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Cow wake up! Even Trump has gone to 中铁 to buy MRT!

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Out-source MRT to 中铁 & forget about SBS Transit SMRT, sell these useless firms to Karunguni ASAP!

http://news.sina.com.cn/o/2017-11-09/doc-ifynrsrf3181292.shtml

为中国制造爆灯:中国地铁将要开进美国本土

2017年11月09日13:07 央视财经频道
为中国制造爆灯:中国地铁将要开进美国本土

  原标题:[揭秘]为“Made in China”爆灯!中国地铁要开进美国了

  随着我国高铁的迅速发展,高效、便捷、舒适的乘车环境,让高铁动车组成为大众出行首选。

  一起走进推出中国标准动车组“复兴号”的中国中车,看看他们是如何创新发展的?

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  在“砥砺奋进的五年”大型成就展上,中国高铁作为中国制造走出去的新名片,吸引了众多观众的目光,而中国标准动车组“复兴号”近期在京沪高铁以350公里的时速载客运行,更是刷新了“中国速度”,引得现场观众驻足留看和拍照留念。

  完全自主 “复兴号”开启高铁新征程

  时速350公里、发送旅客59.2万人次、日均2万人次,平均客座率95%,最高客座率达到99.4%。10月21日,“复兴号”动车组在迎来运营“满月”时交出了一份令人满意的成绩。

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  中国中车股份有限公司总工程师 张新宁 介绍,复兴号经历了四年的创新,是党的十八大以来在轨道交通装备行业,技术创新的一个集中体现。比如这次的复兴号在空间上更宽敞,大家上去很舒服。另外,在乘客的舒适度上也有了很大的提高,很多乘客都反映,复兴号的噪音更小,车厢内更安静,同时还提供了无线WIFI,旅客从此在高铁上不再孤单。

  在中国中车四方股份公司,央视财经记者就见到了一辆已经调试完毕即将投入运营的复兴号列车,中车四方股份公司负责人告诉记者,复兴号之所以运行的又快又稳,就是因为它有一颗非常聪明的大脑在时刻运转。

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  中国中车四方股份公司副总经理 梁建英 介绍,复兴号具有一个非常聪明的大脑,具体是指车辆有一个非常现代化的网络控制系统。所有车辆需要采取的动作,首先要听从这个大脑的指挥。大脑指挥首先要有一个基本信息的收集,所以在车上一共有2500多点的基础信息大脑基本数据,通过大脑的梳理,识别计算,然后分析评判,来决策这个车辆到底来执行什么样的动作。

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  中国铁路总公司披露的数据显示,截至2016年底,中国高铁运营里程超过2.2万公里,占世界高铁运营总里程60%以上,位居全球第一。

  中国中车股份有限公司总工程师 张新宁 说,从这个意义上讲,复兴号动车组、中国的高铁,以及以复兴号动车组为代表的其它轨道交通装备,包括大功率机车、客车、货车,以及现在日新月异的城市轨道交通车辆,这些方面的发展都得到了很大进步。

  打造一张永不褪色的国家名片

  创新永无止境。中国高铁从“追赶者”到“引领者”的角色转换,是中国高铁发展的一个缩影,而达到世界先进水平的“复兴号”动车组的启程开跑,为高铁“走出去”、打造永不褪色的名片再添一件利器。

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  出生于“铁道世家”的郭锐,已经在中车四方股份公司工作近20年,他经手了时速200公里到380公里各个速度等级的高速动车组,从他和他的团队手中装配出的高速动车组超过1100列。

  中国中车四方股份公司首席技师 郭锐 告诉记者,他在这个过程中感受是非常深的。从一开始进厂的内燃机车,到目前复兴号的生产过程,可以说是有目共睹了公司的发展。

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  就在今年的9月份,中车四方股份公司在“走出去”方面再下一城。与巴西圣保罗城际铁路公司签署了8列(64辆)城轨车辆供货合同,用于装备圣保罗13号线。这也是中国企业在巴西圣保罗赢得的城轨车辆第一单。

  如今,中国中车已经进入波士顿、芝加哥、洛杉矶、费城四大城市,获得的地铁和通勤客车订单达1359辆。仅在最近半年内,就先后在波士顿、洛杉矶获得184辆地铁订单,在费城获得45辆通勤客车订单。

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  中国中车股份有限公司总工程师 张新宁 介绍,在未来一个时期,通过讨论,也是要围绕着如何进一步坚持打造一张永不褪色的金色名片,要打造一张永不褪色的国家名片。

