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Unipart Rail Wins People Award at Doncaster Business Awards

Unipart Rail Wins People Award at Doncaster Business Awards

Unipart Rail wins Prestigious People Award

Tags: Better Reliability Customer Engagement Employee Engagement Improved Performance Lean Productivity Unipart Way Value - Increased Performance Value - Reduced Risk


The Doncaster Business Awards, run by Doncaster Chamber of Commerce - winners of Chamber of the Year 2019 - is the highlight of the region’s business calendar. Over 900 business representatives attended the big awards night on Thursday 12th December to celebrate the best of business in Doncaster. ...
Innovative Solutions to Improve Performance from Unipart Rail

Innovative Solutions to Improve Performance from Unipart Rail

at Railway Interchange 2019

Tags: Better Reliability Improved Performance Increased Safety Infrastructure Innovative Solutions North America Signalling Traction and Rolling Stock Unipart Dorman Value - High Levels of Safety Value - Increased Performance Value - Innovation


At the recent Railway Interchange exhibition in Minneapolis, Unipart Rail North America and Modern Railway Systems exhibited a range of innovative solutions to help customers improve performance and benefit from reductions in operational costs and risk....
Keeping the Railways Running

Keeping the Railways Running

Unipart Rail overhaul process for actuators prevents the railways grinding to a halt.

Tags: Better Reliability Compliant to Standards Infrastructure Reducing Obsolescence Service and Repair Technology & Product Solutions Value - High Levels of Safety Value - Increased Performance Value - Reduced Risk


The UK rail network is extensive and still has many assets in daily use that are no longer available to purchase new, or there may be limited supply. It is incredibly important that these assets are maintained in full functional use to keep trains moving....
Targeting the reduction of £300m of cost

Targeting the reduction of £300m of cost

Using SmartSander to reduce costs and improve wheel adhesion

Tags: Better Reliability Condition Based Monitoring Engineering Technology Improved Performance Value - Innovation Park Signalling Reduced Cost Traction and Rolling Stock Unipart Dorman


Low adhesion is reported to cost over £300m per year in the UK and recent industry (RSSB) trials have demonstrated that in low adhesion conditions variable rate sanders can provide dramatic reductions in stopping distance over single rate systems. SmartSander from Unipart Rail contributes to reducin...
Door Control Panel Overhaul for Class 365 EMUs

Door Control Panel Overhaul for Class 365 EMUs

Overcoming obsolescence of components

Tags: Better Reliability Continuous Improvement Reducing Obsolescence Traction and Rolling Stock


To improve the reliability of the operation of the gangway doors between the carriages on Class 365 EMU vehicles Unipart Rail has identified new components that can be used in the overhaul of the door control unit to overcome obsolescence issues. The units are overhauled in the company’s own manufa...
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