Kinematic analysis of the axle box unit operation

Abstract

The axle load acts on the box unit and has shock-pulse nature when the car is moving, that can lead to a mutual change in the surface positions of the roller ends with the edges of the bearing races. The ways are proposed to optimize the internal geometry of the radial and end contact elements of the roller bearing of the axle box unit. It is proposed to eliminate the occurrence of possible conditions that lead to the movement of bearing rollers into the thrust and locking of bearing rollers by increasing the minimum limit in the axle clearance of the axle box.