Amayuelas, the project coordinator, is a Spanish leading engineering consultancy company in high power electrical installations, focused on the railway sector. Amayuelas’ main activities comprehends the planning, condition assessment and inspection of high voltage aerial power lines, being railway’s overhead contact lines its core business. Since its foundation in 1996, Amayuelas provides these services to RENFE and ADIF, the two public enterprises owners of 100% of the Spanish railways infrastructures.

AMA’s network of collaborators includes technology platforms, large enterprises, SMEs and public institutions from the electrification and railway sector, such as: Red Electrica (the Spanish TSO), Iberdrola, Repsol, RENFE, ADIF, Everis (a world leading technology consultancy), Valladolid University, Alcalá University, Fundación Cartif (Technological Centre), and The Spanish Energy Technology Platform (PROTECMA). Amayuelas has carried out numerous projects with these entities. Furthermore AMA has participated in collaborative R&D projects under the Spanish funding programmes.

E2F are an engineering company with over 10 years experience in the implementation of projects dedicated to the rail sector. E2F offers six main services: electrical sizing, overhead line configuration, substations design, energy efficiency, technical consulting and planning.

The company core business is the development of software addressed to power metering in railways electrical installations, especially in overhead contact lines. This software serves for the provisioning of advanced engineering services. Its main clients are the public enterprises owners of the railways’ infrastructures, mainly in Spain. E2F also operates outside, as member of multidisciplinary consortia participating in public tenders for the renewal or new installation of railways electrification infrastructures.

SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden AB belongs to the RISE group which is owned by the Swedish Government. SP is the national institute for technical evaluation, research, testing, certification, metrology and calibration and is co-operating globally with large and small companies, universities, institutes of technology and other organisations. The SP group consists of nine technical units and eight subsidiary companies covering a wide technical range and employs around 1300 co-workers. In ICECONTROL, two units will be involved:

SP Electronics is focusing at electronics for safety and reliability, particularly in severe environments. We develop knowledge for embedded and distributed systems, supported by substantial R&D facilities in a number of focused areas: EMC, radio technology, antenna technology, reliable systems (e.g. distributed control systems in vehicles) and robust design. We also carry out technical evaluation of products and systems, e.g. we meet the needs of all testing requirements associated with the Low-Voltage Directive, explosion safety (ATEX), radio and telecommunication terminals, and the New Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC). We are well-experienced in participating in and leading European R&D activities.

SP Chemistry, Materials and Surfaces conducts research, testing and certification in a wide range of areas related to organic and inorganic analytical chemistry, surface chemistry and materials technology. Core competences include organic and inorganic analyses of major and trace components in gases, liquids and solids, environmental analyses, physical and chemical characterization of materials, surfaces and interfaces, surface functionalization, formulation and testing and prediction of material performance and durability in different environments and applications. Important application areas include environmental technology, indoor air, solar materials, coatings, polymeric costruction materials, and anti-icing coatings.