KYIV, May 18 - The Ukrainian industrial company Interpipe expands its cooperation with the national German railway operator Deutsche Bahn.

The company said that in April 2021, the first batch of new design 840 mm ET 442 wheels has already been shipped and successfully inspected at the customer's site.

Among main design features there are drilling in the disc for disc brakes installing as well as increased requirements for the accuracy of geometric parameters and tolerances. The customer also made demands on special requirements for painting. The wheels are coated with both a maintenance coating and a temporary one which will be removed while installing the disc brakes and while pressing the wheels into the wheelsets.