Pantograph strips
Mersen: leading manufacturer of pantograph carbon strips
Mersen offers a large range of pantograph strips for electrical current collection, or collector strip.
The high speed train that hit the world rail speed record on April 3rd 2007, reaching 574,8 km/h, was actually equipped with Mersen’s pantograph carbon strip.
Characteristics
- Lead-free carbon material (pure or impregnated with metal - copper or bronze)
- Extrusion or stamped and machined
- Welded, bonded or crimped
- Fault detector if necessary
- Mechanically robust
- Lubricating power
- Sheaths in aluminum, copper, tinned steel or tinned copper
- Kasperowski Design
Applications
- Locomotives
- High speed trains
- Electric rail car
- Tramways
- Urban trains



