AIT Center for Low-Emission Transport
We are Austria's largest Research and Technology Organization and a powerful development partner for the industry and one of the top employers in the international scientific scene.
At the AIT Center for Low-Emission Transport, around 160 experts are working on solutions for sustainable, safe, intelligent and thus future-proof mobility. The focus is on material-based lightweight design, on the electrification of the propulsion train and the storage of electrical energy, as well as on a resilient and safe transport infrastructure.
At the AIT Center for Low-Emission Transport, around 160 experts are working on solutions for sustainable, safe, intelligent and thus future-proof mobility. The focus is on material-based lightweight design, on the electrification of the propulsion train and the storage of electrical energy, as well as on a resilient and safe transport infrastructure.



Technologies and Competences
Our focus at Center for Low-Emission Transport in the area Railways:
- Vibration and Structural Dynamics for the digital railway system of the future
- Acoustics and Noise Abatement, testing of noise barriers
- New Premium Light Metal Alloys and Sustainable Light Metal Processing for lightweight railcar bodies and interior (e.g. seats)
- Material Modelling and Crash Simulation, Joining Technology and Multi-Material Construction and Structural Optimization, Topology Optimization & Prototyping for lightweight structures in modern railcars
- New Battery Technologies and advanced Propulsion Technologies for electric vehicles e.g. smaller locomotives, railcars, tramway and underground railway
Standards & Certifications
Akkreditierte Prüfverfahren:
- EN60034: Rotating electrical machines" and thus fulfils the highest nationally and internationally recognized quality standards
- AA-A51: Quantitative Bestimmung der Elementzusammensetzung mittels Röntgenfluoreszenzanalyse in Press- oder Schmelztabletten von geologischen Proben
- AA-A52: Bestimmung der Elementzusammensetzung mittels Röntgenfluoreszenzanalyse in Press- oder Schmelztabletten unter Verwendung von Uniquant (Einschränkung: geologisches Material)
- AA-A55: XRD- Qualitative Bestimmung des Mineralbestandes
- AA-A59: Bestimmung der Trockendichte von Gesteinskörnungen mittels Pyknometrie
- AA-A60: Spezifische Oberfläche nach BET
- AA-A62: Korngrößenverteilung mittels Sedigraphie
- IEC 61982
- ISO 12405-1
- ISO 12405-2
- IEC 62660-1
- IEC 62660-2
- IEC 62281
- IEC 62133
- UN 38.3
Prüfnormen:
- IEC 60068-2-1 Environmental Testing: Test A: cold
- IEC 60068-2-2 Environmental Testing: Test B: dry heat
- IEC 60068-2-6 Environmental Testing: Test Fc: vibration
- IEC 60068-2-11 Environmental Testing: Test Ka: salt mist
- IEC 60068-2-13 Environmental Testing: Test M: low air pressure
- IEC 60068-2-14 Environmental Testing: Test N: change of temp.
- IEC 60068-2-27 Environmental Testing: Test Ea: shock
- IEC 60068-2-30 Environmental Testing: Test Db: damp heat, cyclic
- IEC 60068-2-31 Environmental Testing: Test Ec: drop and topple
- IEC 60068-2-38 Environmental Testing: Test Z/AD: composite temperature/humidity cyclic test
- IEC 60068-2-40 Environmental Testing: Test Z/AM: combined cold/ low air pressure tests
- IEC 60068-2-41 Environmental Testing: Test Z/BM: combined dry heat/low air pressure tests
- IEC 60068-2-42 Environmental Testing: Test Kc: sulphur dioxide test
- IEC 60068-2-43 Environmental Testing: Test Kd: hydrogen sulfide test I IEC 62716 Ammonia corrosion testing
- IEC 60068-2-52 Environmental Testing: Test Kb: salt mist, cyclic
- IEC 60068-2-61 Environmental Testing: Test Z/ABDM: climatic sequence
- IEC 60068-2-64 Environmental Testing: Test Fh: vibration broad-band random
- IEC 60068-2-78 Environmental Testing: Test Cab: damp heat,steady state
- IEC 60749 Semiconductor devices - Mechanical and climatic test methods
- MIL-STD-810F Test Method Standard for Environmental Engineering Considerations and Laboratory Tests
- ÖVE/ÖNORM EN ISO/IEC 17025: akkreditierte Prüfstelle für mechanische Schock- und Vibrationsprüfung
- MQT16 IEC 61215-2 Static mechanical load test
- MST34 IEC 61730-2 Mechanical load test
- IEC TS 62782 Cyclic (dynamic) mechanical load testing
- ASTM B117 Standard Method of Salt Spray (Fog) Testing
- ISO 9227 Corrosion tests in artificial atmospheres - salt spray tests
- MIL-STD-883E Test Method Standard, Microcircuits
- IEC 62716 Ammonia corrosion testing
- IEC 60529 Degrees of protection provi- ded by enclosures (IP Code)
- EN 60529 Degrees of protection provi- ded by enclosures (IP Code)
- ÖVE-A/EN 60529 Schutzarten durch Gehäuse (IP-Code)
- DIN 40050 - Teil 9 Schutzarten durch Gehäuse (IP-Code)
- ISO 20653 Schutzarten durch Gehäuse (IP-Code)
- IEC 62271-102 High-voltage switchgear and controlgear Part 102: High-voltage alternating current disconnectors and earthing switches
- IEC 61215 Crystalline silicon terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) modules design qualification and type approv
nicht akkreditiert:
- DIN 4150-1: Erschütterungen im Bauwesen - Teil 1: Vorermittlung von Schwingungsgrößen
- DIN 4150-2: Erschütterungen im Bauwesen - Teil 2: Einwirkungen auf Menschen in Gebäuden
- DIN 4150-3: Erschütterungen im Bauwesen - Teil 3: Einwirkungen auf bauliche Anlage
- ISO 2631-1: Mechanische Schwingungen und Stöße - Bewertung der Einwirkung von Ganzkörper-Schwingungen auf den Menschen - Teil 1: Allgemeine Anforderungen
- ISO 2631-2: Mechanische Schwingungen und Stöße - Bewertung der Einwirkung von Ganzkörper-Schwingungen auf den Menschen - Teil 2: Schwingungen in Gebäuden (1Hz- 80Hz)
- OENORM S 9012: Beurteilung der Einwirkungen von Schwingungsimmissionen des landgebundenen Verkehrs auf den Menschen in Gebäuden - Schwingungen und sekundärer Luftschall
- OENORM S 9020: Bauwerkserschütterungen: Sprengerschütterungen und vergleichbare impulsförmige Immissionen
Last Update: 16 Mar 2023