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company guide sector is focused both on the field of catenary design and on ALIS simulation tool

the design of traction substations, as well as on the design of
the telecommunications systems necessary for railway infra-
Coxabengoa develops a simulation tool that allows virtually
simulating railway electrification systems, based on safety and
structures. Within these designs, Coxabengoa carries out both
energy efficiency in railway systems.
detailed engineering and technical construction support for
ALIS is a tool capable of simulating the entire railway elec-
different projects, whether built by Coxabengoa itself or by
trification system, simulating situations that may affect the
other possible external clients.
railway system or passenger safety, as well as carrying out
In the past year, Coxabengoa has carried out engineering work
for different railway electrification projects on conventional
vironment.
Adif lines, located between the communities of Cantabria and
ALIS is made up of a series of modules capable of carrying out
the Basque Country. These projects have consisted of both the energy efficiency and optimization studies in the railway en-
development of supporting technical reports, the development the following studies:
of layout plans, and the obtaining of work measurements for -Electrical sizing of traction substations.
the remodeling of railway layouts of conventional lines or sta- -Optimization of location, number and power of electrical
tions, some of which are the Bárcena stations, the Las Fraguas traction SSEEs and autotransformation centers.
station , San Miguel, Requejada, Miaño, Adarzo and Barreda -Studies of pantograph-catenary interaction and its tension
station, among others. -Calculation of short circuits in railway electrification systems
for different types of faults.
In addition, detailed design and construction support work -Calculation of ground return currents, stray currents, acces-
continues to be carried out for the Monforte del Cid-Murcia sible voltages, and contact.
high-speed rail projects, as well as design support for the Mé- -Electromagnetic compatibility studies and calculation of in-
rida- Badajoz high-speed rail project, among which are the duced voltages in conductors.
design of special situations. , development of layout plans, -Efficient driving and energy saving studies
calculation of brackets and hangers or technical assistance for -Studies of energy storage systems
the construction phases of said projects. These projects have -Studies for the integration of renewable energies into the sec-
been both Coxabengoa’s own construction projects and exter- tor
nal ones, working in synergy with all its departments.
The company is carrying out simulation work and marketing
Coxabengoa has also provided technical support for different results in markets such as Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom
maintenance contracts, from the generation of technical do- and Spain for important railway clients such as Adif, Network
cumentation such as maintenance plans or inspection and Rail or Saudi Arabia. Railway Organization among others.
control programs, to the management of said documentation
through Adif’s PIDAME software. This engineering division MICRrail . Catenary layout software
has participated in the projects of the Antequera-Granada
LAV, the Madrid-Seville LAV and the Córdoba-Málaga LAV, Coxabengoa develops a simulation tool that allows intelligent
the Madrid-Barcelona-French Border LAV, as well as the modeling to be carried out to optimize catenary designs in an
maintenance of the conventional LAC in different areas (cen- automated manner, as well as to carry out decision making
tral and northwest areas of Spain). In addition to the previously and life cycle analysis in its catenary designs using the BIM
mentioned efforts, different technical investment projects have methodology.
been developed.
MICRail is a tool that has the ability to carry out the following
Innovations: studies:
- 3D vision of the complete project on the BIM platform (
Coxabengoa develops innovation products related to the en- OpenBIM )
ergy sector in the railway field, through sensorization , moni- -Catenary layout notebook
toring and infrastructure design. During 2023 it has continued -Cross sections per post
its product development work in the railway area during 2022. -Material measurements of the complete project
-Implementation of 4D BIM models capable of associating
Below we detail some of them: the temporality variable (Gantt Chart) to the elements of the
model.

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