Title High performance wheels in revenue service
Author Jones, K
Conference 12th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems, 4-7 September 2022, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Publication Date 2022
Location ARRB library
Abstract MxV Rail (formerly TTCI) has been conducting a multi-year test to evaluate state-of-the-art wheel steels. Named the High-Performance Wheel Test 2 (HPW2), this test consists of laboratory testing, durability testing under controlled conditions, and revenue service testing. Thorough laboratory testing of specific steel properties was performed on each of the 14 steels. In the durability test, the test wheels have traveled approximately 150,000 kilometers (km). Six wheel types are being evaluated in the revenue service test. These wheels have traveled between 50,000 and 250,000 km. No wheels have been removed. Test wheels will continue to be monitored and inspected.
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Subjects Railway track
Rolling contact
Steel
Wear
Wheel
Test
Rail transport