IMPROVING THE WHEEL/RAIL CONTACT PERFORMANCE THROUGH LASER CLADDING OF RAIL, HIGH SPEED RAIL GRINDING AND RAIL CLEANING: CASE STUDIES IN GOING FROM THE LAB TO THE FIELD

Lewis R., Mesaritis M., Taiwo G., Marshall M., Krier P., Ferriday P., ...Daha Fazla

12th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems, CM 2022, Melbourne, Avustralya, 4 - 07 Eylül 2022, ss.477-483 identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Melbourne
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Avustralya
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.477-483
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: high speed rail grinding, laser cladding, low adhesion, rail head cleaning, wear reduction, Wheel/rail interface
  • Sivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Opportunities for rail innovation are growing at the moment. This has enabled us to move research work from the laboratory and trial in the field. This paper presents case studies on: rail head cleaning (to deal with Autumn low adhesion layers); laser cladding of rail to reduce wear and rolling contact fatigue and a new high speed grinding approach where, from small-scale laboratory studies, we have moved up to higher TRLs through to full-scale and field testing.