ContiTech AG Concertina Walls for Airport Boarding Bridges Folding Bellow Wall

ContiTech is offering highly resistant folding bellow materials for airport boarding bridges.

ContiTech is offering hard-wearing and weather-resistant folding bellow materials for rail vehicles.

The translucent concertina wall made of the composite material ContiVitroflex has been developed as a flexible system for connecting sections of articulated buses and rail vehicles and for passenger boarding bridges at airports etc. It is made complete with fitted seals and weather-strips, is assembled and is delivered by ContiTech “ready-to-install”.

Application

Day-to-day operations place great demands on the material. When in service on the road, the wall must be resistant to all ambient conditions it may have to contend with. UV radiation, water, salt, petrol, oil and even the impact of stones must not cause any damage. It is constantly moving – something not every material can withstand. But ContiTech was able to call on its years of experience with the opaque, standard version.

And the company’s efforts were a success, as you can see in the image on the right: The new translucent concertina wall even intensifies the brightness due to its special light refraction properties and really lights up the otherwise dark interior – providing enhanced visibility and safety.

Customers can buy a ready-to-fit module, including a turntable.

Advantages

• Optimised illumination of the entire bus thanks to translucent ContiVitroflex
• Energy saving thanks to better utilisation of daylight
• Improved safety thanks to better visibility in the interior
• Superior ride comfort
• Less soiling of the concertina wall thanks to a dirt-repelling surface
• High ground clearance thanks to a purpose-designed bottom cover
• Quickly fitted cover to securely shield supply lines
• Individually designed seals and weather-strips

Material

ContiVitroflex

• is a transparent composite material made of synthetic rubber and fiber-glass fabric
• can be dyed to your specifications
• can be bonded to other materials
• resists temperatures in the range of -20 to +120°C
• is tear-resistant

For years now, ContiTech has been known as a competent producer of materials for this type of concertina wall. Optimized materials and high-grade workmanship make the ContiTech folding bellow a high-quality solution from one source.

The concertina wall consists of a strong two-layer fabric that is particularly tear-resistant. The fabric is rubber-coated to protect it from environmental influences - like ultraviolet rays, salt, petrol, oil and even crushed stone.

The material functions in a way best suited to withstanding the special stressing to which the complete concertina wall is permanently subjected and which make an optimum match and high-grade processing of the concertina wall/turntable combination necessary.

The newly designed underbody aprons - with generous ground clearance - prevents the penetration of impurities and splash water. The special track groove cover (inner bellows) shields the power lines and thus ensures absolute safety.

The overall package also contains the requisite suspension profile to guarantee a secure attachment to the vehicle body and to the central frame link to the turntable.