Hilton Kommunal News

Delivery of a suction vehicle for the Gotthard tunnel

Hilton Kommunal GmbH — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:14:00 GMT

Hilton Kommunal delivered a suction vehicle for the longest tunnel in Europe in cooperation with the company Kaiser from Liechtenstein. This special vehicle is operated in the Gotthard tunnel in Switzerland to clean the irrigation system of the tunnel. The total weight of the vehicle is 50t. The rail drive system consists of 2 hydraulic driven bogies with 4 driven axles. The maximum speed on track is 40km/h in both directions. For backwards driving in the tunnel, the vehicle is equipped with special infrared cameras. The suction superstructure includes an integrated water recycling system and is specially designed for the high ambient temperatures inside the tunnel during 24hour operation. The complete vehicle has been delivered including SBB and BAV certification.

New cooperation with Zwiehoff/Unimog

Hilton Kommunal GmbH — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:34:00 GMT

Since 2012, Hilton is the official manufacturing partner of Zwiehoff for all Unimog rail guidance systems. Zwiehoff will continue the sales of the Unimog road-rail vehicles and will manufacture all rail guidance systems in cooperation with Hilton Kommunal. Through this cooperation Hilton and Zwiehoff will continue to supply high quality Unimog road-rail vehicles for various applications (shunting vehicles, rescue vehicles,…). The product range includes all Unimog road-rail vehicles and also the new innovative shunting vehicle Rotrac E2 which is completely battery driven.

New catenary vehicle Hilton 110T delivered to the tram of Freiburg (Germany)

Hilton Kommunal GmbH — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:48:00 GMT

In the end of 2011, Hilton Kommunal delivered a new catenary maintenance vehicle to the city tram of Freiburg in Germany. The telescopic boom is made out of 3 segments with a maximum working height of 11.100mm. The working platform is designed for a maximum cage load of 450kg and can be slewed 360° continous. On the working platform a hydraulic wire tensioner is mounted for catenary work. The rail drive system is a hydrostatic driven trolley with a gauge of 1.000mm based on the renowned Hilton Schörling technology. Behind the original Mercedes Benz crewcabin, there is a equipment locker with a pantograph mounted on top. High quality aluminium roller shutters are installed on all equipment lockers. The complete platform is isolated according to DIN VDE 0682-742 which is the highest isolation standard for catenary vehicles.