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This paper addresses the question of HEVC usefulness and adoption within the video broadcasting market segments, where it is an enabling technology to the success of Ultra HD (UHD) TV launch. It discusses whether HEVC should replace existing compression technology or should be dedicated to emerging markets. Finally, it outlines the benefits of consolidating technologies across codec generations to accelerate the learning curve and improvement in HEVC video quality by leveraging previous codec development experience [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

IPTV systems offer advantages over conventional CATV and coax television systems, notably easier expansion to cope with future demand. Investment in an infrastructure supporting high-quality television distribution over IP networks should be considered whenever buildings are being modernised. This paper presents several different methods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Optimizing the efficiency of all transport vehicles requires comprehensive and systematic solutions, particularly when the objective is to reduce energy demands. Driving resistance and reducing mass play key roles in this effort. This paper describes the influence of vehicle mass on railway transport energy for various classes (different kinds) of railway vehicles (suburban, regional, and high-speed rail). Based on the energy savings potential the possible life-cycle cost reductions by means of lightweight design are determined and displayed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The biggest part of the life cycle costs of rail infrastructure is caused by operation and maintenance. Maintenance is often controlled by monetary objectives, less with quality standards, that assesses the actual output and result of maintenance, the quality of substance. Although maintenance goals are achieved, this says little about the future development of the assets substance. Because infrastructure facilities are durable, a deferred maintenance, with the result of creeping substance deficit, will find a delayed detection, so there is a need for assessment scales, which are appropriate for specific target agreements. To measure the quality of substance the wear stock indicator (KAV®) makes the wear of tracks and turnouts measurable and provides a clear compaction in an expedient degree of aggregation. The application of modern maintenance strategies also requires a network-wide database in order to provide up to date information in the right place at the right time. Only a long-term planning and predictive management can prevent expensive budget surprises permanently. This paper shows approaches for target agreement train operators and infrastructure managers according to the orderer-provider-principle. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Growing global trade and introduction of new renewable and unconventional resources cause a trend to growing variations of gas quality in the transportation and distribution grids. In order to guarantee safety, process quality, efficiency and cleanness of the gas utilisation processes, management of the gas quality variations will be necessary In the future. This paper presents the status quo and trends in gas quality measurement and discusses draft solutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Already since more than 130 years cardan shafts in the design of shafts with dual universal joints have repeatedly proven them-selves if the kinematic mounting principles have been respected. Other designs like constant velocity shafts and cardan shafts with double universal joints which enable greater diffraction angles have been used till now especially in road vehicles and construction machinery. Starting from the kinematic principles and the working loads a report is given in this paper on the research and development work to upgrade cardan shafts with dual double universal joints for application in drive units of diesel railcars and to achieve a railway-proof design. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The BOMBARDIER FLEXX Urban 3000 bogie platform will be used for 100 % low-floor trams. Characteristics are low noise, high comfort, robustness, reliability and high level of safety. The FLEXX Urban 3000 bogie platform includes various configura-tions, which are described in this paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Challenges in controlling carbon potential during sintering of steel powder have been discussed in many experimental and theoretical studies. The main issues lie within the complex thermodynamics and kinetics of processing atmosphere chemistry in continuous sintering furnaces. Although many models have tried to address the problem, many of these have rarely come to reality and become an industrial practice. The purpose of this article is to summarize these discussions and investigate the interaction of the atmosphere constituents with the sintered compact within a sintering furnace. Considering an industrial practice perspective, the paper ensures the PM Industry with a fresh new look into the understanding of the furnace operations and provides recommendations to improve the control of the furnace conditions. As an example, existing furnace installation utilizing Linde SINTERFLEX® technology allows monitoring and/ or controlling the furnace atmosphere. This article describes the reduction of oxides and carbon potentials to enable optimisation of the production parameters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper describes how the application of regenerative burners leads to more energy efficiency in a rolling mill. In December 2011, the rotary hearth furnace of a plug mill was equipped with regenerative burners which led to convincing results: an increased furnace capacity, about 30 % less energy consumption and equivalent less CO2 and NOx emissions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

TRANSITECTS (Transalpine Transport Architects) is an European project aiming at developing and implementing attractive rail products and systems to disburden traffic bottlenecks in the Alps and to mitigate related negative effects of traffic. For the shift of traffic from road to rail TRANSITECTS creates sustainable intermodal solutions to fit changing markets - especially combined transport products for transalpine freight traffic. Furthermore, the project supports the development of intermodal nodes and proactively fosters the railway system through intensive networking. TRANSITECTS has started in July 2009 and is funded by the Alpine Space Programme of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and national cofinancing. 16 partners of four countries (Austria, Germany, Italy, and Slovenia) are collaborating in a transnational network. During the three-year runtime, numerous measures have been developed: Traffic studies have been elaborated, concepts for additional rail services developed and strategies for the improvement of intermodal nodes worked out. The paper explains the project, its aims and approaches and highlights some relevant results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main task of the infrastructure manager is to provide the necessary assets for railway operation inline with the demands, assuring safety as well as economic efficiency. The elementary question forthe efficient use of existing financial resources is at which point of time a re-investment leads to lower total costs than further maintenance. The answer can only be given in assuming total life cycle costs of the asset. Estimating future maintenance demands forms thereby a pre-condition. The ÖBB Infrastruktur AG started in 2011 checking track relaying projects on their sustainability, establishing a Life Cycle Management for the permanent way. The paper shows the used methodol-ogy as well as results of already executed project evaluations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

