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Product catalog summary
Overview
Traktionssysteme Austria (TSA) specializes in electric motors, alternators, gearboxes, and traction drives for rail and commercial road vehicles. They offer comprehensive solutions from design to aftersales services, focusing on optimizing maintenance and lifecycle costs.
Product Specifications
TSA provides custom traction drives with high power and torque density, featuring TSADUR® class 220 insulation for reliability and compliance with international standards. Their products include copper squirrel-cage designs for efficiency, innovative cooling concepts, and low-vibration structures.
Engineering and Design
TSA uses advanced tools like Finite-Element Analysis (FEA) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for developing drives, motors, and gearboxes, focusing on space optimization and rapid prototyping for pre-testing.
Rail Vehicle Solutions
With over 60 years of experience, TSA offers high-quality drive systems for rail vehicles, ensuring low operating costs and minimal downtime, supported by a global service network.
Road Vehicle Solutions
TSA's bus motors are globally used, optimized for efficiency and performance, offering cost-effective solutions with easy integration into existing vehicle models.
Ground Support Equipment (GSE)
TSA provides flexible motor solutions for GSE, focusing on efficient motor-inverter interaction for maximum energy efficiency, with customizable service programs.
Service and Maintenance
TSA's Long-Life Value Service includes preventive maintenance, spare parts management, and innovative upgrades, with tailored service agreements for reliable vehicle performance.
Technical Leadership
TSA is a leader in traction systems, offering holistic evaluations of drive units and holding an ECM Certificate for safe maintenance of rail vehicles.
Electric Machine Concepts
TSA designs motors based on operational data to ensure suitability for specific routes, offering both induction and permanent magnet synchronous motors for high efficiency.
Overview of Electric Machine Technologies
TSA provides a range of electric machine technologies, focusing on traction motors and generators for rail vehicles and buses, with specifications and cooling concepts for induction machines and PMSMs.
Induction Machines
Induction machines feature a robust squirrel-cage rotor design, requiring an inverter and cooling device for optimal operation, with optional sensors to enhance performance.
Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines (PMSM)
PMSMs use permanent magnets for high efficiency at low to medium speeds, requiring individual inverters, suitable for single-motor vehicles.
Cooling Concepts
Effective cooling methods include forced air ventilation, self-ventilation, and liquid cooling, crucial for preventing overheating in modern traction motors.
Permanent Magnet Generators
These generators use high-energy permanent magnets, often paired with passive rectifiers, with voltage output varying with speed, load, and magnet temperature.
Induction Generators
Induction generators require a magnetic field from a 3-phase supply, with the choice between permanent magnet and induction generators depending on application requirements.
Quality and Standards
TSA adheres to international quality standards, including ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 50001, continuously improving management systems to ensure high-quality products and services.
Contact Information
TSA's headquarters are in Austria, with international representatives in the US, China, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, providing contact details for further inquiries.
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Q Electric motors, alternators, gearboxes and traction drives for rail rolling stock and commercial road vehicles. TRAKTIONSSYSTEME AUSTRIA

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RAIL.ROAD.SERVICE.The future is electric mobility. Innovative traction drives by TSA. Traktionssysteme Austria is a company with an ambitious goal: With our expertise and our wide product range, we guarantee the best individual solutions for our customers. We are your experienced partner for all questions related to asynchronous and permanent magnet drives. As a full-range supplier, we have the right solution for your individual requirements. Ranging from first design drafts and delivery to aftersales services. We offer a one-stop solution and guide you every step of the way through development...

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TSA Engineering The in-house engineering and the vicinity of design department, production and test field are two of the core strengths of TSA. State-of-the-art tools are used to develop our drives, motors and gearboxes as well as generators: Space is commonly limited in traction applications, so available space becomes an important consideration during vehicle propulsion design. The required size of any electric motor is mainly defined by the required torque and less so by power. • Electromagnetic, structural and thermal Finite-Element Analysis (FEA) • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) • Thermal...

