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In the last decade aluminium car bodies have replaced steel car bodies to a large extent. This has been a major step towards light and thus more energy efficient rail vehicles.
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Technology field: Mass reduction
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General information
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General criteria
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Environmental criteria
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Economic criteria
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Vehicle - fix costs: low |
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(no details available) |
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Vehicle - running costs: significant reduction |
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(no details available) |
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Infrastructure - fix costs: none |
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Infrastructure - running costs: unchanged |
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(no details available) |
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Scale effects: low |
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Due to high costs for manufacturing machinery, scale effects in aluminium technology have been high in the past but are essentially exploited today. |
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Amortisation: < 1 year |
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Application outside railway sector (this technology is railway specific)
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Overall rating
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date created: 2002-10-09 |
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© UIC - International Union of Railways 2003 |
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