Down you can find application notes specified to the range Transport automation.
Hirschmann Technology on Barajas Airport, Madrid.
Madrid-Barajas is the largest airport in Spain and plays a major role in intercontinental relations between Europe and South America.
Barajas is continuously expanding, thus becoming one of the largest airports worldwide. In 2005 the airport saw more than 40 millions of passengers, growing in 2006 by nearly 10%. Important steps in modernization are marked by the implementation of two new runways and the installation of a very powerful flight control system, permitting simultaneous operation of all four runways. In total, those technical investments enable the airport to increase the number of flights from 80 per hour to 120 per hour. In addition, two new terminals are operative since February 2005, the capacity to 70 Mio passengers per year. Automation is the key to this progress, where Hirschmann components play a major role in the control network.
Multiservice network for the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO) is responsible for organizing the internationally recognized motor races modeled after the Grand Prix de France Moto, the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 24 Heures Camions (for trucks) - which attract more than 500,000 spectators every year.
ACO provides services (telephony, Internet and TV) to the teams on the circuit via an ETHERNET network. This network also manages other functions such as GTC or video surveillance. This Hirschmann network was integrated by the DEVAUX company that met the challenge of providing high quality service from the very first races at which it was used.
Metropolitan area network in Cannes.
As part of a local safety contract that was drawn up in 2001, a video surveillance system was introduced in the city of Cannes.
A dedicated analog network was set up, using fiber optics for information support. But by 2005, the network was overloaded. It needed to be upgraded, and this was the perfect opportunity to integrate new services such as telecommunication, traffic control and centralized time recorders. The solution selected entailed the installation of a digital multiservice network called a MAN (Metropolitan Area Network), featuring very high speed connections.
An ETHERNET network for the Centralized Technical Management (GTC) of the Aker Yards shipyard, St-Nazaire.
The Saint-Nazaire shipyard (formerly Chantiers de l’Atlantique) has recently been integrated into the Aker Yards group, world leaders in shipbuilding.
This 126 hectare site is equipped with a dry dock measuring1200 meters long by 60 meters wide, one of the biggest in the world. This dock has different depths, according to the stage of production of the ships, which enables assembly of up to 3 ships at a time on the site. The new Centralized Technical Management (GTC) of this site relies on an industrial ETHERNET network built upon Hirschmann equipment. This allows for simple, open and coherent management of functions such as heating, lighting, electrical supply, tele-counting of electricity and gas or even the supply of compressed air.
Millau Viaduct: Continuity of service thanks to the ETHERNET network.
The Millau viaduct is 2,460 meters long. The steel bridge deck weighs 36,000 tonnes, 4 times the weight of the Eiffel Tower.
It is supported by 7 piers, the highest one measuring 245 meters. Countless processes were implemented in this unique project, some of them being critical to traveler safety. Hirschmann equipment ensures the continuity of service of the ETHERNET network, which runs along the entire viaduct. The project was managed by the Eiffage group, whose subsidiary Forclum was responsible for the entire electrical, IT and video network, as well as the lighting.
Nice-Côte d’Azur Airport - A pioneer user of ETHERNET networks.
The Nice-Côte d’Azur airport is the second largest airport in France with around 10 million visitors every year.
A pioneer user of ETHERNET networks for the management of all its operational systems, this site uses a huge number of processes, some of which are critical, since they are associated with passengers' safety. These processes require no fewer than 7 redundant ring networks and some 150 network devices.
Safe road tunnels with a mixture of Profibus and Ethernet.
Austria is investing an enormous amount of money from road tolls in modernization of its highways network.
The Autobahnen- und Schnellstrassen- Finanzierungs-AG is responsible for the operation and expansion of the highway network with 1,500 employees and 53 locations. One of the most important construction projects is linking the Voralpenkreuz to the A8 at Wels and reducing driving time by 30 minutes at a total cost of 142 million Euro. In the course of the so-called Welser Spange, Dürr-Austria has built two tunnels to house 4.3 km of the total link-up of 11 km. With these underground roads, the ASFINAG has gone a long way to protect the residents. The underground installations are equipped with state of the art control technology from AutomationX and are monitored and controlled from the newly built tunnel control center in Wels.
Industrial ETHERNET for Ancona-Bari railway line.
Ethernet technology in railway tunnels.
Italian public company RFI, part of the Ferrovie dello Stato group, is responsible for the efficient operation of railway lines. Part of this responsibility is to ensure that the railways are using the latest state-of-the-art technology. When it came time to revamp the Service System network between Ancona and Bari (part of the “Adriatica” line), RFI chose industrial Ethernet, as the highest performing and most future-proof communication technology for installation in critical environments. AlHof, Italian partner of Hirschmann, supplied equipment and expert knowledge for the project, which included three tunnels (San Giovanni, Diavolo, and Vasto). The project was realized by the specialist system integrator Siscom.
Fiber optic technology in tunnel construction: Use of Profibus in the Berlin Tiergarten Tunnel.
An effective solution for coping with and controlling the highway traffic in north-south direction had to be found for new downtown Berlin with the government quarter and reorganization of Potsdam Square.
The result is a 2,387 m long road tunnel for subway routing of the B96 highway between Heidestrasse and the Landwehrkanal with additional entrance and exit ramps at the Invalidenstrasse and Kemperplatz which was completed at the end of March 2006. The technical traffic equipment and the installed network technology are a guarantee for the safety of drivers in the tunnel. The Weiss-Electronic GmbH has therefore chosen the technically sophisticated products of the Hirschmann company. The Goebel Electronic Distribution company acts as a technical contact and supplier for the entire project.
Industrial ETHERNET at Prague Airport.
