Zephir (company)

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Zephir SpA
legal form Spa
founding 1969
Seat Modena , ItalyItalyItaly 
sales 16 million euros (2014)
Branch Rail vehicle construction
Website www.zephir.eu

Zephir is an Italian manufacturer of road- rail vehicles based in Modena .

Zephir Loco 800 in Strasbourg
Zephir 14.240 in test use in Rovigo
Zephyr 10.170 in Viernheim
Zephir 20.450 in Viernheim
Zephir 14.240 in Koblenz

history

The company was founded in 1969 and supplies shunting tractors for industry and ports. As an alternative to the conventional rail-bound shunting locomotives, locomotives were developed that can travel both on the road and on tracks; they are also known as locomotive tractors . In the French-speaking area, however, the translation generally refers to a shunting locomotive. In 1977 the first two-way shunting vehicle was brought onto the market, which was still in active use in April 2015. In the following 40 years more than 2500 vehicles were delivered and Zephir advanced to become the leading European manufacturer in this segment.

Series

The range of available locomotives essentially comprises vehicles with rail guidance systems, the rubber tires are used for traction on the road and on the tracks. When driving on rails, guide rollers are also lowered to keep track of things. The smaller types get by with two additional axles, the larger loco tractors have four additional axles for tracking. All types of international coupling systems (e.g. Scharfenberg, Dellner) can be installed. The loco tractors can be supplied with gauges from 750 mm to 1676 mm, and it is even possible to equip a vehicle with two different tracking rollers for two different gauges. Equipping as an explosion-proof or remote-controlled locomotive is also possible. The shunting vehicles are driven by diesel engines with hydraulic power transmission or by electric motors fed by accumulators. 90% of the machines ever produced are still in use worldwide.

Historic series

The early types resemble a jeep on wheels and some - as mentioned above - are still in use today. A type designation has not been passed down. The traction power corresponds to a small locomotive.

Current series

Today, a good dozen different types are offered in the LOK and LOK E product groups, all with the same design. The power spectrum ranges from around 100 kW to 362 kW and thus achieves the comparable output of a medium-sized shunting locomotive. Due to the traction, this upper performance class corresponds to a locomotive weighing 100 tons, but a Zephyr weighs only half. The type designation is roughly composed of the pulling force in kN / 10 and the power in PS, separated by a point. The LOKOM product group also sells track-bound shunting locomotives and the CRAB and KUBO product groups sell smaller shunting devices, primarily for easier shunting in workshops.

Web links

Commons : Zephir SpA  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ B. Group: Portfolio Companies
  2. ↑ a b ZEPHIR RAIL VEHICLE'S PRESENTATION ( Memento from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Zephir 1 in action in April 2015 ( Memento from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on March 5, 2016
  4. ↑ Virtual Market Place Innotrans 2016 , accessed on March 5, 2016
  5. ↑ Brochure Locotractors near Rebensburg, accessed on March 5, 2016
  6. ↑ Zephir Lokotraktor at the company Jean d'Huart et Cie in Yutz (France), accessed on March 5, 2016