Development of solid anti-friction elements for greasing the ridges of locomotive wheel pairs

Abstract

Design work was carried out to develop solid anti – friction elements for greasing the ridges of locomotive wheel pairs (hereinafter referred to as TAEL rods). The results of laboratory bench and operational tests of TAEL rods were obtained in accordance with the procedure for admission of lubricants for the wheel-rail contact to use in grebnesmazyvatelyami lo-comotives operated on the Railways of the Russian Federation . Based on the test results, the developed TAEL rods were approved for use on the infrastructure of Russian Railways.

Increase the resource and reduce the life cycle cost locomotive wheelset

“…Therefore, it is almost impossible to ensure stable values of the ko coefficient of adhesion required for driving without boxing. In connection with it, experts and scientists around the world are offered to prevent to use as a traditional means in the form of sand, and a variety of mechanical, chemical methods of activation of the clutch by cleaning the rails [5][6][7], assessment methods slipping wheel sets [8], the use of abrasive powders [9,10], friction modifiers [11][12][13][14][15].…”