MASSIVE REDUCTION IN DRILLING TIME FOR RAILWAY WHEELS

Using a very large special-purpose machine with opposed indexing turret heads, a variety of different patterns of through holes can be drilled in railway wheels, reamed, and chamfered at each end at a rate of 20 wheels per hour compared with a previous performance, using conventional methods of 10 wheels per day.

• Corporate Authors:

  Machinery Publishing Company Limited

  New England House, New England Street
  Brighton 1,   England 
• Authors:
  • Astrop, A W
• Publication Date: 1977-3

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 286-288
• Serial:
  • Machinery and Production Engineering
  • Volume: 130
  • Issue Number: 3353

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drilling; Machine tools; Manufactures; Railroad wheel shops; Rolling stock; Wheels
• Old TRIS Terms: Special purpose; Wheel mounting techniques; Wheel shops
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00170463
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 16 1978 12:00AM