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26-28TH SEPTEMBER 2017 PRESENTATION OF FUTURA PROJECT AT TRAKO FAIR

Place: Gdansk, POLAND Project FUTURA was presented on the TRAKO fair – 12th international railway fair  – in Poland. TRAKO is the largest and most prestigious rail industry meeting Poland and one of the largest in Central and Eastern Europe. A presentation of the state of the art in transport systems and railway infrastructure in Poland, Europe and round the world. The Fair takes place every two years. TRAKO 2017 have had 700 exhibitors from 25 countries,  30.000m2 of exhibition ...

19TH SEPTEMBER 2017: 3rd EXPERT MEETING OF THE PROJECT FUTURA

Place: Velika Dolina, Slovenia Project partners OMNIA, VUD and KOVIS have attended the 3rd expert meeting in Kovis business unit Velika Dolina. At the beginning of the meeting, followed by introductory speech of development manager, the Kovis business unit Velika Dolina was presented to partners. The meeting continued with presentation of the results. Presentation of the process of optimization was done by engineering department of Kovis. Presentation in details described simulation ...

13th OF JUNE 2017 INTERACTIVE PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE PROJECT FUTURA

Place: Czech republic, Šilheřovice, Zámecká 1, The chateau park in Castle Šilheřovice ZX BENET CZ organized an Interactive professional conference of the project FUTURA in the conference room of the castle in Šilheřovice. The main object of the conference was to present the Divided Rail Freight Brake Disc in real environment to the professional and the general public. The conference attended the Dr.hab. Ing.Janusz Cwiek – Head of department Silesian University of Technology ...

13-15TH JUNE 2017 PRESENTATION OF FUTURA PROJECT AT CZECH RAILDAYS 2017

Place: Ostrava, Czech Republic Kovis and ZX-Benet exhibited on the Czech Raildays 2017, that took place from 13th to 15th June in Ostrava, Czech Republic.  The Czech Raildays is an international trade fair of the railway technology, products and services for the rail and city transports. Rail market in Czech Republic is extremely important for all members of the consortium. Kovis and ZX-Benet organized two days as FUTURA days, where the progress of optimization, as well as optimization ...

12TH MAY 2017: PRESENTATION OF THE PROJECT FUTURA ON THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL

Place: Leskovec pri Krškem, Krško In the week from 8th till 14th of May 2017, under the auspices of the United Nations happened the fourth global week of traffic safty. In this occasion company Kovis presented the Project FUTURA to the local schools. On the 12th of May representatives of the company Kovis visited the Elementary school Leskovec pri Krškem and Secondary Vocational and Tecnical School Krško. To pupils from 8. class and students of third grade, mechanical technician, ...

13TH APRIL 2017: 3rd MEETING OF THE PROJECT PARTNERS AND 2nd EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING FOR THE PROJECT FUTURA

Place: Martin, Slovakia Project partners of the Project FUTURA have attended the 3rd meeting of the project partners and 2nd executive board meeting. On the meeting were discussed the report on progress, preparation and submission of first periodic report and as well future activities. Conclusion was that with third prototype the mass was lowered for 18.6%, higher safety or possibility to have shorter braking distance (which was achieved through special connection of DRB disc crown ...

07-08TH MARCH 2017: PRESENTATION OF FUTURA PROJECT AT MIDDLE EAST RAIL

Place: Dubai Project FUTURA was presented on the Middle East Rail –International Conference and Trade Exhibition in Dubai. Middle East Rail is a show for the entire rail industry.  It was an excellent opportunity to meet rail and metro operators, contractors, government and industry organizations from across the Middle East, North African and the Indian Subcontinent. To the exhibitors and visitors were presented the second prototype of the New Divided Rail Freight Brake Disc (DRFB ...

15-16TH FEBRUARY 2017: PRESENTATION OF FUTURA PROJECT AT EXPO RAIL 2017

Place: Mexico City, Mexico Project FUTURA was presented on the Expo & Congress in Mexico. The ExpoRail is an important international rail related trade show that has gained regional relevance. It combines freight rail as well as passenger transit rail systems. The second prototype of the New Divided Rail Freight Brake Disc (DRFB Disc), findings, results of laboratory tests and first information from testing of first prototype in real environment were presented to the trade visitors and ...

1 DECEMBER 2016 KICK-OFF CONFERENCE OF THE PROJECT FUTURA

Place: Slovenija, Brežice, Gubčeva 10a, Youth Centre Brežice Kovis organized a Kick-off conference of the project FUTURA in the conference room of the Youth Centre Brežice. The purpose of the conference was the presentation of the project of developing Divided Rail Freight Brake Disc to the professional and the general public. The event was also attended by the Mayor of Brežice Ivan Molan, director of Chamber of commerce Posavje, Krško Darko Gorišek, representative of Regional ...

04 OCT 2ND MEETING OF THE PROJECT PARTNERS

Place: Slovakia, Zilina, Velky Diel 3323, Vyskumny ustav dopravny, a.s. On the 2nd meeting of the project partners for the project FUTURA were discussed the progress on the project and plan for the future activities. It was acknowledge that all deliverables that were scheduled in this period were delivered to the Commission. 3 prototypes of DRFB disc were designed: Futura 1, Futura 1.1 and Futura 2. Futura 1 prototypes were manufactured by Kovis and Omnia. They were tested in laboratory ...