Wheel-wear monitor

Details Wheel-wear monitor Wheel-wear monitor

1977-03-07

1978-08-01

Woodiel, Donald O.

Measuring and testing

Tire, tread or roadway

Tire inflation testing installation

G01M 1700

Patent

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041035488

ABSTRACT:
The disclosure described herein is a Wheel-wear Monitor that identifies wheels on railroad cars which have so worn that wheel flanges, with additional wear, will contact the rail frogs. The device consists of a set of contacts which are actuated by the flange of a worn wheel, an air-pellet gun triggered by said flange, pellets containing paint, a pellet gun control unit, automated reloading accessories, and a load cell sensor.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2408553 (1946-10-01), Gieskieng et al.
"Bad Wheels Spotted in Motion", Dec. 16, 1963, Railroad Age, pp. 23 and 30.

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