At the insistence of the German Federal Department for Re-search and Technology and the Department of Transportation the German Federal Railway (later German Rail) - for quite a long time together with various other companies - supervised between 1982 and 2008 the development and the testing of the German magnetic levitation system. For this purpose the "Versuchs- und Planungsgesellschaft fur Magnetbahnsysteme" (MVP) was created. The mission contained operations of the test facilities at the Emsland, proving and evaluab'on of the various test rides, studies for fields of application for the sys-tem in Germany or other countries, and preparatory work for a national implementation of the system. The paper presents an historical overview of the activities of this company in the area of conflict between the priorities of Federal Departments, industry and the public. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There currently exist a bewildering variety of fire safety regula-tions for railway vehicles in Europe. In practice, the complexity of the standards and legislation makes the approval process for railway vehicles immensely complicated. Awareness of this problem has grown at the EU level - and hence it is now planned to put uniform structures in place for fire safety regu-lations. These regulations are, however, likely to lead to very tough requirements for fire safety systems in rolling stock. In future, therefore, a compensatory approach will become more and more important. Here, demonstration of equivalence will become more and more attractive as a way of realizing creative and efficient vehicle concepts while safeguarding fire safety. In the paper presented the development of fire safety regula-tions for railway vehicles and possibilities and acceptance of implementation of compensatory measures are described. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The optimization of EMS (Electro-Magnetic Stirring) technology is one reason for the continuous productivity and metallurgical quality improvement of melting and casting. Advancements in converter (electrical power supply) technology, and numerical simulation of the stirring also contributed substantially to this progress. The result is a controlled process for making homogeneous microstructures by using optimally-sized inductors to electromagneticaily stir the liquid melt. This technical paper describes current applications for inductive kinetics and associated innovations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Between 2006 and 2011 the DB ProjektBau GmbH, Berlin, has modernized the railway line Berlin-Cottbus in two stages for a maximum speed of 160 km/h. Concrete sleepers with under sleeper pads from RAIL.ONE GmbH, Neumarkt, were largely used to achieve a good vibration protection, reduced ballast forces and longer life of the track. The under sleeper pads type SLN 1510 G DB were manufactured by Getzner Werkstoffe GmbH, München, from highly elasticated Sylodyn® polyurethane material. In the paper presented development and modernization of the line as well as the production process and the mounting of the sleepers with under sleeper pads are described. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In China there are several classes of high-speed trains from different manufacturers in operation. The first trains were designed for a maximum speed of 200 km/h whereas the new trains are operated with speeds of more than 300 km/h. All trains are equipped with proven brake systems respectively high performance components from Knorr-Bremse, which were partly produced together with partners in China. In the paper presented the brake systems and bogie equipment for the different classes of high-speed trains are described. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The termal insulation of high temperature equipment may be subjected to many kinds of damages, leading to a degradation of its thermal properties. The aim of the present work was to check and predict damages that may occur during the operation of thermal equipment. This paper describes simulations and experiments that were performed in order to reproduce damages and to predict the degradation of the termal insulation by measuring temperature deviations at the outer wall of the equipment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The terms of supply of the majority of European railway companies include testing methods for railway ballast on wear and fragmentation resistance. However, alternative testing methods for this propose are imaginable. In cooperation with the technical department of the Infrastructure company of the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) three alternative testing methods have been evaluated at Graz University of Technology which are being introduced and critically appreciated in this paper. The Swiss test "Compressive strength on the stack" can be described as a large-scale compression test with a test device like an oedometer. Two testing methods deal with the tool wear rate of cutting tools in tunneling. These are the 'Abrasiveness and GrindabilityTest' (Abroy-Test) and the 'Scratching Test with a Pointed Tool' (Cerchar-Test). However, conclusions on the abrasivity can also be interpreted as a measure of the wear-resistance. All tests were carried out for different kinds of the rock decisive for ballast of rail superstructure. Furthermore, the correlations to established procedures were analyzed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Compactness and flexibility of a burner control system is a very important issue. With a few types a wide range in different industrial applications should be covered. This paper presents different applications of a new burner control system: heating of cooling lines in glass industry, steam generation and air heating for a pistachio roastery and in grain dryers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In order to alert the population during a disaster it is essential, to have an alerting system that can use diverse communications channels to reach as many people as possible. The aim of this paper is to present a powerful and effective system which is capable of broadcasting alerts to the population via their televisions. The Alert4All [1] project is developing an innovative multi-channel public alert system that uses HbbTV, an established standard supported by SmartTV's, to disseminate alerts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Information about several papers discussed at a symposium held June 9, 2018 held in Wurzburg, Germany on the role digitalization in hydraulics, pneumatics and the whole of fluid and drive technology is presented. Topics include challenge facing production process, communication between machine to machine and new business models.

In the past 17 months S-Bahn Berlin retrofitted modern sanding equipment to all 569 Class 480 and 481 vehicles. The system with a newly developed sand delivery sensor facilitates ope-rations considerably-as a result 17 more vehicles can be kept in service additionally. Compared to conventional systems, the sand consumption could be reduced considerably as well as particle emissions. The entire process from initial tendering to the start of the installation work took a mere four months. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]