DocumentCode
836743
Title
Propulsion and Automation Equipment for PATCO´s Rapid Transit Cars
Author
Gardner, Alvin L. ; Hennel, Howard H. ; Lichtenfels, Ira W.
Author_Institution
General Electric Company
Issue
6
fYear
1971
Firstpage
760
Lastpage
768
Abstract
Increased performance, increased passenger comfort, and a high level of automated operation have been achieved in the new design equipment applied to the new PATCO cars. The SCM IV (static-cam-magnetic) control system combined with a higher capacity GE 1255 motor achieves high performance with smooth operation. The automatic train control (ATC) system has achieved safe and consistent train operation with a minimum number of trains.
Keywords
Acceleration; Automatic control; Control systems; Design automation; Hardware; Land transportation; Packaging machines; Propulsion; Rail transportation; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Industry and General Applications, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-943X
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TIGA.1971.4181381
Filename
4181381
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