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Article title - Potential evaluation of rolling stock manufacturing in Thailand |
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| Creator | 1. Saiprasit Koetniyom 2. Kanit Chaloeyjanya |
| Title | Article title - Potential evaluation of rolling stock manufacturing in Thailand |
| Publisher | Faculty of Engineering, Khon Kaen University |
| Publication Year | 2557 |
| Journal Title | KKU Engineering Journal |
| Journal Vol. | 41 |
| Journal No. | 2 |
| Page no. | 147-154 |
| Keyword | Railway standards, Technology roadmap, Rolling stock |
| ISSN | 0125-8273 |
| Abstract | In the capital city of Thailand, the first electric railway system so called Bangkok Mass Transit System (BTS) has been established since 1999. And Thai Government has the master plan to develop the network for such mass transport system in order to reduce traffic congestion and pollution. However, experience and technology knowledge of the rolling stock are still unknown among Thai industries. Besides, the automotive industry in Thailand has shown robust growth despite the political conflict and economic situation. With contribution of component and material suppliers for automotive industry, Thailand has possibly high potential to develop and build the train with local contents based on the international railway industry standards, etc. For this reason, this research focuses on essential component structures for the train, international standards for railway industry and relevant technologies for product, production and testing. In addition, the questionnaire for the component and material suppliers in Thailand has been established under international standards and essential car train components. As a result, it reveals that there are high potential possibilities to support the rolling stock industries under the knowledge of relevant standards in some product modules of the body-strength-structure and auxiliary groups. However, the core knowledge and technologies for the product designs and testing in Thailand are the least in the least in the platform-suspension group. |
