Article: Wheel/rail contact
Wear, rolling contact fatigue, bench tests, track tests, material tests...
We support you with your questions about wheel/rail contact:
- Clarification of causes and remedial measures in the event of wear and rolling contact fatigue damage to wheels, rails and switches
- Use of materials and testing in the system network of wheels and rails
- Testing of new materials, designs and maintenance procedures for wheels, rails and switches on large wheel/rail test benches and on the track
- Testing of noise protection, anti-skid and lubrication measures on large wheel/rail test benches
- Crack propagation tests on wheelset axles on large wheel/rail test benches
- Diagnostic methods for determining the condition of rails and switches
Our gear
We have three Prüfeinrichtung Rad-Schiene-Kontakt. If required, we can also carry out tests on your test vehicles in our materials laboratory.
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