THE SPANISH RAILWAY ASSOCIATION CONTINUES TO GROW WITH THE RECENT ADDITION OF 8 NEW PARTNERS. WITH THESE ADDITIONS MAFEX HAS A TOTAL OF 92 COMPANIES AND ENTITIES REPRESENTING ALL SUBSECTORS OF A LEADING INDUSTRY THAT MAKES ITS WAY AROUND THE WORLD.
The number of companies joining Mafex continues to increase. These are the 8 new partners:
◗ BELGORAIL, S.A.
Belgorail SA is a certification, inspection and safety evaluation entity for the guided transport sector, both conventional railways and subways and trams. They are an accredited body for the certification of interoperability (NoBo), national regulations (DeBo), safety evaluations under CENELEC standards (ISA) and under CE Regulations (AsBo).They are part of the Certifer Group, with a presence, in addition to Spain, in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Italy, Sweden, Turkey, Algeria, Brazil, Australia, Vietnam, the United Arab Emirates and China.
◗ FASTENING EXCELLENCE CENTER (FEX)
The creation of the Fastening Excellence Center association responds to the concern of several companies to promote the transformation and competitiveness of the bolted joint sector, going from being companies more focused on the day-to-day and manufacturing process, to companies that also direct their attention to the finished product and the market.
Currently, we have 17 companies in the association, which intends to develop two lines of activity, one focused on internal activities for members, and the other open to the market offering services on demand.
Many of the partner companies work the railway market and we have a table to deal with this sector specifically
◗ FLANKER TECH SOLUTIONS
Flanker produces components in the field of wood and its derivatives (tablex, HPL, OSB, plywood), as well as in fibreglass, plastic or composites. We integrate CNC technology, stamping, assembly and painting, for roof, floor, boot, carpeting or side cladding applications, among others. We are present in the Railway, Automotive, Packaging and Laboratory Furniture sectors.
◗ FORGING STEEL PRODUCTS, S.L.
It is a company dedicated to the manufacture of machined and if needed painted forged components ready for assembly destined to the railway rolling stock manufacturers for chassis, brakes, clutches, hooks etc.
◗ IBERICA TECNOLOGIA EN SISTEMAS DE SEGURIDAD FERROVIARIOS (ITSS)
Founded in 2005, is a leading manufacturer and supplier of railway hazard monitoring equipment, focusing mainly on hot axle box / hot wheel and Wheel impact load / Weighing in motion detectors.
The ITSS systems use state-of-the-art infrared and fibre-optic technology.
The PEGASUS HABD/HWD multi beam system monitors the axle box and brake temperatures of coaches.
The AGUILA WIM/WILD system uses fibre-optic sensors to detect off-centre wheels and flat spots. It can also report train weight and overloading.
ITSS products are the model representation of a perfect combination of experience and innovation.
◗ ICF – Ingeniería y Control Ferroviario, SAU
ICF offers technical and sustainable solutions for railway signalling. In this area, our vocation is betting heavily on the development and innovation, constantly releasing new products that can be used to improve and optimize existing technology solutions.
All the level crossings since June 2001 have been protected by ICF with its level crossing protection system SPN-900. We are working worldwide with more than 1000 international references.
◗ MAINRAIL, S.L.
MainRail is a high-tech startup devoted to providing IT-based solutions to help you digitizing and optimizing the railway infrastructure maintenance operations.
We combine our expertise in a wide range of technologies (e.g. big data analysis and visualization, digital twins, IoT, machine learning, etc.) with a solid knowledge in railway maintenance and operations.
Our solutions are based in a customizable IT platform (MainRailMT) for the management of all maintenance-related operations and a family of IoT devices (MainRailID) for a continuous and cost-effective inspection of your infrastructure.
◗ SMART MOTORS
Smart Motors applies new technologies to generate added value from the monitoring of critical railway assets that believe that Digitalization and the uses of advanced analytics are the way to service excellence. The priority is to generate new knowledge about the operation of railway assets that satisfies the requirements of the most demanding environments and with a real day to day contribution.
smart motors(r) has its own Digitalization Platform to help maintenance and operation that brings together signaling monitoring systems, infrastructure and rolling stock, as well as IoT sensors adapted to the railway sector.
