Industry Solutions Railway Division Locomotive Tractive Effort | Locomotive Tractive Effort Solutions |
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On low horsepower locomotives the BOA (Bolt On Adhesion) system can provide significant improvement in tractive effort. BOA can be applied to locomotives with 2,000 HP or less that are equipped with a DC main generator.
ZTR can also design custom control system solutions for many types of applications including GE locomotives, ALCO, electric locomotives and multi-engine genset locomotives. |
ZTR solutions to improve tractive effort for older high and low horsepower locomotives can substantially extend their service lives and make them more productive.
For higher horsepower locomotives with AC alternators, ZTR’s Nexsys II provides a complete microprocessor based Tractive Effort solution. In addition to a 25-30% improvement in tractive effort over Dash 2 systems, Nexsys II provides many other benefits such as increased reliability, reduction/elimination of high maintenance components and diagnostics capabilities.