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the future starts here00:00:03
one of the world's most modern and00:00:06
sustainable electric locomotives is00:00:08
being built in Munich Germany at a 4500:00:11
000 square meter Facility by 1 20000:00:13
employees00:00:15
every weld must hold00:00:18
if anything goes wrong here can threaten00:00:20
the structural Integrity of the00:00:21
locomotive00:00:24
steel sidewalls that weigh more than00:00:26
day in and day out 16 meter long 12-ton00:00:29
locomotive assemblies are produced here00:00:35
36 kilometers of cable This Modern00:00:38
Electric locomotive is also a rolling00:00:41
Data Center00:00:42
built by people and by intelligent00:00:45
machines00:00:47
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this is a fully automated robot that00:00:52
takes the wire and inserts it into the00:00:54
socket00:00:56
all components are assembled here more00:00:58
than one thousand Vectron brand tractor00:01:01
units have already left the factory00:01:03
every locomotive is a new challenge00:01:09
if we don't maintain the appropriate00:01:12
distances here then the seals won't line00:01:13
up properly00:01:15
test drive on the in-house test track00:01:18
accelerating and braking on 500 meters00:01:21
with the power of 23 semi-tractor00:01:24
trailer rigs it's a whole different00:01:26
story of course when you're sitting on00:01:28
top of power like this00:01:30
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one of Europe's largest locomotive00:01:43
factories is located in Northwestern00:01:45
Munich large enough to hold eight00:01:47
football fields this facility produces00:01:50
more than 200 locomotives each year00:01:52
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used in 20 countries across Europe the00:02:01
tractor unit is one of the most modern00:02:03
of its kind in rail Freight transport00:02:06
the Vectron electric locomotive delivers00:02:10
6.4 megawatts of power output that00:02:13
corresponds to about 8 500 horsepower00:02:16
the locomotive weighs 87 tons or as much00:02:19
as 15 elephants00:02:21
it's over 19 meters long 3 meters wide00:02:24
and 4 meters high this tractor unit is a00:02:28
powerful Workhorse that can pull up to00:02:29
35 Freight cars with a total weight of00:02:31
over 2 200 tons and a total length of00:02:34
700 meters00:02:37
the electric locomotive is a high00:02:39
performance computer with 35 kilometers00:02:42
of cable and Technical components that00:02:44
enable it to exert 300 kilonewtons of00:02:47
Tractive effort and reach top speeds of00:02:49
up to 200 kilometers per hour00:02:52
this is where the construction process00:02:54
begins the structural steel Warehouse00:02:56
takes up 2 500 square meters its seven00:03:00
meter high high level racking contains00:03:02
all components that eventually form the00:03:04
basic structure of the locomotives00:03:07
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engineer Julian share continuously00:03:16
optimizes the manufacturing processes he00:03:19
regularly checks every work step00:03:23
this is where the fabrication of the00:03:25
locomotives begins several thousand00:03:27
steel plates are stored here a00:03:29
locomotive like this consists of many00:03:30
small parts which are then transformed00:03:32
during the manufacturing process into00:03:34
larger and larger assemblies and00:03:35
eventually become a complete locomotive00:03:39
every day the factory receives shipments00:03:41
of large steel components up to 1300:03:43
meters long nearly all of which come00:03:46
from German blast furnaces the electric00:03:48
locomotives from this Factory are also00:03:51
especially sustainable because they are00:03:53
up to 98 recyclable00:03:57
of the 85 metric tons of material 83 can00:04:00
be recycled the warehouse provides all00:04:03
of the necessary parts to the Shell00:04:05
construction00:04:06
either by conventional human operated00:04:08
forklifts or by driverless Transport00:04:12
Systems also known as dts's00:04:15
foreign00:04:22
construction creates the foundation of00:04:24
every locomotive00:04:27
the 16 meter long three meter wide00:04:29
superstructure00:04:30
this steel platform ultimately supports00:04:33
the entire locomotive00:04:38
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this is also where workers assemble the00:04:43
12 meter long sidewalls which they will00:04:45
subsequently weld to the left and right00:04:47
of the superstructure00:04:50
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construction mechanic Francesco tortora00:04:55
has been welding here for 11 years now00:04:59
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the weld has to be done properly because00:05:03
that's what holds the parts together00:05:05
and if anything goes wrong here of00:05:08
course it can threaten these structural00:05:10
Integrity of the locomotive00:05:14
the welding operations use00:05:16
state-of-the-art Laser Technology00:05:19
Francesco tortora places so-called00:05:21
Targets in predefined locations based on00:05:24
those Target points a laser-based00:05:26
positioning system knows where to00:05:28
project the outlines of the required00:05:30
components00:05:32
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these lines on the steel parts show00:05:42
welders what they have to attach next00:05:44
and where00:05:47
every locomotive is made by hand while00:05:49
