, Fuel, Pneumatic, Hydraulic and Mechanical systems etc. Systems knowledge – combined with expertise in design, structure, thermal, CFD, Electro Magnetics analysis – allows us to provide innovative design solutions optimized for cost. Knowledge on simulation provides customers to study/ visualize Kinematics and Multi Body Dynamics. And Model Based design approach helps to develop systems with better performance, results in cost reduction.Solutions including Predictive Engineering Analytics provides Systems better quality & performance with pre-defined transportation standards.

Our designs for diesel locomotives, gear boxes, gear, cardan shafts, power packs and components for railway vehicles are developed by highly experienced qualified engineers.

• Design and development up to production-readiness
• Efficiency and flexibility in design and development
• Entire design process completed using Solid works, Kiss soft, Nx.
• Best design solutions by means of optimization with FEMA.
• Individually tailored problem-solving to match customer requirements.

• Layout & design of locomotives and equipment, including cab, underframe equipment, and motive power equipment layouts.
• Design of isolated cabs and cab floors for improved ride quality

• Modesofcoachbodyoscillation.
• Development of vehicle modifications

• Tooling design
• Reverse Engineering

• Design of bogie components.
• Design of suspension elements.

• Design of specialized transducer systems related to railcar and locomotive performance measurement.
• Electrical Systems integration&design engineering
• We cover all disciplines including mechanical, electrical and software engineering on new and legacy rolling stock and engineering projects. These range from turnkey projects delivering a complete solution, providing a team to achieve a specific deliverable, or working as part of a larger project team

Computer Aided Design, Engineering, Analysis and Simulation is of vital importance. IndvalTech provides companies in the Locomotive domain with a comprehensive set of analysis and realistic simulation solutions ranging from assembly, linear & nonlinear structural response, mechanisms, failure analysis. The virtual analysis can be done at both component & system levels to reduce the need for costly physical analysis.

• We provide the complete array of CAE services to address railway design and Analysis.
• We give you the flexibility to manage your engineering project workload and respond to emerging tasks whilst maintaining your staffing policies and levels. Our engineers work within the engineering and project management teams of rolling stock manufacturers, component OEMs as well as overseas operators and suppliers.

• Vehicle dynamics simulations.

• crashworthy cabs, fuel tanks, and underframes
• Braking systems
• Draft systems
• Trucks, bogies, and suspension
• Crash worthiness analysis of locomotives using finite element packages such as LS-DYNA3D and ANSYS
• In service testing of locomotives for ride quality evaluations, load environment monitoring, etc.
• Fatigue analysis/evaluations of locomotives and locomotive components
• Damage Tolerance Analysis (DTA) of locomotive components
• Analysis of locomotive wheels for mechanical and thermal loads, including S-660 analyses.
• Static and Dynamic finite element modeling & analysis (FEA), including impact, of locomotives and car/locomotive components (FEA codes used: ANSYS, LS-DYNA3D, Hyper Mesh, NASTRAN, I-DEAS)
• Analysis of data from field and laboratory testing, including preparation of reports.
• Failure analysis of locomotive systems and components, including structural analysis, weld analysis, and non-destructive evaluation (NDE)
• Failure Modes, Effects & Criticality Analysis (FMECA) of locomotive, transit car, freight car, and passenger car systems
  • PLM implementation
• Reliability investigations

• Indval has been an integral part of the Locomotive Systems manufacturing support scenario by supporting various manufacturing divisions. Our service range in the Locomotive sector conventional manufacturing techniques

We support technical publication in automotive domains ranging between two-wheeler to four-wheeler. Our vast experience and exposure in working with the automotive OEM’s, ensures professional results for both illustrations and technical content. Our designers and technical writers are experienced in gathering and integrating raw content from various sources and creating an accurate and consistent document in either structured or unstructured format. Our wide range of publication solutions are from simple authoring to information architecture, unstructured to structured document form of latest technology like XML, technical documentation to online technical query support to field users.

Manuals

• Service & Workshop Manual
• Owner’s Manual
• Electric Circuit Wiring Diagram
• Spare Parts Catalog
• Vehicle Fault Codes DTC.