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Wide-ranging requirements, one single provider for your solutions. TSA’s electric drives are tailored to the specific requirements of your rail vehicles, starting from the offer through to our Long-Life Value Service, from the initial design drawings through to final delivery. The focus is always on our customers’ desire for a comprehensive solution, based on electrical and mechanical criteria. Why choose TSA as your supplier for your rolling stock? Because you will find no other company whose products fit your rail vehicles perfectly like ours do. The challenges of cutting-edge electromobility...

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Get on the road with us TSA bus motors operate in road commercial vehicles all over the world. From Germany to Mexico, you will find our bus motors in road vehicles around the world. Our motors operate in all climate conditions. Since 2000, TSA motors have been powering electric buses by Solaris, Van Hool and Hess. Also VDL and Bozankaya are among our e-bus industry partners. Because electric mobility is our business. Our years of experience allow us to guarantee the best solutions. As a manufacturer of electromechanical components for rolling stock and road transport vehicles, we know how electric...

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The big challenge in the ground support equipment area is to adapt the motor to the inverter. Only through an efficient interaction of both components can the motor achieve its maximum energy efficiency. Thanks to our many years of experience in the rail sector, we can offer the best possible holistic solutions regarding motors and inverters. Another advantage when choosing TSA as your supplier is that we willingly work with prototypes, low and high volume needs as well as special orders. Q The future of airports is electric, with Traktionssysteme Austria. We develop what you need for your groundsupport...

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RAIL.ROAD.SERVICE. Maintenance & Repair Service Packages & Contracts Delivery of Spare Parts Best service for guaranteed value. For the lifetime of your vehicle. Today’s mobility is changing at rapid speed. At TSA, to keep mobility in service, we believe that value retention is more important than ever. Therefore, our understanding of comprehensive service for the entire product lifetime comprises of smart maintenance and service concepts. This includes spare parts management, guaranteed lead times, comprehensive diagnosis reports on the technical condition of the motor, gearbox or component...

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RAIL.ROAD.SERVICE. Every motor is only as good as the sum of its individual parts. Avoid unexpected failures and ensure the long-term value retention of your vehicle. Service agreements facilitate the planning and control of safe operation and effective maintenance. All contracts and packages are tailored to your individual needs and requirements, ensuring the reliable performance of your vehicle at all times. PitStop is a service that we set up with potential customers for even more specific requirements. It is a program, tailored to the particular case of the customer, with the aim of enabling...

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Electric Machine Concepts How to choose the suitable traction motor? Three-phase motors have been state-of-the-art in traction applications since the evolution of power electronics. The key benefits of their use are the high power density, efficiency and reliability. The induction motor (asynchronous motor) is the most widely used motor type today. Alternatively, permanent magnet synchronous motors have become an increasingly popular solution because of their high efficiency under specific operating conditions. Basic aspects for selecting a traction motor Available space Space is commonly limited...

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How to choose the suitable traction alternator? Induction generators (asynchronous generators) – The functional principle in a nutshell In the end, it depends on your overall concept and your requirements. Learn more about the different functionalities of our permanent magnet synchronous generators and induction generators (asynchronous generators) in this chapter. Permanent magnet generators – The functional principle in a nutshell Principle design of a PMSM TSA-made permanent magnet generators are permanent magnet synchronous machines (PMSM) equipped with high-energy permanent magnets inside...

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Technology Range and Applications Manufacturers and operators of rail vehicles and buses across the globe rely on the products and services of Traktionssysteme Austria. Our technology and equipment has been in use successfully for more than 60 years. We contribute to making electric mobility more efficient, more reliable and more powerful. Trams, LRVs, Streetcars EMUs DEMUs Liquid cooling Air cooling Wheel-hub drives Generators (AC and PM) Gearboxes Integrated drives PM Technology Overhauls / Refurbishment Service contracts Research & Development, Design, Production, Assembly, Testing and Service...

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