From November 29 to December 1, 2022 in the Moscow IEC "Crocus Expo" was held an international exhibition of bus equipment BW Expo 2022. The event brought together manufacturers Buses, electric buses, components and equipment for passenger transport. As a result of the exhibition, the exhibition area exceeded 6,000 m², 37 companies from Russia, Belarus and China took part, and the number of professional visitors exceeded 3,500 people.
Among the manufacturers and suppliers of components at the exhibition was presented and the Hübner Company. Industry reviews of BW Expo separately noted the company among suppliers of joint components and other components for bus equipment.
When the bus consists of two sections
For Hübner, the bus route is primarily associated with articulated urban transport. Such a car should combine high passenger capacity with the ability to work on the usual urban route network, and the two parts of the body constantly change their mutual position during turns and movement along irregularities.
In the joint area, several components work at once. It is necessary to provide controlled connection of sections, passenger passage, protection of the internal space and, if necessary, damping of emerging movements.
The most detailed version of — confirmed today bellows for low-floor articulated bus LiAZ-6213. The wave bellows provide relative movement of body parts, form a passenger passage and at the same time perform the functions of noise and thermal insulation and protection of passengers from the external environment.
Therefore, the company's participation in the specialized bus exhibition logically connects the production competence with the audience for which it is intended: manufacturers of passenger equipment, engineering services and specialists of transport enterprises.
BW Expo as a platform for component manufacturers and suppliers
BW Expo 2022 was dedicated not only to ready-made buses. A separate part of the exposition was occupied by units, systems and components, without which the production of modern passenger equipment is impossible. Russian and foreign manufacturers of buses, electric buses, pneumatic equipment, climatic systems and other components were represented at the exhibition; Hübner was mentioned among the companies in the component segment.
Such events are especially important for the B2B market, where the component manufacturer's product is almost always part of a larger project. The joint assembly or bellow does not exist independently of the bus: It must be linked to the body structure, the geometry of the joint area, operating conditions and other vehicle systems.
Therefore, the exhibition dialogue here naturally turns into an engineering one: from familiarization with the — product to discussing the initial data, adapting the design, production and further support.
Urban transport as a separate direction
Participation in BW Expo also shows that Hübner's activities are not limited to railway trains. In corporate materials, the company's products are associated with buses, trams, trolleybuses and electric buses along with electric trains and the metro.
At the same time, different combinations of solutions are used for different types of transport. For a multi-section tram, the bellows and articulation nodes are important, for an articulated — bus, the own geometry of the intersection space and the corresponding components are important. The general engineering principle remains: The solution must correspond to the design of a particular vehicle, and not just belong to the category "for urban transport".
It is such specialized exhibitions that allow us to discuss this specificity directly with equipment manufacturers and industry experts.
