Premiere at Innotrans –
Bock presented compressor solutions for rail air conditioning

Innotrans 2008, the world's biggest trade show focusing on rail technology, was held in Berlin from 23 to 26 September.

Some 1,900 exhibitors from 41 countries showcased all aspects of rail technology over exhibition space totalling 150,000 square metres. In addition, 91 rail vehicles were displayed on 3.5 kilometres of track.

With 86,519 visitors from more than 100 countries, visitor numbers were up 20% on 2006.

Bock Kältemaschinen GmbH was also celebrating a first at this year's Innotrans: the manufacturer of refrigerant compressors presented its range of rail solutions at Innotrans for the first time.

For some years now, Bock has concerned itself extensively with rail air conditioning as an application area.

At Innotrans, the company presented variants of its semi-hermetic refrigerant compressors from the Pluscom series developed specifically for this area. These variants featuring a lightweight construction in aluminium and dual-speed, two-pin drive motor attracted great interest from the specialist audience.

“Our presence at Innotrans was welcomed by HVAC system providers in particular, as well as train manufacturers. Over the four days of the show, promising conversations were held on our stand and we were able to forge numerous new contacts,” summarises Marcus Reuß, Bock Key Account Manager for Railway Applications.

The numerous systems and trains on show that featured Bock refrigerant compressors provided further proof of the company's success on entering the rail sector. These included the Siemens Velaro RUS, one of the top trains on show. In future, this train will operate on Russia's first high-speed rail link between Moscow and St. Petersburg, with climate control provided by Bock refrigerant compressors.



Bock Pluscom aluminium refrigerant compressor               Siemens Velaro RUS – featuring climate control
in a rail air conditioning system from Konvekta                    using Bock refrigerant compressors