using state-of-the-art technology at the00:05:52
same time00:05:54
at the end of the day we're also proud00:05:56
to see a finished locomotive and know00:05:58
that basically it really is handmade not00:06:00
like in the automotive industry for00:06:02
example where robots do a lot of the00:06:03
work I guess that's what makes this job00:06:06
so special00:06:09
action unit so versatile because the00:06:11
locomotive is available in an extremely00:06:14
wide range of designs and configurations00:06:16
all over Europe rail transport is00:06:19
getting greener more and more diesel00:06:21
locomotives are making way for00:06:22
environmentally Sound electric00:06:24
locomotives Germany has set itself the00:06:26
goal of electrifying about 75 percent of00:06:28
its rail network by 2030 and to support00:06:31
alternative Drive Technologies the Swiss00:06:34
rail system is nearly 100 electric00:06:36
already today00:06:38
this electric locomotive is a jack of00:06:41
all trades especially in the freight00:06:43
transport segment its versatile00:06:45
configurations enable it to travel on00:06:47
nearly all national rail networks00:06:49
throughout Europe and operate with every00:06:51
Power Supply system00:06:57
the traction unit is available not only00:07:00
as a pure electric locomotive but also00:07:02
with an additional diesel engine an00:07:04
important transition solution until more00:07:06
Railways have overhead power lines00:07:10
thank you00:07:13
back at the factory in Munich shell00:07:16
construction creates the superstructure00:07:18
the foundation of the locomotive within00:07:21
one to three weeks depending on the00:07:23
order backlog and the scheduled shift00:07:25
operation00:07:27
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welding at temperatures of up to 14 00000:07:34
degrees Celsius the workers work on00:07:36
multiple elements simultaneously in so00:07:39
doing several locomotives take form in00:07:41
parallel on 14 production stations00:07:49
first the base frame and sides are00:07:52
joined together then the front and rear00:07:55
cabs follow00:07:58
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step by step this meticulous00:08:07
craftsmanship creates the substructure00:08:09
of the locomotive00:08:13
the 13-ton shell is identical for all00:08:16
models only later on does the installed00:08:19
technology determine the countries in00:08:21
which a given Vectron can drive and00:08:23
which drive units it will use00:08:25
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just one sidewall by itself weighs more00:08:38
than half a ton00:08:47
Lego for Railway operations the many00:08:50
separate components provide a decisive00:08:52
Advantage several small plates warp less00:08:55
than one large one for example00:08:58
individual parts will eventually make00:09:00
the resulting locomotive much stiffer00:09:02
and therefore more stable00:09:05
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the finished superstructure is mounted00:09:14
on an assembly bogey on which the00:09:16
locomotive shell then continues its00:09:18
Journey Through The Factory00:09:20
it does not receive its own wheels until00:09:22
later on because they still have to be00:09:25
painted separately and because this also00:09:27
makes it easier for employees to work on00:09:29
the locomotive00:09:31
Precision work where small fractions of00:09:33
a millimeter matter with the weight of00:09:35
eight cars suspended overhead00:09:47
the 12 metric ton Behemoth must be00:09:50
seated perfectly in place otherwise the00:09:53
sheer mass of the superstructure could00:09:55
wedge it in so tightly that it could00:09:57
never be separated from the assembly00:09:59
bogey again00:10:01
foreign00:10:03
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each of these cranes can carry up to 5000:10:19
metric tons00:10:20
steel chains are 10 centimeters in00:10:22
diameter00:10:24
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several miles of track run throughout00:10:36
the factory in this way a rail vehicle00:10:39
and a mobile platform transfer the00:10:41
assembly bogeys together with the00:10:42
locomotives from one Hall to the next00:10:45
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foreign00:11:03
step the steel behemoths are first00:11:06
polished and then painted00:11:09
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the blasting shop uses corundum a00:11:14
crystal and mineral to give the steel a00:11:16
gleaming finish that reveals any welding00:11:18
defects00:11:19
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technicians then apply a special00:11:22
protective anti-corrosion coating that00:11:25
ensures exceptionally long service life00:11:27
even when exposed to the elements in the00:11:31
Paint Shop the locomotives are coated in00:11:33
separate 30 meter long six meter wide00:11:35
enclosures primer clear lacquer and top00:11:38
coat in what will eventually become the00:11:40
color of the locomotive are applied in00:11:43
up to four applications about 400 liters00:11:46
in all00:11:48
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these special Coatings not only provide00:11:53
weather protection but also mitigate00:11:55
damage from Stone impacts and facilitate00:11:57
graffiti removal00:12:02
foreign00:12:06
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electric locomotive traverses the length00:12:11
