Transrapid Motor Cable Mounting Technology

摘要

Two kinds of vehicles for mounting of the grounding system and the LSW motor cables were developed by the ThyssenKrupp Transrapid Company for the Shanghai Maglev Project respectively. This article describes the construction of the mounting vehicles and the mounting procedure for the grounding wire and the grounding sleeve as well as for the motor cable bending, crimping and mounting. The performance and characteristics of the vehicles and mechanical components are introduced. Due to a new concept, the mounting speed is considerably increased. By using many standard components the costs could be largely reduced. Furthermore, the reliability and maintainability of the mounting vehicles is markedly increased and the operation and handling is clearly simplified. Within six months from concept determination via specification, engineering design, manufacturing, assembly, commissioning, training of operator personnel to start of motor cable mounting the mounting vehicles were put into operation and completely verified during the LSW-motor cable mounting program. Within the first hours of operation the specified performance and parameters were fully reached.