GET BACK ON TRACK FASTER The WINDHOFF Pit Stop Concept Between 2017 and 2018, the most complex and technically sophisticated in-floor lifting plant in the world was built in Olten, Switzerland. It comprises 16 lifting units carrying 40 tons each, with 48 car body lifters and a total length of 180m as well as fully automatic operation. It was designed according to the WINDHOFF Pit Stop Concept for quick bogie replacement and delivered ready to use. The Pit Stop Concept means: a fast lift – a quick swap – and back on track in no time. Our motto: “get back on track faster”.
A shunting vehicle carefully pushes the trains into the intended position so that they are placed exactly over the infloor lifting system. The position has been calculated and monitored by the control system. Now the system can start. Up to 150 m multiple units from the latest series are lifted here.
300 tons, exactly balanced, down to the millimetre, across a length of 150 metres. Even the smallest deviations in precise synchronisation are automatically corrected in fractions of a second. The lift synchronisation works perfectly. 300 tons are lifted effortlessly. Absolutely synchronously across 150 metres safely and quickly as if by magic.
A quick check-up... then the screws fixing the bogie are loosened. All at an ergonomically perfect working height for the technicians. Following that the car body lifters move into position and The system currently stores 38 engage with pinpoint accuracy. different train combinations – Absolute safety for all every conceivable variation has personnel and materials been pre-programmed. The involved is guaranteed. The system is expandable to technicians can move freely accommodate for future under the train at any time requirements ensuring that any without the need to elevate the modifications can be train and without additional safety devices necessary. This is incorporated quickly. 72