Friction Control for Better Productivity. Gauge-face, Top-of-rail, Mobile, Wayside: It’s Not so Much the Method as the End Result

This article will discuss how the days for greasing the track for a decent friction modification program are gone. While today’s railroads control friction by the kind of lubricant used, where that lubricant is applied, and how it is applied, today’s friction modifiers and delivery systems are focused on being technologically advanced, environmentally friendly and cost-conscious.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/1586268
• Authors:
  • Wanek-Libman, Mischa
• Publication Date: 2011-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: pp 23, 25-26
• Serial:
  • Railway Age
  • Volume: 212
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-8826
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwayage.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost effectiveness; Environmental impacts; Friction; Friction materials; Gage (Rails); Lubricants; Railroad rails; Technological innovations
• Subject Areas: Materials; Railroads; I30: Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01356895
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 16 2011 2:51PM