Siemens has won an order worth approximately Rs 83 crore from Indian Railways’ Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW), Varanasi. The order is to design, supply and install 40 Alternating Current (AC) Traction Systems for dual-cab high horsepower diesel engine locomotives.
The AC Traction Systems will be produced at Nashik Factory of Siemens. The Systems have been developed based on the state-of-the-art Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors (IGBTs) technology. The principle benefit of IGBTs over Gate Turn-off thyristors (GTOs) is that it reduces the current required, and therefore the heat generated, giving smaller and lighter units.
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