Testing of electronic equipment for railway and subway use

Railway carriage

Sicom Testing assists companies developing projects in this sector and who want to achieve full compliance

Testing of electronic equipment for railway and subway use

Sicom Testing it is a recognized point of reference for companies that operate, or are emerging, in the train and subway sectors. The laboratory is qualified by RINA for carrying out tests on signaling, communication and control systems in the railway sector and for carrying out environmental tests according to the standard EN 50155.

Sicom Testing assists companies that develop projects in the railway sector and that want to achieve full compliance with the European directive 2008/57/CE relating to the interoperability of the community railway system,
Italy has implemented this rule with the D.lgs-n. 191/2010 and through standards EIRENE.

Railway GSM testing

The laboratory carries out tests on cellular communication systems used in the railway sector, including in band GSM-R for voice and data transmission.

In the years, Sicom Testing has developed special tests with simulation of radio communication for speeds up to 500 km/h with which numerous products intended for high-speed railway vehicles have been tested.

The service is dedicated to manufacturers, distributors and importers of electronic and communication devices installed on board railway vehicles, tram vehicles, high-speed trains and subways.

Standards applied

The list of standards applied by Sicom Testing for railway equipment also includes:

  • EN 50155: Railway applications – requirements for electronic devices used on rolling stock
  • EN 45545: Railway applications – Fire protection for railway rolling stock
  • EN 50121-3-2: Railway, tram, trolleybus and subway applications Electromagnetic compatibility – Part 3-2: Rolling stock – Equipment
  • EN 301 511 : Sistema globale per le comunicazioni mobili (GSM); Norma europea armonizzata per stazioni mobili nelle bande GSM 900 e GSM 1800 che copre i requisiti essenziali dell’articolo 3.2 della direttiva R&TTE (1999/5/CE)
  • EN 301 489-1 And ETSI EN 301 489- : EMC per sistemi di telecomunicazioni GSM e DCS
  • EN 301 419-7 : Sistema di telecomunicazioni cellulari digitali (Fase 2+); Requisiti di collegamento per il Sistema Globale per le comunicazioni mobili (GSM); Banda Ferroviaria (R-GSM); Stazioni mobili; Accesso
  • ETSI TS 151 010-1 : Sistema di telecomunicazioni cellulari digitali (Fase 2+); Specifiche di conformità della stazione mobile (MS); Parte 1: Specifiche di conformità
  • TS 102 933 – 2 : Parametri del ricevitore GSM-R migliorati per le telecomunicazioni ferroviarie (RT) Parte 2: test di conformità radio

The tests performed
include:

  • Visual inspection
  • Performance test
  • Cooling test
  • Dry heat test
  • Humid heat test
  • Overvoltages on the power supply
  • Tests for susceptibility to overvoltages, electrostatic discharges and transient bursts
  • Radio disturbance test (susceptibility test, emission test)
  • Insulation test
  • Salt spray test
  • Vibration, shock and bump tests (shock test, random vibration test – Functional, long-lasting test with increased random vibration level).
  • Watertightness test
  • Equipment stress screening
  • Low temperature storage test

For the execution of the tests, the following technical standards are applied:

  • EN 61373 (Vibrations and Shocks)
  • EN 60068 (Test temperatures)
  • EN 61000-4-2 Electrostatic discharge immunity test: performance criterion B.
  • EN 61000-4-3 Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) – Part 4-3: Test and Measurement Techniques – Test of immunity to radio frequency radiated electromagnetic fields.
  • EN 61000-4-4 Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) – Part 4-4 Test and Measurement Techniques – Fast Electrical Transient/Burst Immunity Test
  • EN 61000-4-5 Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) – Part 4-5 Test and Measurement Techniques – Surge Immunity Test.
  • EN 61000-4-6 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 4-6 Test and measurement techniques - Immunity to conducted disturbances induced by radio frequency fields.
  • EN 50125 Railway applications – Environmental conditions
  • EN 60077 Railway applications: electrical equipment for rolling stock

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