JSC Electric Locomotive Building: The Tbilisi Electric Locomotive Plant

One of the main manufacturers of permanent power mains and industrial locomotives is the territory of the former USSR.

JSC Electric Locomotive Building is a mechanical engineering company that focuses on railway project design.

The factory was founded in 1939 as a steam-propelled factory. In 1957, the factory released the first electric locomotive.

The enterprise structure consists of 15 workshops, a special design bureau, special technological bureau, control-examination station, examination polygon, labs and exam stands that provide for a full process of production.

To date, the company has issued more than 4.5 thousand permanent power mains, more than 430 industrial coxmaking electric locomotives, and hundreds of thousands of spare parts and accessories.

One of the latest products of JSC Electric Locomotive Building is the Vol 11M, number six in the series of continuous power truck mains electric locomotives. The electric locomotive is equipped with modern static transformation of Czech production, with an electronic management system.

The electric locomotive 11m / 6 is distinguished for high reliability and maintenance repair. The electric locomotives of this model are in operation on railways in Ukraine and Azerbaijan.

The 11m / 6 uses a number of technical solutions in modern electric locomotives. The electric locomotive is equipped with powerful 820 kW collector engines TL-6R, instead of the steering wheel-axial slabs used by Gorvic bearings. The pneumatic system is used by a screw compressor asynchronous motor. An asynchronous engine is also used for the electric locomotive cooling system.

Electricity management is carried out by electronic control. The management and diagnostic system is a microprocessor. The locomotive is equipped with fire alarms and fire-fighting systems. Static converters are used for feeding the electric locomotive network, as well as for the feeding of traction motors. The electric locomotive also has an ecologically pure sanitary-technical module.

The electric locomotives produced by JSC Electric Locomotive Building are operated in close and long-term partnership with foreign countries.

The factory is developed by both Volk10 and VL 11 modern electric locomotives, which includes new models, management pools, microprocessor techniques and static transformation.

Asynchronous traction loads have been developed to design eight 8A 1A eight-mile mains electric locomotives, which are designed to carry 3,000 volt voltages and 1,520 mm lanterns on the electric lines of cargo carriers.

The electric locomotive has high traction power and a max speed of 120 km / h.

Specialists were guided by the following principles:

• Modern solutions in the construction of the locomotive;

• Increasing safety level;

• Simplification of maintenance and repair;

• Reduced expenditures.

The factory is implementing large-scale modernization and maintenance of the company. Rehabilitation projects of galvanic and suspension workshops have been initiated, and the center for conducting certification exams for electric machines and machines has already been accredited. The regular upgrade of mechanical equipment is underway, as is the introduction of new technologies.

The enterprise policy in the field of quality improvement represents an important function of factory management. The strict control of all stages of the electric locomotives and its spare parts is carried out periodically. As a result of the efficient functioning of the quality management system, which is certified in accordance with the ISO 9001: 2015 sequestration, the company's performance is constantly improving.

The factory has a multi-stage system of quality control of the manufactured products.

Electric locomotives produced by JSC Electric Locomotive Building are successfully operated in Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Russia and Ukraine.

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