Title :
Innovative solution for ultrasonic fabrication test of railroad wheels
Author :
Kappes, Wolfgang ; Bahr, Werner ; Schafer, Wilhelm ; Schwender, Thomas ; Knam, Andreas ; Knapp, Fabian
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer Inst. for Non-Destruct. Testing IZFP, Saarbrucken, Germany
Abstract :
The high capacity of modern wheel fabrication plants and high demands on the detection sensitivity for internal defects in railroad wheels along with the need to perform an objective and well documented ultrasonic inspection require the application of automated systems which are integrated into the production line. The paper offers a description of the technology of a fully automated system jointly developed by NDT Systems GmbH and Fraunhofer IZFP, which is able to perform ultrasonic testing of wheel rim, hub and web in the same equipment.
Keywords :
inspection; railways; ultrasonic materials testing; wheels; Fraunhofer IZFP; NDT Systems; automated systems; detection sensitivity; fully automated system; hub; innovative solution; internal defects; modern wheel fabrication plants capacity; production line; railroad wheels; ultrasonic fabrication test; ultrasonic inspection; ultrasonic testing; web; wheel rim; Acoustics; Arrays; Inspection; Probes; Standards; Testing; Wheels; EN 13262; fabrication test; phased array technique; railroad wheels; robotics; ultrasound;
Conference_Titel :
Nondestructive Evaluation/Testing (FENDT), 2014 IEEE Far East Forum on
Conference_Location :
Chengdu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-4731-7
DOI :
10.1109/FENDT.2014.6928292
