IRIS – Innovative Railway Interior Systems Project continues its development at MCG, which means that the demonstrator that replicates a train carriage’s interior is almost ready and in the experimental validation phase. After completing the assembly of the car body (external aluminum structure) and the partition wall prototype, the HVAC ducts and structures were already installed.
The heated floor is also a subsystem made in MCG, in line with a new heated insulation system whose operation has been proven in laboratory tests. This element will be installed on the demonstrator together with the Commute underfloor heating and two other heating films on the side walls.
The IRIS project is proving to be of extreme value for the MCG Transportation engineering teams, who have here a way to acquire new skills and develop new processes and products with the potential to integrate the current and future offer of this MCG business division.
Partition Wall
Composed of a honeycomb core and aluminum skins, is being designed/tested in the current MCG Transportation bonding/vacuum process. It will include a 32” transparent display that will show informative content.
Heated insulation
Modular and designed in a plug-and-play assembly concept, the heating equipment is located behind the baseboard, with temperature-controlled by the user through integrated sensors.
HVAC System
The HVAC ducts have already been successfully submitted to fire resistance and acoustics tests to validate the selected materials both in their structure and in the support supports.
Consortium visit to MCG
The visit to MCG of the various companies that integrate the IRIS project development consortium, in November 2021:
More info on the IRIS Project:
IRIS Project official website
IRIS Project advances at MCG
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