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    The document discusses issues with Hurth couplings used in locomotives. After the initial production of four locomotives, manufacturing paused due to problems with the Hurth coupling and its proposed indigenous replacement. However, locally manufactured replacement components passed trials and production resumed. More recently, Hurth couplings are being replaced by Alternate Drive Gear Assemblies for newer high-speed locomotives, as the Alternate system does not use a rubber membrane like the Hurth coupling. The first locomotive equipped with the Alternate system was dispatched in December 2012 for high-speed service.

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    The document discusses issues with Hurth couplings used in locomotives. After the initial production of four locomotives, manufacturing paused due to problems with the Hurth coupling and its proposed indigenous replacement. However, locally manufactured replacement components passed trials and production resumed. More recently, Hurth couplings are being replaced by Alternate Drive Gear Assemblies for newer high-speed locomotives, as the Alternate system does not use a rubber membrane like the Hurth coupling. The first locomotive equipped with the Alternate system was dispatched in December 2012 for high-speed service.

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    Hurth Coupling

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    mayuresh
    The document discusses issues with Hurth couplings used in locomotives. After the initial production of four locomotives, manufacturing paused due to problems with the Hurth coupling and its proposed indigenous replacement. However, locally manufactured replacement components passed trials and production resumed. More recently, Hurth couplings are being replaced by Alternate Drive Gear Assemblies for newer high-speed locomotives, as the Alternate system does not use a rubber membrane like the Hurth coupling. The first locomotive equipped with the Alternate system was dispatched in December 2012 for high-speed service.

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    Hurth Coupling

    After the first four were built, there seemed to


    be a pause in the manufacture of this class
    at CLW. A problem with the Hurth
    coupling its indigenous replacement seemed
    to be part of the delay, but the locally
    manufactured components passed trials and
    production resumed.
    However, the Hurth Couplings are being replaced by Alternate Drive Gear Assemblies in
    the newer locos. Hurth coupling has a rubber membrane where as Alternate Drive Gear
    system has combined curved tooth coupling/ring disc coupling, having no rubber
    membrane. First locomotive with alternate drive gear system for 160 km/h service speed
    (#30056) was dispatched to ELS/Vadodara in December 2012.

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