DIN Standards Committee Plastics
DIN EN 50405
; VDE 0115-501:2016-09
Railway applications - Current collection systems - Pantographs, testing methods for contact strips; German version EN 50405:2015
Bahnanwendungen - Stromabnahmesysteme - Stromabnehmer für Oberleitungsfahrzeuge, Prüfverfahren für Schleifstücke; Deutsche Fassung EN 50405:2015
Overview
The present standard specifies testing methods to establish the basic characteristics of newly manufactured pantograph contact strips. Not all tests may be relevant to some designs of contact strips. This standard does not define tests for pure metallic contact strips. It excludes wear tests, and tests using a particular pantograph. Additional supplementary tests, out of the scope of this standard, may be necessary to determine suitability for a particular application and are by prior agreement between customer and manufacturer. The responsible committee is Subcommittee DKE/UK 351.1 "Fahrzeuge" ("Rolling stock") of the DKE (German Commission for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies) at DIN and VDE.