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Chinese trains already global #1 beat the fraudsters Japs & Europe already. SG still buying from crooks Kobe Steel

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...nes-trains-automobiles-quicktake-q-a-j8pto39q

Kobe Steel Scam Hits Planes, Trains, Automobiles
By
Masumi Suga
and
Chikako Mogi
October 13, 2017, 7:41 AM EDT
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Venable's Strickland on Kobe Steel Scandal's Safety Risks

Kobe Steel Ltd. has made a startling admission: It sold products that failed quality control tests to about 500 companies. Worse still, it did so not in error but by falsifying data to make it appear that items had made the grade. Aircraft, electronics, car and bullet train manufacturers were among the recipients, raising obvious safety concerns. From Boeing Co. to Ford Motor Co., companies are scrambling to check any affected products. And Japan Inc. is facing up to another embarrassing scandal.

1. What exactly did Kobe Steel falsify?
The admissions have dribbled out, and more may follow. Initially, the company confessed to falsifying data about the strength and durability of some copper and aluminum that was used in cars and trains and possibly planes and a space rocket, too. Then Kobe Steel said it also faked data about iron ore powder and materials used in DVDs and LCD screens. Chief Executive Officer Hiroya Kawasaki said on Oct. 12 more cases could emerge as the company continues its investigations. A day later it flagged misconduct related to more items including steel wire and copper piping, some of which were produced overseas.

2. So this was no one-off?
Hardly. The fabrication of data relating to aluminum was found at all four of Kobe Steel’s local plants in conduct the company described as “systematic.” For some items, the practice dated back some 10 years, according to Kobe Steel Executive Vice President Naoto Umehara. The dodgy materials used in bullet trains were supplied over the past five years, according to one customer. Details of how the deception unfolded have yet to fully emerge but the company has said it’ll release the findings of safety checks for the products in about two weeks, and the causes of the issue and planned countermeasures within a month.

3. Which companies were affected?
A who’s who of the transport industry. There are carmakers such as Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co.; they used the suspect materials in hoods and doors. There’s Boeing, which is examining parts it gets from Kobe Steel customer Subaru Corp. Hitachi Ltd. said trains it has exported to the U.K. contained compromised metal as well as bullet trains in Japan. Central Japan Railway Co., which runs the iconic trains between Tokyo and Osaka, said two types of aluminum parts used to connect cars to wheels fell short in quality tests. West Japan Railway Co. also found sub-standard parts. Ford said it used aluminum from the company in its Mondeo car hoods in China, although it hasn’t confirmed whether the parts were compromised. As yet, no company has flagged any serious safety concern as a result of the compromised products.

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4. What is the company doing?
CEO Kawasaki is leading a committee to probe the quality issues. He has run Kobe Steel since 2013, overseeing moves to expand the No. 3 Japanese steelmaker’s presence in aluminum. “I deeply apologize for causing concern to many people, including all users and consumers,” Kawasaki said Oct. 12. Kobe Steel is likely to face lawsuits from investors, customers, consumers and regulators in Japan and U.S., experts say.

5. What’s the market’s verdict?
Shares in Kobe Steel have plunged 42 percent since its initial mea culpa, wiping out $1.8 billion of market value. “This is not going to be the end of Kobe Steel, it could be the end for management,” said Thanh Ha Pham, an analyst at Jefferies Japan Ltd. “It could result in the break-up of the company.” The cost to protect Kobe Steel’s bonds against non-payment rose nearly 250 basis points in the week after the revelations, the highest in 20 months, as investors raced to reduce or hedge their exposure.

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6. More bad publicity for Japan’s manufacturers?
Japan Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kotaro Nogami has said the faked data undermined the basis of fair trade, calling it “inappropriate”. It’s another scandal that threatens to undermine confidence in Japanese manufacturing. Shinko Wire Co., a Kobe Steel affiliate, in 2016 said a unit had misstated data on stainless steel wires and that it had supplied customers with alloy that failed to meet Japanese standards. Takata Corp. pleaded guilty in the U.S. in February to one count of wire fraud for misleading automakers about the safety of its exploding air bags. Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. officials were referred to prosecutors in March after the company admitted falsifying data on rubber for earthquake-proofing buildings in 2015. And Nissan recalled more than 1 m
 
Cow bought from Kobe Steel the CRACKED MRT trains! Returned to Japs!


http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news...ks-could-have-caused-undue-panic-khaw-7916322

Going public on train cracks could have caused undue panic: Khaw
Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan says that going public for something that was not "a major event" might have caused unnecessary panic to the layman, noting that to engineers, not all cracks are the same.






