Rail Market Summary from Gurit0 pages

MARKET INFORMATION : RAIL
DELIVERING THE FUTURE OF COMPOSITE SOLUTIONS
RAIL
Modern mass transportation needs to be fast, efficient, comfortable and
With over 30 years of experience as a prime
safe. Velocity, energy efficiency and passenger comfort and safety have
composite materials supplier and engineering
a lot to do with the design concept, smart components and the materials
partner to a broad array of industrial markets
employed: the lighter train carriages are, the faster a train can accelerate,
including high-end applications such as
move and brake. A lighter train also uses less energy per passenger
today’s most advanced passenger aircraft,
distance covered. Stronger, more durable and easy to clean materials
award-winning
translate into lower maintenance cost over the whole life span of a
prestigious cars or weight and performance
train. Passenger comfort also requires lightweight, compact and durable
optimised composite wind turbine blades,
materials, so designers can design train car interiors, or seat structures
Gurit also understands the most pressing
that offer passengers amongst other features the maximum individual
needs of the rail market.
space and leg room, a friendly and clean environment and excellent noise
and pressure protection during high-speed motion. The key parameters
of passenger safety are the fire, smoke and toxicity performance of the
materials chosen. All these aspects can be optimised by using state-ofthe-art composite materials and solutions from Gurit.
high-performance
boats,