and breadth of Europe from Southern00:12:13
Italy across the Swiss and Austrian Alps00:12:18
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Northern Sweden00:12:26
the locomotive can travel at speeds of00:12:29
up to 200 kilometers per hour and has00:12:31
the Tractive power of 23 semi-trailer00:12:34
trucks00:12:35
depending on the equipment options the00:12:37
price ranges from three to five million00:12:39
euros00:12:41
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back in the locomotive plant in Munich00:13:00
all internal systems will be installed00:13:03
in the final assembly area step by step00:13:06
on up to 10 locomotives in parallel00:13:09
different country-specific components00:13:12
are installed depending on where each00:13:14
Vectron will operate00:13:17
now we're in the machine room without00:13:19
the roof here on the right side for00:13:21
example we have our compressed air00:13:23
system with its electrical cabinet00:13:26
so this cabinet here it handles the00:13:28
braking which means it controls the00:13:30
braking system for example when someone00:13:32
up front pushes the emergency stop00:13:33
button then this cabinet here initiates00:13:36
the emergency braking sequence via this00:13:38
compressed air system because the brakes00:13:40
operate with compressed air00:13:44
continuing on through the machine room00:13:46
we have here the drive motor fans for00:13:48
example which are used to cool the drive00:13:49
Motors00:13:51
and when we look a little further on we00:13:53
have the power converters which convert00:13:55
the electrical power because different00:13:57
voltages are required00:13:59
in other words the voltage of the00:14:01
overhead lines is not the voltage00:14:03
actually used to operate the locomotive00:14:07
and moving along here we have the00:14:10
electrical cabinet for the Train's00:14:11
security system which handles the00:14:14
communication with the antennas below00:14:15
and is responsible for safety here in00:14:18
the locomotive00:14:21
foreign00:14:22
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systems a total of 36 kilometers of00:14:31
cable must be installed in each of these00:14:33
locomotives00:14:34
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here the lines are being rooted in the00:14:43
main cable harness each harness00:14:46
comprises up to 100 Cable branches which00:14:49
in turn contain up to 30 individual00:14:51
cables of up to five centimeters in00:14:53
diameter and up to 25 meters in length00:14:58
each cable has a function such as00:15:01
energized brake or detect red lights on00:15:04
the route00:15:05
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about 60 of these functions are part of00:15:13
the electric locomotives standard00:15:15
equipment and the rest are added on a00:15:18
country-specific basis or at the request00:15:21
of the customer00:15:23
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we have a very wide range of variants00:15:27
every control harness we built here is00:15:29
different and that's why we decided to00:15:31
manage the entire process using lasers00:15:33
the laser actually serves as a guide for00:15:36
the technician first of all the laser00:15:38
shows where to root the cable in the00:15:40
harness in other words which trough it00:15:42
goes into and then where to push the00:15:44
line through after that that way they're00:15:47
already pre-bundled for the next00:15:48
production process00:15:50
This Modern laser system has been in use00:15:53
for a few years now and prevents errors00:15:56
in the multitude of cables00:15:59
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a modern electric locomotive is a high00:16:08
performance data center equipped with00:16:10
electrical cabinets computers and00:16:12
special software that controls the train00:16:16
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mobile robots bring all electronic00:16:26
components exactly when and where00:16:28
they're needed00:16:31
including the warning song selected by00:16:33
the workers themselves so the robots00:16:35
won't run into anyone00:16:43
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it moves along the path here so everyone00:16:56
knows that the robot is passing through00:16:57
it's a driverless transport system that00:17:00
distributes our connectors00:17:02
so we have a sensory organized connector00:17:04
workstation and the robot goes there00:17:06
gets the connectors and then distributes00:17:08
them throughout the hall00:17:11
to this workstation for example where00:17:14
another robot knows exactly what goes00:17:16
where00:17:18
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this is a fully automated robot that00:17:24
takes the wire and inserts it into the00:17:26
socket what's actually happening here00:17:28
first the robot captures an image it00:17:31
then uses image processing to detect the00:17:33
line and then it knows exactly where to00:17:35
insert it here in this particular socket00:17:37
and it does all this fully automatically00:17:39
up here there's also a display showing00:17:41
how the image processing Works how it00:17:44
essentially identifies the individual00:17:45
numbers and then looks them up in a00:17:47
database and says okay this line must be00:17:50
inserted in this position00:17:54
just this one robot wires up to 100000:17:57
plug-in connections every day00:18:01
