Modernizations
Modernizations and upgrades - comparative study
CSAM 1 upgrade
- Has the lowest price
- Needs maintenance of the auxiliary services contactors:
- Analysis of the contacts state;
- Cleaning and eventually replacement of the contacts;
- Needs at the auxiliary services supply high quality contacts that are sorted for each locomotive for an optimal providing
- It can be perform in any authorized depot or electric locomotive reparation factory
CSAM 5 upgrade
- Auxiliary services need minimum maintenance ( contactors open and close at lull currents)
- Auxiliary services motors must be repaired according to the maximum maintenance technology (cleaning, changing the bearings, impregnation)
- Switching elements from the force circuit (selector-graded ensemble, contactors, inverters), they don’t have to have a high rank of usage not to affect the locomotive reliability
- It can be perform in any authorized depot or electric locomotive reparation factory
TSAM upgrade
- Even though it is the most expensive upgrade type in time they amortize their costs
- In the force circuit it is used the static switching without a movement switching element
- It has high performance for traction
- Increases life time period and traction motors performances by supplying them with continuous voltage and reduced potential against earthing
- Represents the recommended solution in case the force circuit components have a high grade of usage, because their repair or replacement have a substantial cost and the reliability remains reduced
- It can be performed only in the manufacturing company, because it needs complex technological processes ( optical fiber fittings) with extra costs and qualified personal