Title :
Wheel/rail profile studies
Author :
Leedham, Robert C. ; Nelson, Scott
Author_Institution :
Burlington Northern Railroad, Fort Worth, TX, USA
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;
Conference_Titel :
Railroad Conference, 1995., Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE/ASME Joint
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2556-7
DOI :
10.1109/RRCON.1995.395155
