Railway handling - Power, versatility and productivity
The Aprolis road-rail range is a way of effecting the purchase or long-term rental of equipment capable of towing convoys weighing up to 4500 tons on rails, then leaving the tracks and returning to the road for the next manoeuvring job. With the road-rail equipment proposed by Aprolis you can perform both tasks with the same vehicle!
A road-rail solution is an investment 60% percent cheaper than a shunting locomotive and the operating costs are incomparably lower thanks to far better fuel and lubricant economy. There is a radio control for shunting with a single operator, against the minimum of two required with a locomotive. You will make substantial maintenance savings.
Rail mounting takes place in just a few minutes using a lifting device and railway axles. To do this, all you need is a maximum of 6 m of level rails in order to be able to use the most powerful road-rail equipment.
Mol road-rail vehicles
Mol builds special vehicles on the worldwide scale The company is more than 70 years old and designs vehicles capable of working in even the harshest environment. Great attention is paid to the choice of high quality components which is what makes Mol vehicles such outstandingly reliable working tools.
Based on its know-how, Mol has developed a range of road-rail vehicles with towing capacities ranging from between 16 and 40 tonnes. Equipped with motor units ranging between 160 kW to 360 kW, these road-rail vehicles are capable of pulling trains weighing between 1800 and 4500 tonnes.
With the capability of running on roads or rails, the road-rail vehicles are intended for use in applications demanding intensive railway wagon towing solutions. Rail-road vehicles are also suitable for driving on the road and on rail, allowing fast transfers between sites. Operating in places where goods wagons need to be moved locally at low speed (< 25 km/h) is one of the requirements facing companies with private marshalling yards, ports, cement and chemical industry, steelworks and terminals.
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Unimog: versatile on roads and rails
For more than 50 years, the Mercedes-Benz Unimog tool carrying vehicles have been adapted to various uses, including rail towing. Unimog is a carefully designed multipurpose concept addressing the many needs of applications on road and rail in a number of activity sectors, such as industries with private branch terminal facilities (ITE), multimodal platforms, public transport companies and rail operator technical centres.
The Unimog road-rail version is used for shunting, maintenance and cleaning jobs on the railways; its ease of use, versatility and tool-carrying aspect make the Unimog road-rail vehicles ideal for the needs of railway companies, underground train and urban railway operators, as well as track construction and maintenance service providers.
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Zagro E-Maxi road-rail
Zagro is a German manufacturer specialising in the road-rail manoeuvring and technology sector. Innovation and experience come together in the design and manufacture of electric road-rail systems with a pedestrian or ride-on driver. Thanks to these innovations, Zagro has established new standards in terms of shunting technologies. Many patent applications in the road-rail sector represent innovations which will meet your requirements in this field. The wide-ranging Zagro products not generating any polluting emissions, and the capability of Aprolis to expand this offer as part of a long-term rental arrangement guarantees an optimal solution tailored to your specific requirements.
Rationalised production and use of high quality components makes it possible to manufacture equipment with an incomparable quality-price ratio. It means that users benefit from optimum availability and low costs combined with the affordable replacement of wearing and maintenance parts, a considerable advantage on purchase and rental.
The equipment in the Zagro range has a very low hourly operating cost.
Towing and safety are optimum thanks to the antiskid system and the brakes featuring an anti-lock arrangement. These two systems substantially limit the expenses of wheel replacements. Shunting is carried out by a single operator using a radio remote-control and also reduces costs. All-wheel traction is controlled by a processor operating the four electric motors.
Zagro electric road-rail vehicles and their patented railway guidance system operate with zero emissions in the most confined working areas. Thanks to their 4 way travel, ZAGRO E-MAXI road-rail vehicles are designed to carry out rail shunting work in sectors as diverse as public transport, industrial services on open tracks or technical maintenance centres. The road-rail motor has been designed to operate both indoors and outdoors.
Its high-performance rechargeable batteries guarantee an excellent operating range and offer the added advantage of quiet, emission-free equipment.
The road-rail vehicles are equipped with four independent electric motors. These four motors are processor-controlled and carry out the permanent control of the driving wheels while controlling the patented rail guidance system. New standards have been set in shunting technology.
Change tracks quickly even in narrow working areas
For manoeuvring and turning in narrow working areas, the all-wheel steering system allows the ZAGRO E-MAXI to be manoeuvred in every direction with low tyre wear.
The rail guidance system extends and retracts hydraulically at the touch of a button. All it takes is simply to swivel all four steered wheels by up to 130° on the remote control.
Abrasion of the rubber guide wheels (Vulkollan optional) is kept to a minimum even when turning on the spot.