this finished cable harness will be00:18:03
tested later on00:18:04
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first a technician verifies the00:18:12
connections and only then does a00:18:14
software program run for 12 hours to00:18:17
check whether all connections give the00:18:18
right output signals00:18:20
if everything works perfectly the cable00:18:23
harness with its thousands of plug-in00:18:25
connections can be installed in the00:18:27
locomotive00:18:28
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over the past four years thanks to laser00:18:33
assisted and computer-controlled cable00:18:35
routing the software has not detected a00:18:38
single fault00:18:39
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foreign00:18:50
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and everything is perfect here too00:19:00
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another huge Hall produces the frontal00:19:20
elements of the driver's cabs the00:19:22
so-called front ends00:19:30
later these will be positioned at both00:19:33
ends of the locomotive this will enable00:19:35
the locomotive to travel in both00:19:37
directions00:19:39
hey we're now synchronized assembly line00:19:42
for front-end production this is for the00:19:44
driver's cab which is where the00:19:45
locomotive driver operates everything00:19:47
the painted front end starts out here in00:19:50
the first station and you can see very00:19:51
well here that the window panes have00:19:53
already been glued in so this is where00:19:56
the adhesive dries the second station is00:19:59
right next door00:20:01
here technicians install the insulation00:20:03
and even some of the wiring00:20:05
in the next station everything already00:20:07
looks somewhat more complete some of the00:20:09
first electrical components are also00:20:11
installed here on the other side various00:20:14
internal sub-assemblies are also00:20:16
installed you could also clearly see00:20:18
here the internal cable routing and00:20:19
various covers and in our last station00:20:22
we installed the actual driver's control00:20:23
panel this here is called the element00:20:26
it's a prefabricated assembly that we00:20:28
also manufacture here and then comes00:20:30
this assembly the console which is then00:20:32
installed here and enables the driver to00:20:34
control the entire locomotive00:20:37
the driver's cab is the control center00:20:40
of the locomotive it includes all the00:20:43
controllers switches and Buttons used to00:20:46
move the electric locomotive to slow it00:20:48
down or to communicate with track power00:20:51
line or control centers00:20:56
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this too requires craftsmanship and00:21:07
extensive experience because a00:21:09
locomotive that weighs many tons cannot00:21:11
operate smoothly and therefore safely00:21:13
unless all of its components fit like a00:21:16
glove and interact perfectly00:21:19
foreign00:21:26
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there's a whole lot of Technology under00:21:33
the hood a rolling server room for00:21:36
Europe's rail Freight transport00:21:39
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in the final work step all components00:21:50
come together in another huge Hall00:21:53
foreign00:21:54
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workers assemble up to 10 locomotives00:22:04
simultaneously00:22:07
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in the final assembly area the cable00:22:12
harnesses sub-assemblies such as00:22:15
antennas and sensors the roof elements00:22:17
and front ends are all installed on the00:22:20
electric locomotives00:22:22
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high-tech and handcrafted all components00:22:34
are joined securely together with bolts00:22:36
ranging in length from one centimeter to00:22:38
one meter00:22:40
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foreign00:22:49
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average build time of one and a half00:22:58
months and plenty of work by engineers00:23:01
and technicians have their price00:23:04
depending on the optional equipment one00:23:06
electric locomotive costs between three00:23:08
and four and a half million euros00:23:11
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foreign00:23:15
Hall multiple work steps take place in00:23:18
parallel at each station additional00:23:20
components are installed on or in the00:23:23
locomotive00:23:32
here the complete cable harness is being00:23:35
fastened to the locomotive00:23:39
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foreign00:23:48
laser systems help locate the right00:23:51
connection points00:23:58
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power cables compressed air tubing data00:24:07
lines everything must be trimmed and00:24:10
rooted individually00:24:11
each European rail service has its own00:24:14
specifications and these require00:24:16
different assembly steps that every00:24:18
worker must master00:24:20
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okay00:24:33
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once all cables have been installed then00:24:43
the associated switching cabinets can be00:24:45
mounted inside the locomotive00:24:50
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up to 16 electrical cabinets for control00:25:02
