Method and apparatus for testing rail vehicle wheels

Details Method and apparatus for testing rail vehicle wheels Method and apparatus for testing rail vehicle wheels

1987-02-06

1989-01-31

Levy, Stewart J.

Measuring and testing

Testing of apparatus

73146, G01M 700

Patent

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048007480

ABSTRACT:
The invention provides a method and an apparatus for testing wheel-sets of ail vehicles under loading conditions resembling those occurring in service, in which radial and/or axial forces are introduced into the wheel via the contact point of the wheel and the rings which represent the rail simulating all operational loading conditions. In a particular embodiment of the method and the apparatus according to the invention, it is also possible to introduce additional axial forces into the wheel contact point of one or both vehicle wheels through the rim and the rings which represent the rail on which the wheel runs during the test in addition to the axial forces introduced through the axle. It is possible by this arrangement to test a whole wheel-set of a rail vehicle and so to determined its reliability possible critical areas under operational loading conditions.

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