On-board Connection boxes

In association with the Current Collector Devices and the fuse boxes with are installed on both side of the train, the connection boxes 750VDC, 1.500VDC and 2.000 VDC are connecting the power cable coming from both side before going to the EMU. Mersen offer a large range of isolated connection boxes.

The comprehensive range of connection boxes is designed for Metro applications.

The principle is simple, Mersen have “naked” boxes that you can easily adapt to your configuration:

• The number of circuits (1, 2 or 3)
• The number of cables getting in and out of the box,
• the nature and the size of the cable glands (metal, plastic) ,
• the connection inside the box for the cable shoes.

Design

Mersen connection box are made with a Sheet Moulding Compound (SMC): Polyester resin reinforced with 25% glass fibber, dyed in the mass offering the best ageing characteristics and Higher weatherproof and dust protection.

Mersen offers a large library of compact existing solutions which can be adapted to your solutions (cable entries and exists, kind of cable glands, inside connections) and avoid Non Recurring costs.

Installations

The connection boxes can be installed in any positions (horizontal, vertical, side) on the bogie.

Number of circuits

The connection boxes can be organised to house 3 different circuits in one single box.

Color

Mersen offer the possibility to color them (mass tint or paint).

Cables

Mersen can provide the adapted cables to wire you system.

Tooling

Beside the spare parts, Mersen can supply the necessary tooling to set perfectly your equipment to the technical requirements of your grid and optimize their use.

LCC ; RAMS; Type tests

Mersen team provide type tests and different studies (Life Cycle Cost, RAMS, FMEA, Eco Design and recyclability, etc…) to secure the reliability of your equipment solution and its conformity to standards and legislations.