{"id":13896,"date":"2017-07-12T10:03:11","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T09:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cetestgroup.com\/?page_id=13896"},"modified":"2025-02-21T11:35:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T11:35:47","slug":"instrumented-pantograph","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cetestgroup.com\/us\/rail-tests\/special-instrumentation\/instrumented-pantograph\/","title":{"rendered":"Instrumented pantograph"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69dcef3f118fd\" data-id=\"69dcef3f118fd\" data-height=\"30\" data-height-mobile=\"20\" data-height-tab=\"20\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div><div class=\"dfd-heading-shortcode\"><div class=\"dfd-heading-module-wrap  text-center style_01 dfd-heading-69dcef3f119cd dfd-disable-resposive-headings\" id=\"dfd-heading-69dcef3f119cd\" ><div class=\"inline-block\"><div class=\"dfd-heading-module\"><h6 class=\"widget-title dfd-title \" style=\"font-family:PT Sans Narrow; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-size: 20px; color: #25bdd5 !important; line-height: 25px; \">The interaction between the vehicle pantograph and the OHL must be monitored in order to validate and homologate a new vehicle running on an existing infrastructure or to homologate a new infrastructure. 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