High performance wheels in revenue service

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.

Media Info

  • Pagination: 6p. ; PDF
  • Monograph Title: 12th International conference on contact mechanics and wear of rail/wheel systems (CM2022): advancing the science and practice of the wheel/rail interface to improve railway operation efficiency

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 01878954
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: ARRB Group Limited
  • Files: ATRI
  • Created Date: Apr 10 2023 4:53PM