CM1 Dolphin
The CM1 Dolphin is a magnetic levitation train based on Transrapid technology, developed and built in the People's Republic of China , for local transport connections , which is currently still being tested.
CM1 Dolphin
The decision to build its own Chinese maglev train was made in 2002 as part of the Chinese high-tech program 863. The order for two wagons was awarded to the China Aviation Industry Corporation (CAC) in Chengdu, China. The cars were brought to the test track on the Jiading Campus of Tongji University in May 2006 and have been in testing since July 2006. The CM1 Dolphin prototype is a magnetic levitation train that is specially designed for local traffic with a top speed of 150 km / h and, according to the chief developer, Zheng Qihui, uses "no German technology". The nocturnal measurements of the carrying and guiding technology of the Shanghai Maglev Train (SMT) in the Shanghai Maglev maintenance station, which were documented video in November 2004, are not related to the development and are fictitious. For the test operation, the superstructures were separated from the actual chassis. Since 2010, the vehicle that emerged from the CM1 Dolphin development project has been in regular operation with passengers on the Shanghai Maglev Train . The vehicle was manufactured by the Chengdu Aircraft Industrial Group (CAIC) and can be recognized by the round headlights set off from the windows.
Test track
history
The model for the technology used in the test track is the German Transrapid 08 , in the form that is already in operation in Shanghai as the Shanghai Maglev Train (SMT). During the construction of the 30 km long route from Pudong Airport to the outskirts of Shanghai, the Chinese partners of the German consortium forced the publication of the blueprints : The Chinese had bought the technology of the route from the German consortium with a German state grant of 50 million euros. The test track is being built by the National Maglev Transportation Engineering Research and Development Center under the direction of Wu Xiangming in close cooperation with the Chinese-German College (CDHK) at Tongji University. The stator packs for the route on the test track are not made in China. These are sections of German production complained about during the construction of the Pudong-Shanghai route, which were put together to form a test route in Jiading.
The test track was built as part of the 'National High Technology Plan 863'.
topology
A 1.5 km long test track for magnetic levitation trains is located northwest of the center of Shanghai in the Jiading district on the campus of Tongji University there. A service hall for magnetic levitation trains is located on the north-western edge of the campus. The route leaves the hall in a northeastern direction and begins with a switch, the western arm of which ends blindly after a few meters, i.e. without a buffer. After a few hundred meters, the eastern arm describes a 45 degree curve. The route continues for almost a kilometer in a west-east direction. The test track ends with a slight, S-shaped swivel on a buffer.
Due to the length of the route and the topology (no turning loops), the maximum speed is 120 km / h.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Wolfgang Pester: China relies on the maglev . Transport: The prototype of the first Transrapid maglev train is due to go into trial operation in Shanghai in July. In: VDI news . February 24, 2006 ( [1] ).
- ↑ a b c d Chinese test their own Transrapid . Technology theft uncertain. In: Wirtschaftswoche . February 15, 2006 ( [2] [3] ).
- ↑ a b c d e Frank Sieren , Wolfgang Kempkens: Chinas competitive model . Transrapid. In: Wirtschaftswoche . February 23, 2006 ( [4] ).
- ^ A b c Johnny Erling: Chinese test Transrapid replica . In: The world . June 4, 2007 ( [5] ).
- ↑ China unveils the world's fastest Maglev train [6]
Coordinates: 31 ° 17 '27.3 " N , 121 ° 12' 9.4" E