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

fYear

2014

fDate

20-23 June 2014

Firstpage

340

Lastpage

344

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nondestructive Evaluation/Testing (FENDT), 2014 IEEE Far East Forum on

Conference_Location

Chengdu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-4731-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FENDT.2014.6928292

Filename

6928292