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Development and trend of brake disks and braking pads for speed-up electric car trains in Japan

Last updated on 09 November 2012 5:41

Speed-up of railway trains, not only for Shinkansen lines but also for conventional narrow gauge lines, has been promoted at all parts of Japanese Railways. The max. speed of Shinkansen electric cars (TEC) has become higher, and it is now over 270 km/h in commercial service. The speed of conventional...

Author(s): Poli Giuseppe;Takao Kikuo;Tsujimura Taro

Organisation(s): POLI Officine Meccaniche SpA. ; Railway Technical Research Institute ;

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