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Product Portfolio for the Railway Sector
Introduction
TE Connectivity can help you to become part of the leading
TE Connectivity's Passives Core Product
force in the railway sector. For over 50-plus years, TE
Offering for Railway include:
Connectivity has worked with industry leaders to lower costs
Power Resistors
and develop systems to increase reliability, and to devise new
Power ratings from 0.25W to > 300kW
and innovative ways to implement technically advanced products
Range of applications
for the railway market. Find more information at te.com/railway
- Balancing
- Capacitor Pre-charge / discharge
- Chopper
Power electronics design in railway applications presents
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unique environmental, mechanical and electrical challenges
- Current sense
- Filter
in the selection of power resistor components and assemblies.
- Inrush limiting
The selection of resistors must be engineered to take these
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factors into account. Why?
Range of technologies
- Carbon composition
- Ceramic composition
Resistors must be carefully chosen to meet the specific
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performance requirements including factors like power rating,
- Thick film
power density, accuracy, stability, short-term overload - Thin film
- Wire-wound
capacity, capacitance and inductance and thermal de-rating.
In-house design and test facilities for
In addition, heat dissipation, electrical isolation and other
development of specification driven products
requirements often call for specialized packaging solutions.
Customisation capabilities of standard products
Supported by wide range of commodity
Working with TE Connectivity
power resistors
We provide you with reliable technology for high safety
railway applications.
As a global company, we operate wherever you do and we can
We design tests in conjunction with your specifications
support you worldwide through a single account management
to include cyclic rated power and overload testing, adiabatic
program, which simplifies design and sourcing for you.
(single shot and frequency) testing, environmental, mechanical
Through our global manufacturing network in 25 countries,
and repetitive pulse testing. Qualification testing is carried
we can balance e.g. exchange rate volatility to offer you
out to a proven procedure and the product development
competitive pricing for your local market needs.
stages are well documented and approved by a design
approval team.
Depending on your application, you can either choose a
field-proven component from our standard resistor portfolio.
We offer 3D modeling of the product so you have an
understanding of what the product will look like from the
Or, if you need a custom solution, our experienced field
start of the project.
engineering and design team works closely with your
engineering personnel to meet your exact requirements.
TE supplies quick turnaround samples.
We conduct in-house testing in our own R&D laboratory.
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Literature No. 4-1773460-6 Dimensions are in millimeters Dimensions are shown for TE Connectivity / Berwyn, PA
Issued 3-11 and inches unless otherwise reference purposes only. For email, phone or live chat, go to: te.com/help
specified. Values in brackets Specifications subject
are standard equivalents. to change.