systems and switch gear can be installed00:25:05
depending on the technical equipment00:25:07
diesel engines or electric motors and00:25:10
the power grid requirements of the00:25:12
countries where the locomotive will00:25:13
operate00:25:22
the finished inner workings of a modern00:25:24
high performance locomotive00:25:27
systems to control the brakes motors for00:25:29
cooling voltage Transformers for00:25:32
alternating and direct current for00:25:33
different countries a fire suppression00:25:36
system oil and water coolers air00:25:39
compressors or trained security cabinets00:25:41
to break the entire train including all00:25:44
rail cars00:25:53
and the complete drivers cab with all00:25:55
controls for the locomotive driver00:25:58
foreign00:26:04
also supports a very modular00:26:06
configuration of course as you can also00:26:08
see here for example the optional00:26:10
equipment might also include a radio or00:26:13
at the customer's request a coffee00:26:14
machine can even be included when it00:26:16
comes to such details we're really very00:26:18
flexible00:26:21
once everything00:26:22
Fleet inside the next work step follows00:26:25
the roof elements00:26:28
all right00:26:31
foreign00:26:33
with these roof elements it's important00:26:36
to be careful when lowering them into00:26:37
place00:26:38
where the seals fit over one another00:26:41
and to maintain the correct distances00:26:44
with the roof elements00:26:47
otherwise the rubber joints won't fit00:26:50
but then you'll see that later on00:26:56
in all three roof elements are mounted00:26:58
on this locomotive which will be pulling00:27:00
Freight across Finland just a few weeks00:27:03
from now00:27:04
thank you00:27:05
each element weighs 300 kilograms00:27:09
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everything must fit together with00:27:19
Precision measured in small fractions of00:27:21
a centimeter and according to00:27:23
established standards otherwise00:27:25
rainwater might seep into the locomotive00:27:27
for example and damage the equipment00:27:29
inside00:27:34
Precision work using heavy duty cranes00:27:38
foreign00:27:47
the roof must fit properly on all sides00:27:50
it takes several employees to check it00:27:58
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when we don't set this roof element down00:28:08
here properly then that automatically00:28:10
means that the next element won't fit00:28:13
basti if you want you can slide The00:28:15
Joint a little more to the right00:28:17
the thing is if we don't maintain the00:28:21
correct distances then that means that00:28:23
the seals won't line up properly and00:28:25
then one thing leads to another00:28:28
there's one of these seals for example00:28:31
and there are those pins and then they00:28:33
can get in our way00:28:39
roof elements on up to 15 locomotives00:28:42
per month many of the locomotives built00:28:45
here later travel through Germany00:28:46
Austria Switzerland Italy Bulgaria the00:28:49
Netherlands Denmark or Finland00:29:01
Sebastian slisarchik and his colleague00:29:04
Luca simich are installers and metal00:29:06
workers and have been working for the00:29:08
company for four years now every day is00:29:11
a new challenge when assembling these 1900:29:13
meter long 4-meter high high performance00:29:16
machines00:29:18
first the bolts have to fit in and then00:29:21
later you'd better go inside the00:29:23
locomotive and check everything over00:29:24
once more00:29:26
in other words to make sure that all the00:29:28
seals were done properly00:29:30
the last fractions of a centimeter if00:29:33
the bolts fit in the threads now then00:29:35
the operation is a success00:29:37
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a gap of no more than 12 millimeters is00:29:41
with intolerance the rubber seals are00:29:44
seated correctly that means the roof is00:29:47
leak-proof00:29:49
that's that's good after two hours of00:29:54
highly concentrated work all the roof00:29:56
elements of this locomotive are also in00:29:58
place00:30:02
okay00:30:07
only one last step assembly remains now00:30:10
the locomotives are transferred from the00:30:13
assembly bogey to their own wheels00:30:22
teen metric tons two of them are placed00:30:25
under each locomotive00:30:34
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the final assembly step is called the00:30:41
wedding00:30:42
train is mounted on its own wheels00:30:45
they are produced in advance in the00:30:47
planting grots Austria and delivered to00:30:49
Munich00:30:54
the locomotive is now suspended on just00:30:57
one industrial crane00:31:02
installation technicians must make sure00:31:04
that the locomotive sits exactly on the00:31:06
eight Springs which as with a car00:31:09
ensures stable driving later on00:31:19
the overhead crane can lift 250 metric00:31:22
tons the complete locomotive weighs 9000:31:25
tons00:31:27
an additional challenge the springs and00:31:30
dampers are oriented horizontally and00:31:32
vertically on the locomotive00:31:37
foreign00:31:40
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locomotive cannot be assured unless00:31:45
everything meets exact specifications00:31:51
a 15 millimeter Gap it fits00:32:01
the critical moment the last fractions00:32:05
of a centimeter00:32:07
here is where we find out just how00:32:09
precisely the installation technicians00:32:11
