Technical Exchange with CRRC for fire safety

May 22, 2018, in response to the requirements of CRRC, the CASfire technical team conducted in-depth technical exchanges on design of railway vehicle based on fire safety.

Before the technical exchange, CASfire made a detailed technical investigation on the existing standards for fire safety and materials selection, which made the technical exchange more targeted. The technical experts of CASfire made a specified interpretation and analysis of the EN 45545 and TB/T 3237

Mr.Zhao, the Minister of CRRC, later mentioned that the technical exchange has given us a clearer understanding of the standards and regulation of the new EU regulations, further clarified the different requirement and grouping rules of different products, and played a positive role in promoting the actual R&D and design in the future.

The fire technical exchange also involved:

• EN 45545-1：Railway applications – Fire protection on railway vehicles Part 1: General
• EN 45545-2：Railway applications – Fire protection on railway vehicles Part 2: Requirements for fire behaviour of materials and components;
• EN 45545-3：Railway applications – Fire protection on railway vehicles Part 3: Fire resistance requirements for fire barriers;
• EN 45545-4：Railway applications – Fire protection on railway vehicles Part 4: Fire safety requirements for railway rolling stock design;
• EN 45545-5：Railway applications – Fire protection on railway vehicles Part 5: Fire safety requirements for electrical equipment including that of trolley buses, track guided buses and magnetic levitation vehicles;
• EN 45545-6：Railway applications – Fire protection on railway vehicles Part 6: Fire control and management systems;
• EN 45545-7：Railway applications – Fire protection on railway vehicles Part 7: Fire safety requirements for flammable liquid and flammable gas installations.

About CRRC

CRRC is the world’s largest supplier of rail transit equipment with the most complete product lines and leading technologies. Its main businesses cover the R&D, design, manufacture, repair, sale, lease and technical services for rolling stock, urban rail transit vehicles, engineering machinery, all types of electrical equipment, electronic equipment and parts, electric products and environmental protection equipment, consulting services, industrial investment and management, asset management, import and export.

CRRC’s Revenues in 2015 is USD 37.8 billion, ranking 266 on the Fortune Global 500 List. CRRC’s R&D investment is EUR1.408 billion, ranking at 96 onto the World Top 2,500 R&D Investors.