VISEON is building trolley-buses for Modena

•    Follow-on order for two trolley-buses
•    Traction technology by Vossloh-Kiepe


Pilsting. VISEON Bus GmbH has received an order for two trolley-buses type NEOPLAN Electroliner from ATCM S.p.A, Azienda Trasporti Collettivi e Mobilità, from Modena in Italy.
This means that the operator of local public transport in the north Italian town has taken up a follow-up option from an order placed in 2008. At that time MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG delivered five Neoplan Electroliner N6216 solo trolley-buses to Modena that had been produced in Pilsting. Since 2008, VISEON has taken over sales and since April 2009, the development and manufacture of these vehicles and therefore received this follow-up order from Modena. "This proof of trust by our Italian customer indicates that we are on the right track with our strategy of offering high-end vehicles with ‘made in Germany’ quality“, declared VISEON boss Joachim Reinmuth.

The two vehicles covered by this order for Modena are solo trolley-buses that are 12.0 metres long and have three doors. The traction technology is provided by Vossloh Kiepe GmbH in Düsseldorf; the same as that used for the Neoplan vehicles delivered back in 2008. This means that VISEON, as the licensee of Neoplan trolley-buses, is continuing to enjoy a successful collaboration with the leading manufacturer of electrical equipment for trolley-buses.
The traction motor drives the rear axle via an intermediate gearbox. This slightly more expensive method of manufacture ensures gentle drive which protects the axle, thus ensuring a longer working life of the drive components. The power take-off is pneumatically controlled and can be operated from the driver's seat.

As a special feature, used for the first time in this series of trolley-buses supplied to ATCM Modena, VISEON has fitted a generator assembly by ESW as an emergency traction unit, driven by a particularly light-weight powerful diesel engine produced by Steyr Motors. The 2.4 litre Euro 5 engine is a member of a family of engines which are used, amongst other things, in offshore racing boats and produces power of 120 kW / 163 HP. Thanks to its very compact construction, the ESW emergency traction unit not only provides a weight advantage of around 40 percent in this power classification, it also only requires minimal headroom, thus leaving room for a bench seat with four seats to be fitted at the back of the bus.

As trolley-bus specialists, the engineers at VISEON are familiar with the particular characteristics of an electrical drive and therefore use optimal specialised components , for example, for the brakes, steering, heating and air-conditioning. This means that the air-conditioning system has a fully-integrated electrically driven air-conditioning compressor. In addition, the buses for Modena are equipped with hot water heating which is also electrically driven.
Not only the modern technology but also the trendsetting design of the NEOPLAN trolley-buses made by VISEON has been designed specially for electrical drive. The dynamic lines not only provide a contemporary, powerful and attractive image; the integrated roof facing also conceals all roof mounted items in an attractive and inconspicuous manner.

Delivery of the two trolley-buses for Modena is planned for July 2010.

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