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JANUARY 2018: 5TH MEETING OF THE PROJECT PARTNERS AND 4TH EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING FOR THE PROJECT FUTURA

Place: Slovenia, Brežice, Brezina 102, KOVIS d.o.o. headquarters. Project partners of the Project FUTURA have attended the 5th meeting of the project partners and 4th executive board meeting. Results achieved with the 4th and 5th prototypes were presented to all project partners by the coordinator. With the results all planned objectives were achieved. Financial overview of the project was presented by the coordinator. Financial plan for the last month of FUTURA project was ...

14 DECEMBER 2017 FINAL CONFERENCE OF FUTURA PROJECT

Place: Martin, Slovakia On 14th of December 2017 Omnia KLF organised the 3rd Final Conference of FUTURA project in the conference room Hotel Bystrička in Martin, Slovakia. The purpose of the conference was to present the results of the development of brake disk prototypes to the academic, technicians, politicians, general and professional public. The conference were attended by representatives of Kovis as a coordinator and by all partners OMNIA, ZX Benet and VUD. The conference was ...

21-23TH NOVEMBER 2017 PRESENTATION OF FUTURA PROJECT AT AUSRAIL 2017

Place: Brisbane, Australia From 21st till 23th of November KOVIS presented project FUTURA on the AusRail+ in Brisbane, Australia, held every 2 years. AusRAIL has firmly established itself as the major Australasian rail event and regularly attracts the leaders of the rail industry as Head of Engineering/Technical, Production/Project/Operations Manager, GM/Director… AusRAIL is the largest rail event in Australasia and supported by the leading industry associations, including the ...

21-23TH NOVEMBER 2017 PRESENTATION OF FUTURA PROJECT AT CHINA INTERNATIONAL RAIL AND METRO EXHIBITION 2017

Place: Shanghai, CHINA Rail + Metro China is an international trade fair for rail and metro, which takes place in Shanghai. It brings together developers, suppliers and consumers from the short-and long-distance transport industry. Exhibitors at the fair are also a number of international companies, so it shows its visitors a comprehensive overview of the latest trends and innovations for the industry. Not least because of this the Rail + Metro China is one of the leading trade fairs of its ...

16TH NOVEMBER 2017: 5TH EXPERT MEETING OF THE PROJECT FUTURA

Place: Mĕlník Container Terminal, Czech Republic During the 5th expert meeting the 11th inspection of the wagon were done, at Mělník Container Terminal. Noise measurement was conducted with two wagons, one with brake blocks and one with DRFB discs. Fifth expert meeting took place at Mělník Container Terminal. Presentation of real environment test flow and results was done by ZX-Benet. Presentation in detailed described each inspection procedure and result of the same. Beside above ...

6 -10 NOVEMBER 2017 OPEN HOUSE WEEK OF THE PROJECT FUTURA

Place: Velika Dolina, Slovenia In week from 6th till 10th November, KOVIS organized the open house week of the project FUTURA with show room in Business Unit Velika Dolina. The purpose of the event was the presentation of all five prototypes of DRFB discs and presentation findings of laboratory tests and tests from the real environment. The visitors were our potential customers, the Mayor of Brežice Ivan Molan, director of Chamber of commerce Posavje, Krško Darko Gorišek, director of ...

10-11TH OCTOBER 2017 PRESENTATION OF FUTURA PROJECT AT ELMIA NORDIC RAIL

Place: Jönköping, SWEDEN Project FUTURA was presented on the NORDIC RAIL fair in Sweden. Elmia Nordic Rail is the only dedicated railway exhibition in Scandinavia. It´s a fair for companies, organizations and individuals with a professional interest in the railway, directly or indirectly. Elmia Nordic Rail is the industry´s most important meeting-place for customers, representatives and other stakeholders. The fair has been held since 1995 and is arranged every two ...

09-11TH OCTOBER 2017 PRESENTATION OF FUTURA PROJECT AT APTA EXPO 2017

Place: Atlanta, United States of America Kovis presented on the APTA EXPO 2017, that took place from 9th to 11th of October in Atlanta, United States of America. EXPO is sponsored by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). APTA is the leading force in advancing public transportation and its Annual Meeting runs concurrently with the EXPO. To strengthen and improve public transportation, APTA serves and leads its diverse membership through advocacy, innovation and ...

4th EXPERT MEETING OF THE PROJECT FUTURA

Place: Výskumný ústav dopravný, Žilina, Slovakia On 4th of October 2017, FUTURA partners met on 4th expert meeting in Výskumný ústav dopravný, Žilina, Slovakia. The main objectives of 4th expert meeting was presenation of testing results under laboratory conditions. Presentation of results, and process of testing results was presented by Testing laboratory of machine parts strength measurements. Presentations were held in purpose for partners to understand how the ...

31ST AVGUST 2017: 4TH MEETING OF THE PROJECT PARTNERS, 3RD EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING AND 2ND STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING FOR THE PROJECT FUTURA

Place: Šilheřovice, Czech Republic Project partners of the Project FUTURA have attended the 4th meeting of the project partners, 3rd executive board meeting and 2nd Steering Committe in the same day. On the meeting were discussed the report on progress and future activities. Till the end of June 2017 seven prototypes of DRFB discs were designed. Two of them were abandoned in design phase. Five of them succesfully passed FEM analysis and reached ceratain level of compliance against ...