Approval in Rail

Regulatory boundary conditions and approval procedures form an essential influence- and success-factor for the establishment of new production technologies.

When MGA was founded, the regulatory approval of additively manufactured, safety-relevant components especially for rail traffic systems was identified as a priority topic. This working group focuses on the following topics, to advance the additive manufacturing of safety-relevant (spare-) parts:

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    Reduction of rail-specific approval hurdles for AM parts through cross-sectoral cooperation

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    Development and introduction of a generic qualification path for the approval of safety-relevant components within the railway sector to abolish recurring, part-specific approval procedures with inherent cost- and time-intensive efforts.

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    Assurance of product quality, product safety and warranty

Head of Working Group

Maximilian Kunkel

Siemens Mobility GmbH

Arvid Eirich

Director Finance, Sales and Technology

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The following are involved in the working group

FIT
HHLA
Leupold Legal
DB
Fraunhofer Kompetenzfeld Additive Fertigung
Fraunhofer IAPT
Hochbahn
Knorr Bremse
Photon AG
Siemens
SBB CFF FFS
Tüv Süd