Stationary control system
More than 3,000 installations worldwide are equipped with a HAULING SYSTEM.
Mining, petrochemicals, metallurgy, steel industry, agricultural cooperatives, cement plants, container terminals, transportation, etc.
Do you want to operate:
- Railcars at a loading or unloading station, including over a weighbridge.
- Mine carts, mobile platforms, furnace soles. You want to make your logistics more profitable.
- By reducing your costs:
– Capital expenditure by simplifying your infrastructure (mobile loading and unloading equipment becomes unnecessary)
– Operating costs by reallocating qualified personnel previously assigned to maneuvering
– Maintenance costs thanks to the simplicity and robustness of our equipment
You will achieve a very quick return on investment.
Une installation de halage est forcément adaptée à votre infrastructure existante.
Nous disposons de trois systèmes complémentaires:
CHAIN-DRIVEN OR SIDE-CARRIAGE
All coupling, uncoupling, and control operations can be performed by a single person.
WITH PUSHER WAGON
This system is suitable for hauling entire trains weighing up to 5,000 tons or more, particularly when the railway ends in a dead end. It is compatible with all track gauges and can be used even when the railway includes curves and switches.
WITH AUTOMATIC CARRIAGE
These systems are supported by the following common components:
1. A CAPSTAN WINCH
The ends of the hauling cable are connected to a mobile chain that moves along the track to be served. A removable chain must be manually attached on one side to the mobile chain and on the other to the coupling box fixed to the side hook. This allows the hauling force to be transmitted in both directions.
All coupling, uncoupling, and control operations can be performed by a single person.
2. A TENSIONING SYSTEM
This system maintains constant tension in the cable, compensating for variations caused by thermal expansion or mechanical movement.
The counterweight applies a downward force that ensures continuous contact between the cable and the capstan’s traction surface, thereby guaranteeing smooth winding and efficient transmission of traction or braking force.
This device is essential for the proper functioning of lifting systems, catenary tensioning, or power transmission in railway installations.
3. A SET OF HORIZONTAL, VERTICAL, AND DEFLECTION PULLEYS
Horizontal pulleys guide the cable in the longitudinal plane, while vertical pulleys enable level changes—particularly in pit passages or elevated sections.
Deflection pulleys are used to redirect the cable at specific angles, depending on the layout of the installation.
Together, these pulleys ensure smooth cable routing, minimize friction, and enable optimal transmission of mechanical force along the entire cable path.
4. AN ELECTRICAL CABINET
This electrical cabinet is dedicated to the real-time supervision of hauling operations in railway applications.
It allows for accurate regulation of traction speed and the torque transmitted to the gear motor.
Its role is essential in operations that require continuous monitoring of traction force, ensuring safety, energy efficiency, and durability of mechanical components.
ONE OR MORE
OPERATOR CONTROL STATIONS
Les manipulateurs permettent de piloter l’ensemble des fonctions du halage, à un poste fixe ou radio télécommandé.
De plus, sur demande, il peut lui être attribué d’autres fonctions qui ont pour but d’automatiser votre installation
Feel free to contact us
We can, upon request, make improvements to our hauling systems to better meet your specific needs.
Our installations operate both indoors and outdoors, over distances ranging from 20 to several hundred meters, including in hazardous environments.
We can support you with:
- Expertise
- Geometry analysis
- Obsolescence management
- Renovation (Retrofit)
- Reliability improvement
- Replacement of your CNC system
- Integration of new components
- Safety upgrades
- Troubleshooting
For your wheel reprofiling machines, for rolling stock such as trams, subways, commuter trains, regional trains, high-speed trains, freight wagons, private equipment, etc.
- Wheel reprofiling machines for rolling stock such as trams, subways, commuter trains (RER), regional trains (TER), high-speed trains (TGV), freight wagons, private vehicles, etc.
- Underfloor wheel lathes
- Axle lathes
- Wheel boring machines
- And their auxiliary systems (conveyors – chip shredders – fume extraction, etc.)
Other types of machines:
- Underfloor jacks
- Presses for wheelset assembly/disassembly
- Measurement benches
- Spring presses
- Bogie presses
We work with
all types of brands
Stinger
The STINGER electric shunting system makes it possible to move Alstom tram sets equipped with the STINGER option.
Using specific connectors plugged into the roof of the tram, we supply power to its motor(s) and release the brakes. Then, using a simple control unit, we operate the tram to move it in both directions.
This system consists of the following equipment:
A main electrical cabinet
A control panel
A fully equipped Stinger trolley
A power cable with a connector plug (depending on the type of tram)
A 24V brake power cable equipped with its fuse
400V and 24V power supply lines (depending on the type of tram)
Trolley limit switches, siren, flashing lights, emergency stops
A safety lock management system integrated with the underfloor lathe and LAC
Supply of spare parts depending on availability.
Maintenance and Renovation
of Your Shunting Systems:
SEMAME brings all its expertise to advise you on your railway shunting systems (train hauling) and to provide full support for your aging installations.
We have specialized in ASEA / DE DIETRICH hauling systems for over 25 years and have already renovated several installations in France and abroad.
They trust us:
- TOTAL PETROCHEMICHAL
- ARKEMA
- ADISSEO
- BOREALIS
- YARA
- SNCF
- SNCB
- RATP
- EDCM / DPF
- ERAMET / COMILOG
- CIMENT CALCIA
- VARO ENERGY
