Hydraulic drives and setting systems for grooved rail turnouts

Setting unit VS20 ID in use at HTM Den Hag

All VAE drive and setting systems of the business unit HYTRONICS stand for a new quality standard.
Based on our experience and tradition of more than 155 years as turnout manufacturer and our excellent partnership with our customers has lead to deep knowledge about their needs.

To fulfil these different and challenging needs urban rail transport all our products are developed under consideration of our know-how. And so the demand of the future could be served today.

The development followed the goal to design drive and setting systems for different applications which distinguishes thru functionality and design. The VS range offers highest safety, reliability and availability. All these under lowest space requirements. For an economically use Life Cycle Costs (LCC) were optimised to. Therefore, all components are well-chosen and the design guaranties a maximum of availability and longest inspection and maintenance intervals. During the development process we paid attention on an open structure to make all components accessible for maintenance and repair works. Additionally all our products are produced according to highest quality and production standards.

Setting system VS60 pre installed in a turnout

Because of that we meet our demand to be a reliable and competent partner for the means of transport of the future.

Our product range covers a wide range of functionalities. From simple setting devices with a non-positive locking for manual setting or to be trailed to remote setting devices up to solutions with detection of end position and positive locking devices.
All setting devices are equipped with an adjustable attenuation and additionally the encapsulated design reduces wear and external influences on the functioning of the product.

To realise a wide range of application there are possibilities to meet specific customer circumstances.

The following table gives an overview of product specific application possibilities.

Advantages

  • return unit
  • spherical mechanism for spring operated locking
  • non-positive locking
  • Damping
  • Hydraulic drive, electric machine
  • Detector rods controlled by proximity switches
  • Positive locking detector rods
  • Positive locking drive rods
  • Locking monitored
  • Electromagnetic drive, as an option