Method and apparatus for monitoring wheel/brake performance

Details Method and apparatus for monitoring wheel/brake performance Method and apparatus for monitoring wheel/brake performance

B - Operations, Transporting

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B61K 9/12 (2006.01) B60T 17/18 (2006.01) B60T 17/22 (2006.01) B61K 9/04 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2442090

A sliding wheel detector apparatus automatically detects a sliding wheel condition of a wheel of a passing train. The apparatus includes means for parsing the cars (and trucks thereof) and segregating the same into brake valve groupings. The apparatus also includes means for determining a ratio between a wheel being evaluated and the rest of the wheels in a brake valve group. A sliding wheel will be much cooler than a properly braking wheel, and a ratio threshold is selected to detect this difference in temperature and produce an alarm.

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