VÚKV: Research and testing of rolling stock

18 rail transport l institutions l services VÚKV A.S. – RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF ROLLING STOCK VÚKV is a Czech joint-stock company based in Prague which owns an experimental testing laboratory (accredited testing laboratory no. 1085) at the Railway Testing Circuit in Cerhenice (50 km east of Prague). It can boast an almost 170-year-long tradition of research, development and production of rail vehicles in Prague and the Czech Republic. The Škoda 35T trams, in the construction of which the company played a significant role, are successful in the German city of Chemnitz. The company's activities include research, development and testing of railway vehicles, their parts and other components in the field of transport engineering. It also offers advisory and consulting services in these areas. The company's customers are domestic and foreign manufacturers of rail vehicles and transport equipment, repair facilities, infrastructure managers, and operators. The company's goal is to offer complete project solutions corresponding to the latest technology and resulting in satisfied customers and users, not only in the Czech Republic, but also in many other countries around the world. The activities of VÚKV a.s. provide a good track record special 2020 T+T Technika a trh for the further successful development of the company in the near and distant future. This fact was appreciated by the American company Dun & Bradstreet, a global leader in the provision of economic and marketing information about business entities, and VÚKV a.s. was awarded the highest grade in 2015 which was defended in the following years. Science and research d The company participates in applied research in the fields of bogies, underframe construction for car bodies, interior vehicle equipment, mechanical parts for drives and brake systems, the interaction of the vehicle and the track or the vehicle and the environment, strength, driving characteristics, as well as test methods and equipment. We work closely with other research and development institutes and technical universities in the Czech Republic. We participate significantly in research tasks supported by the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic and in projects within the European Union. VÚKV a.s. is a corporate member of Interdisziplinärer Forschungsverbund Bahntechnik e.V. in Berlin. Experts from VÚKV also give lectures at universities. As part of applied research, many unique test technologies have been developed at VÚKV, such as instrumented measuring wheelsets or a mobile rotary calibration bench. Experts from