By Kenneth Lim
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12 Jul 2016 06:23PM
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SINGAPORE: Declaring that trains were being returned to China for repairs due to hairline cracks could have caused undue panic, Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan said at the Bishan Depot on Tuesday (Jul 12).

Mr Khaw said that going public for something that was "not a major event" might have caused unnecessary panic to the layman, noting that to engineers, not all cracks are the same.

"If all cracks are have to be reported when they do not cause any of those safety issues then they have to think about what is the impact on the ground," said Mr Khaw. "Looking back I think it’s understandable. We learn as we go along, sometimes even routine matters can be spun out of control as it happened in this case".


Left: A hairline crack of 14.2cm. Right: A hairline crack of 5.5cm. 85 per cent of hairline cracks are shorter than 20cm, LTA said. (Photos: LTA)
He added that if there was a safety issue, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) would have gone public.

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"I think if it was a safety issue, LTA - I’m quite sure will - in consultation with MOT (Ministry of Transport) - will decide to go public immediately," said Mr Khaw. He added that if returning the trains would have affected capacity, MOT and LTA would have gone public to explain why.

LTA Deputy Chief Executive (Infrastructure and Development) Chua Chong Kheng added that any time LTA considers a train a safety threat, it would "never allow the train to go into service".


A hairline crack seen on an SMRT train about to be returned to the manufacturers. (Photo: Kenneth Lim)
The Transport Minister added that even if there were no safety concerns, should rectification works require many trains to be taken away, his ministry and LTA will still explain why they will have to reduce capacity of the rail system.

"So if the rectification requires us to take away too many trains ... I'm quite sure MOT together with LTA would have also decided even though it’s not a safety issue, because it will affect availability of trains, I'm sure they will go public and explain why, we will now have to slow down on our program of increasing the capacity," he said.

The briefing comes after Hong Kong-based news agency FactWire reported that the defective trains were being sent back to Qingdao, China, claiming that the recalls were being done "in secret". SMRT has said the trains on its rail lines are "extensively tested" to ensure safety and reliability.

HAIRLINE CRACKS NOT LINKED TO ANY TRAIN DELAYS: LTA

There was no correlation to train delays of more than five minutes to the hairline cracks, LTA said at the briefing. It indicated that most of the delays since 2014 were linked to signalling faults, door or brake issues, with none linked to hairline cracks.


Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan inspecting a fixed bolster on an SMRT train. (Photo: Kenneth Lim)
The authority added that even when trains were being repaired, there were always enough trains to meet demand.

For example, for 2016, there are 140 trains available for the North-South and East-West lines, and 124 trains are needed to meet demand. This will continue till 2019 - when replacement work is completed - where there will always be more trains available than needed, according to estimates.

"Should the cracks be developed into such an extent that the safety margin falls below a certain level, then we will remove the trains because we have enough buffer to take care of that," said Mr Khaw. "So that is in that very unlikely event, that the deterioration comes at great compromise to this safety margin, we will remove the train."

Mr Chua noted that the cracks were "randomly spread out", but even so, if only one car in a train had the cracks, the entire train would be sent back.

CONSORTIUM WON NEW CONTRACT AS CRACK PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED

The Kawasaki / Sifang consortium also won Contract T251 - for the supply of 91 four-car electric multiple units trains for the Thomson East Coast Line - because the problem of hairline cracks for trains purchased under contract C151A was resolved conclusively.


An SMRT train about to be returned to the manufacturer. (Photo: Kenneth Lim)
"From the experience of C151A, bolsters of trains will be supplied by Japanese supplier Kobe Steel," said LTA.

"Kawasaki / Sifang has shown a high level of responsiveness and strong sense of responsibility in addressing the issue," it added.

LTA said that the consortium won out of six bidders at it provided the best overall offer based on price, quality and life-cycle costs. Other bidders included Hyundai Rotem, which wanted to build the trains in Korea, and Construcciones Y Auxiliar De Ferrocarriles, which would have built the trains in Spain. Four other tenderers proposed to assemble the trains in China.

Mr Chua noted that "more and more trains are being produced in China", and that it was "becoming the norm".


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