The GEARBODIES project, which started in December 2020, is bringing together 13 partners from 8 Members States to work towards the development of cost-efficient and reliable trains by contributing with specific innovations linked to Technology Demonstrators (TD) of Innovation Programme 1 (IP1) within Shift2Rail.
More specifically, the project partners will develop innovations through two dedicated work streams:
- Work Stream 1 (WS1): Dealing with inspection methods for carbodies using new materials (TD1.3) which aims to develop effective and affordable solutions for inspecting carbodies that are using new lightweight materials;
- Work Stream 2 (WS2): Innovative approaches for developing running gear components (TD1.4) which aims to employ innovative approaches, tools and methods for developing novel concept designs of running gear components with extended lifetime, and low LCC, whilst maintaining or reducing current levels of reliability, noise emissions, and track damage.