Astronics
ATS-500 High-Power Testing
This article first appeared in the Railway-News magazine, Issue 4 2022 Rolling Stock edition.
Consolidated, Functional Testing, Part of the ATS-5000 Series
Rail car manufacturers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are frequently presented with the unique problem of having multiple vendors that need support for high-power testing.
Typically, high-power testers are designed to test a specific, individual, high-power unit. With consolidated test solutions from Astronics Test Systems, multiple vendors can be tested on the same test platform.
As part of the Astronics Test Systems portfolio of consolidated bench test equipment (BTE), Astronics has introduced the ATS500 High Power (HP) Test System.
Ultimate Flexibility
Astronics has been providing highpower test solutions for a variety of UUTs throughout the transit industry for more than a decade. From GTO and IGBT-based chopper LRUs to high-speed circuit breakers, we have consistently developed safe, specification-compliant, bench test equipment for all of your high-power testing requirements.
The ATS-500 HP can be configured to test most power electronics in a rail car, such as:
- Auxiliary power systems, 100KVA+
- Single and multi-phase inverters
- DC to DC converters
- Full load testing for AC and DC LRUs and LLRUs
- Dead battery starters
- Rail gap detectors
- Propulsion drive systems
- High-speed circuit breakers
- Fully integrated safety systems to protect the operator
Test It All
Test your power systems from board to box-level at your factory or repair depot.
- Save time and cost: complete turnkey solution
- Upgradable, modular, and configurable: select COTS instruments to configure, update, or expand functionality to meet your exact requirements and future needs
- Efficient: consolidated footprint to maximise space in your depot or factory
- Flexible: based on industry standard instrumentation such as LXI, PXIe and others
- Supportable: dedicated engineering, factory, and field support staff
Astronics Test Systems delivers your solution with an open architecture based on industry standards for fast, easy configuring and efficient operation.
