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Norgren’s AMT air dryer delivers 10

year maintenance-free capability

orgren’s patented AMT
dryer – already used on
train fleets across the globe
N– has achieved a new
benchmark for effectiveness in the rail
sector. Following a decade long data
analysis of performance levels and use
on busy rail operations in severe
environments, it has been confirmed that the simulated life testing, but as everyone associated
innovative compressed air dryer solution is with the rail industry knows, it is a completely
capable of sustained functional excellence different story when assessing product
without the need for maintenance for up to ten performance in the real world, on all kinds of rail
years. vehicles and operating within varied
The Norgren AMT dryer has a design lifespan environments on a global scale”
of 30 years in line with a typical train design life. “By combining our internal data accumulated
The ability of the Norgren AMT dryer to operate over the past ten years, along with detailed long
maintenance free for ten years means that over a term analysis of dryer performance taken from
typical rolling stock lifecycle, operators may only the field in challenging conditions, we are proud
need to service the Norgren AMT dryer twice, to be able to confirm that the Norgren AMT dryer
compared to the 14 times typically required for can offer up to ten years maintenance free life
other rail dryers systems. and thereby sets a new standard that will be
With vehicle manufacturers and maintenance warmly welcomed by the rail industry”
engineers looking to extend major maintenance “Through the dedication and hard work of
and overhaul intervals from six to eight and Norgren’s AMT expert engineers and the support
ultimately up to ten years, Norgren’s AMT dryer of customers across the world we have now
is now capable of supporting this ambitious reached a new measure of excellence for
objective. compressed air dryers on rail vehicles, which is
Delivering what are claimed to be unmatched around five times more than conventional rail
life cycle cost savings, the Norgren AMT solution dryers.” Installed on rail systems across the
is setting a new standard for performance and world, Norgren’s AMT dryer systems are currently
long-term cost efficiencies. operating in some of the most extreme climates
Steve Hill, Rail Global Sales and Marketing and on virtually all train and compressor types.
Director, Norgren, comments: “It’s one thing to www.norgren.com
carry out the required rail testing, validation and Tel: 01543 265000

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