High-speed train: KSB offers pump technology for the railway industry.

Railway

Making tracks: Innovative solutions and engineering excellence

What's important in rail traffic are absolute reliability, minimal maintenance and a long service life, resulting in low life cycle costs. Being compact and weight-optimised in design, KSB's canned motor pumps also help reduce CO2 emissions. As a partner of globally operating train and cooling system manufacturers, KSB draws on decades of experience and has developed a comprehensive range of perfectly matching products and services for this application.

One-track mind: Top quality is a must for rail vehicle pumps.

The significance of rail traffic is steadily increasing – and so are the requirements placed on manufacturers: Powerful, durable and sustainable vehicles are in demand. Whether moving persons or goods, harsh conditions have to be handled by safety-relevant train components, such as KSB pumps. This includes extreme weather events as well as continuous vibrations and oscillation.

Also: If a rail vehicle has got a predicted service life of 30 years, our products too have to work reliably and safely for that same period of time, covering the entire life cycle. To minimise downtimes, regular servicing work is to be spaced out as far as possible. Total costs are to be kept down as well. Naturally, the components have to comply with all codes and standards that are internationally required.

Always on track: KSB products for the railway industry

Mounted on, under or directly in the train: KSB pumps are used by globally leading manufacturers for the most diverse of drive concepts, running tirelessly on countless railway lines around the globe. They can be relied on to deliver decades of safe and reliable operation, even under the toughest of conditions.

In order to meet the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement, the railway system is to be given a boost for moving both, goods and persons. This is why KSB focuses on working with customers pioneering innovative and sustainable drive concepts, especially involving traction battery and fuel cell technology. Wherever CO2 can be saved, we provide well-founded expert know-how and offer tailored solutions. 

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Fast-tracking your product and service quality

Our canned motor pumps reliably ensure cooling of critical components of our customers' drive systems. Meeting the many diverse requirements, KSB products can be found cooling converters, traction batteries and fuel cells.

Our certified pump portfolio with its high range of variants enables us to always find a tailored solution for our customers' individual installations. All our railway pumps are designed to operate highly reliably without any leakage for the entire lifetime of the train – with maintenance work only being required every 10 years or more.

Decades of close cooperation with our customers, tailored solutions and our service worldwide make us a popular partner for the rail industry.

Close-up drive concept schematic incl. cooling system (pump) of a high-speed train

With KSB, rail vehicles keep a cool head: KSB's coolant pump Etaseco RVP is specially designed for roof cooling systems.

Drive concept schematic incl. cooling system (pump) of a high-speed train

With KSB, rail vehicles keep a cool head: KSB's coolant pump Etaseco RVP is specially designed for roof cooling systems.

Our portfolio

KSB offers a wide range of products for the railway industry

  • Etaseco
  • Etaseco RVP
  • Moviseco

Let us configure your individual pump design. 

  • Motors made by KSB upon the customer's request 
  • Optimised adjustment to your hydraulic operating parameters
  • Freely configurable type, position and orientation of the electrical connection
  • Individual material and flange designs meeting the requirements of the rail industry
  • Vertical and horizontal installation options fitting in the tightest of spaces
  • Flexible orientation of pump nozzles, motor housing and support foot

Your benefits

  • Comprehensive canned motor pump portfolio, specially designed for the railway industry
  • Extremely reliable, low-maintenance and durable design, developed for the 30+ years of a rail vehicle's life cycle
  • Safety ensured by international test procedures and certifications 
  • Capable of handling extremely demanding cooling fluids thanks to optimised materials and seals
  • Unique engineering support based on decades of cooperation with our train and cooling system manufacturers' development teams
  • 24-hour service from experienced technicians based in over 170 service centres worldwide

Find suitable railway products now

KSB's high-quality canned motor pumps have been specially designed for use in high-speed trains, locomotives, shunting or switching locomotives, trams as well as commuter and local trains.

Etaseco/ Etaseco-I

Etaseco/ Etaseco-I

Horizontal or vertical seal-less volute casing pump in back pull-out design with fully enclosed canned motor, low noise emission, with radial impeller, single-stage, single-entry, casing connecting dimensions to EN 733, or in in-line design.

Illustration of the phases of a product life cycle: Consultation and analysis, commissioning, operation and repair

Service at KSB SupremeServ means being fully looked after

KSB SupremeServ offers you a comprehensive range of services and spare parts for pumps, valves and other equipment – including for products from other manufacturers – from face-to-face consultation to installation, commissioning, maintenance and repair. More than 3500 specialists in over 190 service centres worldwide are available around the clock, seven days a week. Concentrate on your core business – and let us take care of the rest.

Inspection service

Inspection service

KSB’s inspection service provides regular pump inspection and pump maintenance to ensure the reliable operation and increased availability of your system.

  • Preventing failures
  • 24-hour on-call service