have worked throughout the assembly00:32:12
process00:32:18
place the locomotive can then be lowered00:32:21
down onto the bogeys and securely00:32:23
fastened in the next step00:32:26
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a total of 24 bolts 16 centimeters long00:32:42
and three centimeters in diameter hold00:32:44
the locomotive and the bogey together00:32:48
look at this00:32:49
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underneath the locomotive the bolts are00:33:11
coated with a thread lock adhesive to00:33:13
prevent them from coming loose during00:33:15
operation00:33:18
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the installation technicians would never00:33:29
be able to tighten the bolts Enough by00:33:31
hand00:33:32
and besides the overhead work would be00:33:35
virtually impossible without a torque00:33:37
wrench00:33:39
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one hour now the locomotive is securely00:33:46
attached to its Wheels00:33:52
[Music]00:33:56
the Assembly of the electric locomotive00:33:59
is now complete00:34:00
several Quality Inspection procedures00:34:02
are performed next to ensure that00:34:04
everything works perfectly00:34:07
foreign engineer Julian share and the00:34:11
quality assurance representative Thomas00:34:13
Garner inspect the entire locomotive00:34:16
inside and out00:34:20
the locomotive has a special brake00:34:23
system that undergoes a particularly00:34:25
intensive inspection by the two00:34:27
specialists00:34:30
here we have the sanding system its00:34:33
purpose is to apply sand to the rail00:34:35
just in front of the wheel to increase00:34:36
the friction00:34:37
so when it slippery due to ice or leaves00:34:40
on the rails for example or an emergency00:34:42
stop is required then this nozzle pumps00:34:44
out sand blown with compressed air to00:34:46
increase the friction you might have00:34:49
noticed this effect also in subways or00:34:51
trams in an emergency situation when00:34:53
full braking must be applied for example00:34:55
or also in Winter then sometimes you'll00:34:58
hear a noise like this during breaking00:35:00
winter basically this is exactly the00:35:02
same the compressed air essentially00:35:04
blows sand onto the track00:35:09
this sand spreader is operated from the00:35:11
driver's console of the locomotive the00:35:14
actuation Works via compressed air which00:35:16
blows the sand onto the rails through00:35:18
tubes positioned in front of both wheels00:35:20
of the axle00:35:22
an ingenious principle that acts like00:35:24
Road grit to increase friction in Winter00:35:26
thereby shortening the braking distance00:35:30
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altogether the final inspection takes00:35:35
five hours00:35:38
looks okay looks really good awesome00:35:42
the inspection requires Keen judgment00:35:45
and extensive experience00:35:47
the two Specialists have already00:35:49
inspected hundreds of locomotives and00:35:51
know exactly what to look for00:35:54
[Music]00:36:06
during the quality checks the two00:36:08
Engineers examine every lever every00:36:11
electrical cabinet and every plug-in00:36:13
connector and verify their function the00:36:16
locomotive cannot be delivered to the00:36:18
customer until all quality standards00:36:20
have been met00:36:22
[Music]00:36:28
the check also includes the driver's cab00:36:31
the future workstation of the locomotive00:36:34
driver who will have sole control over00:36:36
the train00:36:38
[Music]00:36:48
we make sure that all functions with the00:36:51
switches for example that they also snap00:36:53
into place that they work that it00:36:55
doesn't snag anywhere he just pounded00:36:57
there again to make sure nothing rattles00:36:59
during operation it's important that the00:37:01
driver doesn't hear a rattle coming from00:37:03
somewhere all the time and of course we00:37:05
check screws we look for any trace of00:37:07
oil or whether moisture has penetrated00:37:09
anywhere00:37:11
after quality assurance comes the00:37:13
Practical test00:37:21
[Music]00:37:27
the plant grounds in the north of Munich00:37:29
has its own test track for this00:37:36
it's 500 meters long and has a special00:37:39
feature there are several different00:37:41
track gauges in Europe and this test00:37:43
track can be set to all of them from one00:37:46
thousand to00:37:47
1668 millimeters00:37:52
engineer Anton Wagner subjects the00:37:55
electric locomotive to a series of tests00:37:57
breaking acceleration does the emergency00:38:00
stop button work does the horn sound and00:38:03
he has to perform these tests in both00:38:05
directions00:38:07
[Music]00:38:09
this is what we call the driver's desk00:38:12
here we have the traction brake lever00:38:14
that you can use to accelerate and Brake00:38:16
this is the driver's brake valve the00:38:19
locomotive driver can use it to break00:38:21
the entire train pneumatically we have00:38:23
electric brakes for when you only need00:38:25
to make Minor Adjustments in speed this00:38:28
saves wear in the mechanical brake00:38:29
system and it also recovers energy at00:38:32
the same time00:38:34
and here on the right we have the00:38:37
mechanical brakes00:38:39
they break the locomotive mechanically00:38:41
just like the brakes on a car with brake00:38:43
discs00:38:46
the outdoor test on the grounds also00:38:49
includes a sprinkler system to verify00:38:51
