Transit Rail Grinding. Transit and commuter railroads strive to provide safe, comfortable and uninterrupted service for passengers. With strict time schedules and nearly constant rail traffic inherent in transit railroads, track maintenance windows are limited.
Harsco Rail's SmartGrind is a real time profile grinding analysis and quality control system utilized by on-board grinders and track geometry cars. The easy to use software system interfaces with optical rail profile measurement systems. On-board a grinder, two systems can be used as input; a pre-grind and post-grind system.
Refining Approaches to Corrective and Preventive Rail Grinding. A Loram 8-stone LPC-Series transit grinder at work on the Skybridge, Vancouver, BC. Railroads and transit systems are adopting innovative approaches to improve efficiency and productivity. As service providers look to better define grind quality.
PDF | On Sep 15, 2019, W. G. Fan and others published Design and Dynamic Analysis of a New Rail Grinding Device Using Closed Abrasive Belt | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ...
and commissioning of a self-propelled rail-grinding machine of 72 stones module, Rail head inspection & analysis system and rail profile measuring equipment along with a digital camera for use on the tracks of Indian Railways and training of personnel to operate and maintain this machine. The machine to be supplied is meant for grinding the ...
data analysis and rail grinding interval decisions The Swedish National Rail Administration (Ba nverket) used the MINIPROF Rail profile system to measure the profiles before and afte r rail ...
The ultimate goal in rail maintenance is to achieve the longest possible rail life without increasing the safety risks and costs associated with unanticipated rail failures. Production rail grinding provides the single most beneficial, well-proven means toward attaining the goals of rail life extension while also reducing the associated risks.
DESIGN OF THE RAIL GRINDING DEVICE 2.1 Analysis on the engineering requirements and constraints The optimal rail profile and wheel tread of the vehicle provide the optimal properties for the good wheel-rail contact condition [19], including the resistance to wear, fatigue and corrugation development, the minimization of noise, the maximization ...
2.3.27 Machine shall be equipped with rail grinding gauge for BG with 4 patterns 1. tangent track 2. high rail in mild curve 3. high rail in sharp curve 4. low rail in mild and sharp curve. 2.3.28 The minimum grinding power per grinding stone shall be 25 hp. 2.3.29 The unit must have following controls and displays Stop/start button for individual motors and master stop
Fry GT, Tangtragulwong P, Analysis of Rail Grinding as a Means to Optimize Rail-Head Fatigue Life under Heavy Axle Loads., 11th International Heavy Haul Association Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, September 2017. Tangtragulwong P, Fry GT, David D, Richard P. Tie-Plate Cracking on Wood-Composite Ties – A Parametric Study.
Analyzing Rail Grinding Patterns. ... The first approach for the analysis of metal removal on the rail head uses a "closed" mathematical representation of the rail head where the shape of the rail head is defined according to the design radii. The second approach uses a digitized rail profile that is taken from a modern rail profile measurement ...
Post-grinding rail roughness level has a big impact on the performance of the rails. For cases where roughness values were particularly low, flange-climbing derailments occurred [6,7], when a wheel of a rail vehicle climbs up a rail.The names used for relevant parts of wheels and rails and a typical sequence of events leading to a flange climbing derailment is shown in Fig. 2.
Rail Grinding is an important track maintenance tool Rail Grinding is the removal of metal from the surface of the rail head Through the action of a rotating grinding wheel Mechanism used in rail grinding is cutting of metal associated with formation of metal chips (and not metal deformation) 4.
Protran Technology's SmartGrind is an analysis package which recommends grinding patterns in real-time to a grinding operator/machine for segments of rail, based on a target template. The user-friendly software system interfaces with rail profile measurement systems on grinding machines or track inspection vehicles.
The Rail Grinding Vehicle market is an analysis segmented by region (country), players, type, and application. Players, stakeholders, and other participants in the global Rail Grinding Vehicle ...
ResearchArticle Dynamic Analysis of a Novel Rail-Grinding Car Using Open-Structured Abrasive Belt for High-Speed Railways WengangFan,1,2 GuangyouHou,1,2 WenxiWang,1,2 andYuefengWu3 SchoolofMechanical,Electronic,andControlEngineering,BeijingJiaotongUniversity,Beijing, China
Thus, for a 96 stone grinding train with 48 motors per rail, it is necessary to analyze the full sequence of 48 motors as each motor individually and sequentially removes metal from the rail head. Furthermore, this analysis must be sensitive to key factors, such as grinding …
• Online Analysis – Rail Profile – Grinding Quality • Post Analysis – Production – Key Performance Indicators – Metal Removal 60. Surface Crack Analysis 61 61. 62 Cycle Analysis by MGT • MGT categorized by Subdivision / Prefix
Moreover, an analysis of the roughness of wheel and rail is an input parameter in most modern simulation tools that could be associated with the coefficient of friction. This paper reports a laboratory demonstration of rail grinding followed by a series of tests to determine the wear of the rail and if there is a relationship between friction ...
Intelligent use of rail grinding. By T11:00:00. INTRO: Profiling can prolong rail life, improve ride dynamics and cut maintenance costs if is done carefully; incorrect use of grinding can all too easily have the opposite effects to those intended.
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Rail analysis & calculations. The MiniProf Envision software visualizes and calculates residuals and areas automatically and provides special functionalities which is often used for rail grinding analysis. Measurements can be compared in multiple ways and are easily exported to various formats.
maintenance activities included tamping, rail grinding and track renewals. In order to understand the contribution railway maintenance machinery has on overall greenhouse gas emissions, this study presents a method for estimating emissions from rail resurfacing practices. A study was conducted to survey diesel engines used
RG400 Rail Grinders now can grind quicker and more efficiently, as the new software — available on any RG400 series production rail grinder — allows for infinite control of grinding pattern ...
Rail grinding strategies developed in this research have been considered by Swedish National Rail for analysing the effectiveness of their existing policies on grinding intervals. Optimal grinding and lubrication decisions have huge potential for savings in maintenance costs, improving reliability and safety and enhancing rail life.
The ideal maintenance procedure starts with an analysis of the condition of the rails, which is then used to determine the right combination of milling and grinding. With its high removal rate, milling removes all rail defects – even severe ones – and returns the rail to a condition that is virtually new.
2. Design and Modeling of Novel Fast Rail-Grinding Car 2.1. Analysis on the Engineering Requirements and Constraints. The rail corrugation describes the phenomenon of the longitudinal irregularity of the rail top. It generally refers to the maximum grinding angle range from -20° to +20° of rail profile, as shown in Figure 1.
The model includes a statistical representation of wheel loads, a rail head stress analysis, a rail head fatigue analysis, and optimization of a grinding schedule via mathematical programming. Results from using this model indicate that rail grinding might be performed in such a way as to double the useful service life of railroad rail.
Rail grinding is the cornerstone of virtually every railroad maintenance program. To maximize the life and value of rail assets, precision removal of fatigued metal, restoration of the rail head profile and removal of rail defects are the optimization goals of an effective rail grinding program.
theories better understand the rail grinding process. This understanding is then utilized to develop a detailed rail grinding model that allows for the accurate analysis of not only an individual grinding motor but also a full grinding train application, as a function of pattern and speed.