Wheel/rail profile studies

Author

Leedham, Robert C. ; Nelson, Scott

Author_Institution

Burlington Northern Railroad, Fort Worth, TX, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

4-6 Apr 1995

Firstpage

159

Lastpage

162

Abstract

The subject of determining the proper profile of either the wheel or rail has long been a source of controversy. Practices have evolved and become common in monitoring the rail profile and keeping it in conformance with researched profiles that offer maximum rail life. However, with the wheel, preventative measures to maintain the accepted profile have not been widely adopted. Burlington Northern Railroad and Loram Maintenance of Way have joined forces to develop an “Automatic Wheel Inspection System” (AWIS). This paper discusses a means of monitoring wheel profiles in order to extend the wheels´ useful life

Keywords

automatic optical inspection; automatic test equipment; laser beam applications; monitoring; railways; spatial variables measurement; Automatic Wheel Inspection System; Burlington Northern Railroad; Loram Maintenance of Way; laser measuring system; preventative measures; rail profile monitoring; wheel life extension; wheel/rail profile studies; Costs; Inspection; Laboratories; Optical imaging; Prototypes; Rails; Research and development management; Testing; Velocity measurement; Wheels;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Railroad Conference, 1995., Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE/ASME Joint

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2556-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RRCON.1995.395155

Filename

395155