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北美空气制动机协会(The Air Brake Association),成立于1893年,1894年举行第一届年会,至今已有90多年的历史了。因为战争和其他原因,有16年未曾召开会议。该协会属于铁路产品供应集团,目前共有227家公司参加,下设空气制动机、车辆、燃料与运用、机车维修保养等四个协会。在集团的统一领导下,四个协会每年在同一时间、同一地点分别召开技术会议,论文可在有关的年会上宣读,与会者可以自由选听各个协会上自己感兴趣的论文。会议期间,各公司代表相互交换意见,改进合作关系,会议开得比较生动活泼。
The Air Brake Association, founded in 1893 and held its first annual conference in 1894, has a history of more than 90 years. There have been no meetings for 16 years for war and other reasons. The association, which belongs to the railway product supply group, currently has a total of 227 companies participating in four associations, including air brakes, vehicles, fuel and service, and locomotive maintenance. Under the unified leadership of the group, each of the four associations convenes a technical conference at the same time and in the same place each year. The papers can be read out at the annual meeting, and participants are free to listen to the papers they are interested in at each association. During the meeting, representatives of various companies exchanged opinions with each other to improve cooperation and the meeting opened more vivid and lively.