Parker Hannifin is the world’s leading supplier of products and solutions in Motion and Control. Using multiple technologies and market focused innovation to increase our range of products and solutions, we now have one of the broadest offerings available from a single supplier. Parker’s association with the rail industry spans in excess of 40 years, supporting many key global companies in applications as diverse as:
Parker has proven expertise in the design and manufacture of rail passenger, freight vehicle and locomotive motion and control solutions. We constantly strive to provide outstanding design and ground-breaking innovation simultaneously utilising expertise in technologies including pneumatics, hydraulics, electromechanical and filtration.
Parker provides an extensive range of robust, durable motion control solutions, with a worldwide reputation for quality and reliability. We are committed to working to the exacting rail standards expected by the industry such as:
Our rail products also meet more challenging requirements including:
Harsh weather conditions, extreme temperatures, high vibration, aggressive contamination and demands on vehicle availability require reliable and robust pneumatic controls. Pneumatic valves, actuators and air preparation solutions engineered by Parker are designed to respond to these tough conditions, maximising reliability and minimising downtime delays, and delivering overall life-cycle cost savings.
Parker’s engineering team design unique solutions to challenging rail industry problems, collaborating with customers from the very initial concept stage of a new product or application, Parker has the engineering expertise and industry knowledge required that allows us to take your project from concept to reality.
Products engineered using Parker’s latest design and manufacturing techniques, including additive manufacturing (3D printing), in house injection and vacuum moulding, enables radically improved flow paths resulting in reduced product size with enhanced performance.
All systems are designed to ensure reliable trouble free operation, contributing to maximized vehicle availability, and are supplied fully function tested offering the following benefits:
From simple stepper motor control to linear electrical actuators Parker offers both control devices, electric motors and also an extensive range of screw and belt mechanical actuator products, all ideally suited to solve the most demanding of railway applications. Parker’s electrically controlled motion solutions offer also extends to custom designed systems for rolling stock applications.
Parker’s 30 years’ experience supplying into the railway industry provides a wealth of product and industry knowledge that enables us to effectively contribute to the creation of reliable trouble free solutions meeting industry standards and provide commercial benefits to our customers. Maintaining close communication and keeping pace with current developments is crucial to our success.
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Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For 100 years the company has engineered the success of its customers in a wide range of diversified industrial and aerospace markets. Learn more at www.parker.com or @parkerhannifin
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