Certification for the Rail Industry

Our Certification schemes enable manufacturers to provide a visible and powerful demonstration of their commitment to safety and assurance in the rail industry.

Products supplied to the Rail Industry must be reliable and safe. Getting your products to the level of compliance and performance acceptable to the Rail industry can be a challenging task. TÜV SÜD has in depth experience of rail industry requirements and offers certification services to benefit manufacturers and suppliers.

Rail safety certification and assurance

TÜV SÜD Rail offers a Rail Product Certification scheme by combining its extensive track record in certifying safety critical applications with its expertise in Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) and reliability.
Where there is a safety critical application for an equipment or component, an additional level of assurance is required. Product Certification provides an additional level of assurance over and above that provided by CE marking.
Through a rigorous program of type testing combined with production audit, the product attributes assessed include but are not limited to the following:

• Functional Safety
• EMC
• Reliability e.g. vibration and shock testing

 

The validity of the type testing program is reinforced by annual factory inspections to assess ongoing compliance in production.

International Rail Industry Standards (IRIS)

To ensure top quality for rail vehicles, a host of processes must run like clockwork along the supply chain. To standardise and optimise these processes, a number of world class manufacturers have joined forces, with the support of UNIFE (Union des Industries Ferroviaires Européennes) to define the new International Railway Industry Standard (IRIS) for suppliers and manufacturers.

TÜV SÜD Management Service carries out IRIS certifications, which are based on the ISO 9001 quality standard and complemented by specific industry requirements. IRIS certification also addresses aspects such as project and cost management, customer service, lifecycle costs plus assessments of product reliability, availability, maintainability and safety.

In China, We issued IRIS certification for SIEMENS and Qiqihar Railway Rolling Stock.

Manufacturers able to furnish proof, in the form of a certificate, that they have successfully applied the IRIS standard, will gain clear competitive advantage from this all encompassing mark of quality. Manufacturers can also gain from early entry in the IRIS database, which provides full details of ratings achieved in certification for all certified organisations.