that the seals protecting all train00:38:53
components are watertight00:38:55
this leak test 200:38:57
every locomotive00:39:00
[Music]00:39:07
it's really a whole different story of00:39:09
course when you're sitting on top of00:39:11
power like this00:39:13
and I guess it's something that everyone00:39:15
would like to try just once00:39:18
and here we get the chance to do it00:39:20
almost every day and not just here in00:39:22
the grounds but also out there in the00:39:24
field00:39:25
on test drives and that sort of thing00:39:27
it's always something different00:39:29
and that's what makes it fun00:39:31
test drives are also regularly conducted00:39:35
on the normal rail network where00:39:37
Engineers test top speeds and Tractive00:39:39
force with rail cars00:39:45
the electric locomotive is a powerful00:39:48
Workhorse it can pull up to 35 Freight00:39:51
cars with a total weight of 2 000 tons00:39:53
and a length of 700 meters00:39:56
[Music]00:40:01
at the end of 2021 Siemens delivered the00:40:05
1000th Vectron to Denmark00:40:07
additional orders are currently being00:40:09
filled00:40:12
DB cargo is already operating 13900:40:15
multi-system locomotives in the German00:40:17
and European rail Freight sectors00:40:19
thereby saving more than 80 percent CO200:40:22
compared with truck transport00:40:29
[Music]00:40:32
the switch yard in Munich North every00:40:35
week for 31 years now thousands of rail00:40:38
cars have been joined together to form00:40:39
freight trains and sent on their way00:40:41
throughout Europe00:40:45
52 year old Marcus dudik has been00:40:47
driving freight trains across Europe for00:40:49
Deutsche Bahn for three decades00:40:52
the great thing is that you're actually00:40:55
always moving and each day is different00:40:57
none of that Daily Grind in the office00:40:59
or in some carpentry shop someplace00:41:01
where you always show up at eight and00:41:03
leave at four that's also part of the00:41:05
attraction00:41:09
every day 50 trains roll into this00:41:12
freight car loading station and roll00:41:14
away again it's one of Southern00:41:16
Germany's largest hubs for cargo00:41:18
transported by train00:41:20
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in addition to Cargo loading locomotive00:41:28
maintenance is also performed here00:41:30
like an automotive Workshop but for00:41:33
trains00:41:38
Master Mechanic Philip hebion takes each00:41:41
locomotive one by one with this shunting00:41:44
trolley00:41:46
the advantage of this is that the00:41:48
drivers need not be present to move the00:41:50
locomotives into the workshop00:41:53
[Music]00:41:54
foreign00:41:56
[Music]00:42:01
the 31 year old checks liquid levels00:42:04
replaces filters and determines whether00:42:07
worn collectors need to be replaced00:42:12
first he uses a laser instrument to00:42:15
measure whether the wheels are okay like00:42:17
checking the tread on car tires00:42:20
[Music]00:42:26
I'm taking the wheel profile measurement00:42:28
we always have to make sure that the00:42:30
flange and the running surfaces are okay00:42:31
I do this with our measurement unit it00:42:34
does everything automatically and00:42:36
reports the values back to me if00:42:38
everything works it shows me that00:42:39
everything is green and then I know that00:42:41
the locomotive is also okay and I have00:42:43
to do this separately for each wheel00:42:46
[Music]00:42:48
during the inspection it's especially00:42:50
important that everything under the00:42:52
locomotive fits properly and securely00:42:56
weathering effects could damage00:42:58
components a serious safety risk for the00:43:01
entire freight train00:43:03
these are our Drive Motors each axle has00:43:05
its own we also look here of course to00:43:07
see if everything is okay to see if any00:43:09
lines are damaged our axle shaft we have00:43:12
to check that too to make sure it00:43:14
doesn't have any stone impacts or cracks00:43:16
because that's very dangerous if it has00:43:18
cracks it can break the same goes for00:43:20
stone impacts and we don't want a00:43:22
locomotive to get derailed of course00:43:24
and thanks to the well-trained eyes of00:43:26
Philip hebinger and his colleagues that00:43:29
of course doesn't happen00:43:31
[Music]00:43:34
the air conditioning system for the00:43:36
driver's cab is located under the hood00:43:38
it works just like in a car but is much00:43:41
much larger00:43:46
the heater the windshield wiper fluid00:43:49
tank and the windshield wiper motor are00:43:51
also located here00:43:53
[Music]00:43:57
the interior air filters must also be00:43:59
replaced00:44:02
[Music]00:44:08
inspections like this one are performed00:44:11
at thirty thousand kilometer intervals00:44:15
foreign00:44:20
apart from that there's not much00:44:22
installed up front here because it's00:44:23
exposed to the elements there's Frost00:44:25
there's snow we don't want everything to00:44:27
break down00:44:29
to look down on the top of the00:44:32
locomotive from above there are several00:44:35
Platforms in the workshop00:44:38
here hebinga checks the collectors to00:44:41
see if anything is broken and needs00:44:42
replacement00:44:44
each locomotive can have four collectors00:44:46
installed for the relevant National00:44:48
systems00:44:50
we have 15 000 volts here at home it's00:44:54
120 volts00:44:56
and it's 1 000 amps of current flowing00:44:58
