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Affordable Core Design & Scalable Integration

Multi-functional & multi-modal HubTrack® core design to generate economies of scale & scope  =

• Customized HubTrack vehicles at lower capital costs.

Scalable & modular on-demand design for all market access =

• Multi-sectoral integration at better costs.

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Helical Traction can replace multiple mechanical parts in a single system =

• Reduction of capital costs. 

• Reduction of maintenance costs.

• Lower sources of breakdowns. 

• Lower sources of energy losses.

HubTrack® can run with electric or combustion, hydraulic, air pump engines, with optional gear transmission, drum or disk brake, chain, cable, belt & roller systems = 

• Economies of scale & scope with cross-technological integration.

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Economic, Simple, Compact & Rallying Technology

• The HubTrack® helical drive system is a revolutionary advantageous all-in-one traction & transmission solution that can provide ''7 in 1'’ functions. 

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Low-Cost Energy Consumption

• 0.137 kWh per ton per kilometer *

Helical traction can display a very low energy consumption ratio for a given load capacity over a given distance achieved in length & height in comparison to other existing rail locomotive driven means =

• Lower operational costs.

The HubTrack® energy consumption can outperform the best ratios of energy consumption for material handling achieved by autonomous rail locomotive vehicles**.

*The results herein disclosed are provided with all reserve, and rely on digital measurements & conventional scientific calculus that can be provided for a third party thorough review.

** Conventional electric trains consumption ranges from 0.33 to 0.64 kWh per ton per kilometer at best, and between 0.9 and 1.4 kWh in average.

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Efficient Energy Consumption & Powerful Traction

• 90% & over under acceleration moment *

• 80% & over at constant speed along an incline of 12° *

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Helical traction can transfer energy efficiently along speed variations & can deliver constant torque efficiency under continuously high resistance moment such as to perform along accelerations and steep inclines =

• Optimal operational costs & performance.

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Helical traction delivers a smooth, low wearing, direct & powerful acceleration, meaning a low resistance traction-transmission at high torque moment.

* The results herein disclosed are provided with all reserve, and rely on digital measurements & conventional scientific calculus that can be provided for a third party thorough review.

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Optimal Efficiency, Cost Management & Added Value

HubTrack® enables optimal on-demand management & greater freedom of execution in comparison to single flow conveying systems & to locomotive power output's efficiency range =

• Optimal cost management.

The HubTrack® drive vehicles can operate continuously or variably, individually or interdependently in series =

• Added value solution to all logistics operations.

All-in-One Rail Design for Efficient Operations

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The HubTrack® tubular rails are enforced with external multi-functional brackets & lateral flat bar edges =

• Fully integrated, self-constituted & readily operational guideway solution.

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Practical, Safe & Easy Deployment

The HubTrack® tubular rails can be conveniently transported & embedded into each other =

• Cost efficient distribution & storage.

The HubTrack® rails can be hand-carried safely & manipulated individually with as little as one or two operators =

• Reliable installation.

The HubTrack® rails can be handled by most kinds of rolling equipment such as forklifts, cranes & other mobile handling systems =

• Easy installation.

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Fast, Easy & Low-Cost Implementation

Less landscaping work & direct implementation onto ground surfaces & overland structures =

• Faster, easier & low-cost solution implementation.

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Lost-Cost, Simple, Fast & Safe Assembly

Simple modular assembly of the HubTrack® rails' end-to-end brackets =

• Simple solution.

5 to 10 minutes to assemble two sections together =

• Low-cost assembly.

Reduction of workforce and of labor time =

• Safer assembly operations. 

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Practical, Movable &

Adjustable Rail Product Concept 

Readily operational infrastructure to overcome obstacles such as gaps & height levels =

• Practical solution.

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• Lower cost access. 

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Movable & adjustable applications such as ramps for the inter-modal transshipping of material =

• Safe & universal standardized transloading platform.

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Low-Cost Maintenance & Less Breakdowns

Integrated self-cleaning forward motion with axial rotation to toss out debris = 

• Low-cost maintenance.

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• Lower breakdown risks.

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• Safer mobility. 

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Safer & Reliable Flow of Operations

Self-guiding ''wheel-in-Rail'' design, with tubular rails holding the helical drive wheels firmly encircled within the tubular rail guideway =

• Risk reduction of derailments.

• Lower labor incidents.

• Safer end-to-end & just-in-time agile rescheduling.

• Lower equipment breakdowns.

• Lower material losses & better margins.

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• Better supply chain flow.

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     Benefits of the HubTrack® Design & Drive System

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• Greater access through overcoming seamlessly multiple transit systems, distances & gaps in single transshipping operations.

• Fewer handling operations through direct & seamless multi-modal guideway links.

• Readily operational drive vehicle & guideway systems.

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• Greater energy autonomy for a given energy supply.

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• Lower operational costs through lower energy consumption & greater energy conservation.

• Quicker displacement of greater volume for greater throughput.

• Utilization time maximization of relating handling & transit systems.

• Reduction of downtime & of bottlenecks along the transit chain.​

• Shorter cycle time & better lead time management of mobile storage & multi-modal transshipping operations.

• Optimal input cost to output value with exact on-demand availability & capacity.

• Fewer & cheaper replacement parts.

• Quicker repair downtime & less maintenance.

• Cheaper custom design of guideway & vehicle.

• Economies of scale over production of guideway & vehicle through core design manufacturing. 

• Faster & simpler guideway installation.​

• Added value to existing transit & infrastructure systems.

• Greater labor productivity.

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• Risk reduction of cargo losses & of potential labor incidents.​

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