Za(c)ens 75m³ 4-Achs-Kesselwagen Klassisches Bremssystem

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The Vako Za(c)ens 75 m³ is a TSI/RID-compliant, 4-axle tank car for the safe transport of heavy mineral oil products (e.g., crude oil, bitumen) in accordance with RID (including RID tank code L4BH, design for RID class 3). It can also be used for products not subject to RID regulations, such as waste/cooking oils (sunflower, biodiesel, palm oil). The car bears TEN GE marking for international transport, is designed for climate condition T3, and reaches 120 km/h when empty and 100 km/h when loaded (braking regime S). With an axle load of 22.5 t, it offers a capacity of approx. 75 m³, a total weight of 90 t and a payload of up to approx. 66.5 t (EU) or 66.0 t (Iberia); the track width can be either 1,435 mm (EU) or 1,668 mm (Iberia) (overall length 15,000 mm). The tank is made of P355N and has non-combustible mineral wool insulation (100 mm) with a cover made of stainless steel or aluminum-zinc-coated sheet metal. An external heating system (steam) is provided for temperature-sensitive media (design temperature -20 °C to +165 °C; heating operating pressure 12 bar, heating calculation pressure 18 bar). The pressure design includes, among other things, test pressure 4.0 bar, operating pressure 3.0 bar, and RID calculation pressure 10.0 bar; In addition, a FORT VALE DN80 vent valve, a FORT VALE DN125 bottom valve/T-pipe with heating jacket (5 ½“ connection), gas return (DN80 / 2”), manhole DN500 (EN 12561-6), KAMVALOCK 3" coupling, and PTFE seals. The running gear is based on 2× Y25 (H-frame) bogies (Ø 920 mm), the brake on a classic Knorr KE-GP-A(K) system with KEf distributor and K composite brake shoes (Jurid 816M or C810); a parking brake from the platform is provided for 100% of the cars.