Communication system at the international Prague Airport
The RS2 FX/FX and the RS2 16M switches from Hirschmann are the main active switching components of the industrial ETHERNET communication system at the Prague - Ruzyne Airport (Prague International Airport). The principal function of the network is to standardize communications and provide data transfer to the distributed monitoring system which controls the technology components of Terminal North I. For example moving aprons for passengers, docking system for leading planes on stands, baggage sorting plants and air conditioning system are also connected to the network.
Dynamic Passenger Informatin with ETHERNET
MOFIS 2000
The Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe AG (KVB AG) transports approximately 800,000 passengers per day in the metropolitan area of Cologne. On the platform passengers are kept informed via dynamic LED displays. In addition to train announcements and date and time, information such as delays or company advertising can be displayed as ticker tape or graphics. The next generation of passenger information systems in Cologne is MOFIS 2000 from BBR Verkehrstechnik GmbH, which is based on industrial Ethernet technology.
Ethernet network on Austal Ships
Austal Ships is one of the world's largest builders of fast ferries. Based in Western Australia, Austal's modern shipyard is situated on the Jervoise Bay waterfront in Henderson, 8 km south of the port city of Fremantle. Austal's purpose built facilities feature over 20,000 square metres of under cover production space with fully enclosed shipbuilding halls, allowing the simultaneous construction of two 100 metre vessels and four 40 metre vessels
Profibus and Ethernet go to sea
Automation solution for naval vessels
VT Controls of Portsmouth, UK, (part of the marine products division of VT Group PLC) have built their latest open systems automation solution for naval vessels using Hirschmann Profibus and Ethernet components. The VT Controls Open Systems solution (VTAS) is highly flexible, providing different levels of automation from a simple control and monitoring solution through to a full-blown naval platform management system, looking after engine management, electrical distribution, auxiliary machinery and damage management for an entire vessel.
ETHERNET in the Plabutschtunnel Graz
A tunnel technology project of the state Steiermark - in the name and by order of the ASFINAG
Technical data:
Type:
Europe's longest two-tube road tunnel with full ventilation
Location:
Austria, in Graz Autobahn A9 Linz - Spielfeld
Date of opening:
Eastern tube 1987 / Western tube 2004
Length:
Eastern tube 9919m / Western tube 10,085m
Vehicles/Day:
23,000
Industrial ETHERNET for railway applications
Comprehensive redundancy concept
A total of 45 Hirschmann RS2 Rail Switches and 16 MICE are already in operation within the scope of the AKN Eisenbahn AG project. These industrial Ethernet swiches are highly secure against failure due to a special architecture that incorporates redundancy mechanisms. The network is designed to ensure that a backup circuit is established in just fractions of a second to compensate for errors such as broken links. This comprehensive redundancy concept offers maximum possible security.
Patras Deviation Highway Network
Patras Deviation Highway (P.D.H.)
The Patras Deviation Highway is a new part of the country-wide P.A.TH.E main highway in Greece. The P.D.H. is 18km long and connects the Athens Patra highway with the road that leads to Pyrgos bypassing the city of Patra. It contains several tunnels. This application note describes the computer network designed for this project.
ETHERNET at Dresden Airport
Dresden Airport New terminal
On July 11th, 1935 the first planes began to take off and land at the newly built Dresden Airport. The city of Dresden, the place where the first German passenger jet was built, still today imposes its character on the design and atmosphere of the airport. In the year 2000 the airport's handling capacity rose to 1.7 million passengers. In order to continue meeting the demands of increasing passenger volumes in future, on March 8th, 2001 the new terminal was officially opened fully networked using Hirschmann components.
ETHERNET in the Ischgl Silvretta Ski Arena
Ischgl Silveretta-Ski Arena
Ischgl is able to provide its guests just about anything they have come to expect from an international winter sport site. It is situated 1,377 m above sea level, has been connected to Switzerland since 1978, features ski runs at elevations between 2,000 and 2,872 m, and offers a total of 9,500 beds. A tunnel approximately 190 meters long with two integrated moving walkways bring guests from the town center to the ski lift’s valley station. 54 nerve fibers in the form of single and multimode F/O cables form the backbone of the system.
New Athens International Airport
Altogether 95 Hirschmann MACH 3000 backbone switches are in use in the New Athens International Airport (NAIA) project. By incorporating a special architecture with redundancy mechanisms, the modular high-performance switches guarantee extremely high protection against airport network failure. Should a data connection fail, the network is designed so that an alternative data connection
is established within fractions of a second. Extensive configuration options guarantee maximum network security.
The Skymetro at Zurich Airport runs with an optical Genius bus
Zurich Airport is one of the hubs of European air traffic.
This is shown in the 30% share of transfer passengers the number of which increased by more than 10% in the first six months of 2005. In order to be prepared for future passenger numbers another terminal was built in 2003. Passengers reach this Dock E on a state of the art, underground, driverless transport system. The Skymetro hovers on air cushions and is pulled by steel cables. This provides maximum comfort for the passengers because there is no engine or rolling noise. For safety reasons the platforms are fitted with automatic glass doors.
Tunnel control and monitoring with PROFIBUS
LWL technology in tunnel construction: PROFIBUS used in road tunnels in Switzerland.
When the 24 km of the A1 motorway between Payerne and Yverdon was finished the last gap in the 350 km long link between Lake Constance and Lake Geneva in Switzerland was closed. 8 bridges and 3 tunnels had to be built in the cleared terrain which was the reason the costs were so high at almost CHF 60, 000,000 per km (approx. 40.6 million Euro). In March 2001 this section was opened for traffic. The company Omni Ray AG was responsible of all tecnical contact. They were also in charge of the product delivery for the whole project.