Copper Components
Rail environments place significant demands on electrical connections. Components must withstand:
- Continuous vibration and mechanical stress
- High fault and operating currents
- Temperature cycling
- Corrosion and harsh outdoor conditions
- Restricted installation spaces
Tranect manufactures copper-based components designed to meet these challenges, including:
- Flexible laminated copper shunts
- Braided copper connectors
- Copper busbars
- Earth bars and grounding components
- Copper terminals and cable lugs
- Custom fabricated copper assemblies
- Tin-plated and nickel-plated copper components
Flexible Copper Connections
Flexible copper connectors are widely used on rail vehicles to accommodate movement, vibration, and thermal expansion while maintaining low-resistance electrical continuity.
Applications include:
- Traction motor connections
- Battery interconnections
- Power converter assemblies
- Earthing and bonding straps
- Door and auxiliary system grounding
- HVAC and onboard power systems
Tranect manufactures flexible laminated copper connectors and braided copper shunts to customer drawings or specifications, with a range of termination and plating options available.
Bespoke Rail Vehicle Repair Components
In addition to production components, we regularly support urgent maintenance and refurbishment work where obsolete or non-standard parts are required.
A recent example involved the manufacture of a pair of special 300mm² copper cable lugs with twin M10 fixing holes for the repair of a heavy haul locomotive drive motor.
You can view this project here: https://tranect.co.uk/special-cable-lug-300mm2-with-two-m10-bolt-holes/
Our ability to rapidly fabricate custom copper parts helps reduce downtime and supports continued operation of legacy rail equipment where replacement parts may no longer be readily available.
Manufacturing Capabilities
Tranect combines traditional copper fabrication expertise with modern manufacturing equipment, allowing us to support a wide range of rail industry requirements.
Capabilities include:
- CNC punching and forming
- CNC laser profiling
- Copper bar cutting and machining
- Copper sheet fabrication
- Riveting and assembly
- Tube forming and terminal manufacture
- Tin and silver plating
- Prototype and production manufacture
We work with copper, aluminium, and bi-metallic materials depending on the application requirements.
Our goal is to offer broad capabilities, competitive pricing, exceptional quality and outstanding service to each and every customer.
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