here there's less than 15 amps flowing00:45:00
from the wall socket at home so we're00:45:02
dealing with a huge amount of power here00:45:04
I'll look this over now because if00:45:07
something breaks up on top there then of00:45:09
course there's a risk that the overhead00:45:10
line also breaks and then we've got00:45:12
major damage then there's no more trains00:45:14
or Suburban train service for a long00:45:16
time00:45:18
the collectors known as side plates have00:45:21
a layer of carbon on top which wears off00:45:24
over time the underlying metal has very00:45:27
sharp edges and as a result can in the00:45:29
worst case tear down the whole overhead00:45:32
line00:45:35
these machines never cease to amaze me00:45:37
and I also like to get my hands dirty00:45:39
when I work who wants to sit in an00:45:41
office all the time00:45:44
70 Railway employees here in Munich00:45:47
North make sure that all incoming rail00:45:49
cars from Automotive manufacturers for00:45:52
example are distributed among freight00:45:54
trains00:45:56
the rail cars roll autonomously over a00:45:59
so-called hump downward onto the track00:46:01
where they are joined with a new freight00:46:03
train00:46:06
locomotive drivers like Marco studeck00:46:08
then collect the freight trains for00:46:10
their Voyage clear across Europe00:46:12
[Applause]00:46:14
sure it's always a pleasure while00:46:16
driving especially when the weather's00:46:18
nice in general from the algoy towards00:46:21
or our regular Brenner tarvis run when00:46:26
you drive through Austria through the00:46:27
mountains every trip is still an amazing00:46:29
experience even after 30 years00:46:33
over the course of his 30-year career00:46:36
locomotive driver Marcus Dudek has00:46:38
driven everything from old diesel00:46:41
traction units to the state-of-the-art00:46:43
electric locomotive00:46:46
he is especially glad to drive the00:46:49
Vectron because it has amenities such as00:46:52
air conditioning and extensive00:46:53
assistance systems that make his life on00:46:56
the rails easier00:47:00
the rail cars are still coupled manually00:47:04
with the introduction of digital00:47:06
coupling systems this too will soon00:47:08
change00:47:12
[Applause]00:47:14
[Music]00:47:17
now Marcus Dudek must verify that all00:47:21
rail cars are connected to one another00:47:23
correctly and that the train is ready to00:47:25
start its Journey00:47:29
[Music]00:47:32
then it can set off towards Italy00:47:36
thanks to the electric drive system this00:47:38
will save 80 CO2 versus transport by00:47:41
truck00:47:43
[Music]00:47:51
[Music]00:47:56
at the border a colleague takes over00:47:58
that's why the locomotive is designed00:48:01
for multiple National Rail systems00:48:06
this is this is due to the fact that the00:48:09
locomotive is a multi-system locomotive00:48:11
and goes as far as Italy in Italian in00:48:13
Italy there's a so-called scmt that's00:48:15
another train security system and other00:48:17
technology and it's integrated here so00:48:20
when we arrive at the Brenner pass the00:48:22
German Austrian system we switch over to00:48:25
the Italian system and other power00:48:27
system and other trained security system00:48:29
then the Italian colleague can take over00:48:32
driving and must operate it with his00:48:33
equipment00:48:36
the future of European Freight transport00:48:39
rose on Rails CO2 neutral and also00:48:43
thanks to the Vectron electric00:48:44
locomotive which is almost completely00:48:47
recyclable and whose modular00:48:49
configuration enables operation00:48:51
throughout Europe00:48:53
[Music]00:48:55
foreign00:49:01
This Modern high performance electric00:49:03
locomotive is made of thousands of sheet00:49:06
metal Parts by a Workforce comprising 100:49:09
200 employees in all00:49:12
many weeks of extremely hard work on00:49:14
assemblies that weigh tons in one of the00:49:17
largest locomotive factories in Europe00:49:21
and gigantic paint booths enable the00:49:24
construction of a technical Masterpiece00:49:26
that can transport Freight on nearly all00:49:29
European railways00:49:31
foreign00:49:36
[Music]00:49:39
high performance computer with 3600:49:42
kilometers of cable and a small Power00:49:44
Station Move This 18 meter long 90-ton00:49:47
Colossus all across Europe at speeds of00:49:51
up to 200 kilometers per hour00:49:53
[Music]00:49:58
this state-of-the-art electric00:50:00
locomotive is built in Munich and is00:50:03
moving all of Europe further along the00:50:05
path towards a green future00:50:10
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The Vectron brand electric locomotive is available as an all-electric and hybrid model. It has the tractive power of 23 trucks. The trains, which cost up to 4.5 million euros, are manufactured in Munich. By 2023, DB Cargo plans to use 400 electric locomotives in European cargo rail transport, saving up to eight million liters of diesel per year. The advantage: the locomotive is particularly environmentally friendly and can be modularly assembled and converted, enabling it to run seamlessly on all rail networks in Europe. 📺 Watch more documentaries: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-5sURDcN_Zl8hBqkvZ6uXFpP3t55HU9s 🔔 Subscribe to our full documentary channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBAeFXaLV1ZqKqc-Uf3pKaA?sub_confirmation=1
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