ABRASION INSPECTION APPARATUS, ABRASION INSPECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM

    公开(公告)号:US20180031366A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-01

    申请号:US15553270

    申请日:2015-11-20

    摘要: An abrasion inspection apparatus includes: a first imaging unit installed on a track along which a vehicle is traveling, a guide wheel installed on the vehicle, the first imaging unit imaging an inside of the track; a second imaging unit installed on the track in a vehicle traveling direction with respect to the first imaging unit and imaging the inside of the track; an image acquisition unit acquiring a first image of a boundary of the guide wheel captured by the first imaging unit on a first direction side in the vehicle traveling direction, and a second image of the boundary of the guide wheel captured by the second imaging unit at the same time on an opposite side to the first direction side; and a guide wheel detection unit detecting an abrasion situation of the guide wheel according to a position of a boundary indicated in the acquired images.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING EFFECTIVENESS OF A FRICTION MODIFIER ALONG A ROUTE SEGMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20170334418A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-23

    申请号:US15671100

    申请日:2017-08-07

    摘要: A method includes obtaining creep measurements and tractive/braking measurements from at least one vehicle system at different locations along a route segment while the at least one vehicle system moves through the route segment. The method also includes calculating tribology characteristics of the route segment at the different locations. The tribology characteristics are based on the creep measurements and the tractive/braking measurements from the at least one vehicle system. The tribology characteristics are indicative of a friction coefficient of the route segment at the different locations. The method also includes determining an effectiveness of a friction modifier applied to the route segment based on the tribology characteristics.

    RAIL CAR LIFTING DEVICE
    120.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170282941A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-05

    申请号:US15087325

    申请日:2016-03-31

    IPC分类号: B61K5/00 B66F3/28

    CPC分类号: B61K5/00 B66F7/0633

    摘要: A lifting device for lifting a rail car includes a frame with a load plate movably disposed thereon and a back plate movably disposed on the frame and coupled to the load plate. The lifting device further includes a first actuator disposed on the frame and operatively coupled to the back plate and at least one second actuator operatively coupled to the load plate such that the first actuator and the at least one second actuator produce forces in first and second directions. Further still, the first actuator and the at least one second actuator move the load plate of the lifting device in a substantially vertical direction.