The Development Of A Simple Turnout Conversion Force Check Meter

The management of the conversion force of turnout, including of the point machine, is an important element for safety and stable transportation. Conversion force is managed by measuring torque or by the method of indirect measurement using voltage and current of the point machine. However, both kinds of data are based on the conversion force of the whole turnout including point machine. The authors cannot know which point machine or point part has trouble from that data. They then examined how to identify which is the trouble part and manage the conversion force concerning turnout, machine and point. It is possible to know the conversion force of a whole turnout to measure by using an existing axial tension meter into the connection section of turnout and equipment of point machine or the strain meter on the equipment of the point machine. The setup of this measurement apparatus takes time, and also these methods require adjustments to the equipment of the point machine before and after measurement. Then, a conversion force check meter, which can be attached to a point machine with a clip, is developed. This check meter can be mounted with the clip in a short time and does not require readjustment of the equipment of the point machine before and after measurement.

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  https://doi.org/10.2495/CRS140161
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• Authors:
  • Yasuoka, K
  • Kaneko, T
  • Iikura, M
  • Mochizuki, S
  • Numata, K
  • Teramoto, H
• Conference:
  • 14th International Conference on Railway Engineering Design and Operation (COMPRAIL/14)
  • Location: Rome , Italy
  • Date: 2014-6-24 to 2014-6-26
• Publication Date: 2015

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Pagination: 9p
• Monograph Title: Computers in Railways XIV. Railway Engineering Design and Optimization. Special Contributions
• Serial:
  • WIT Transactions on the Built Environment
  • Issue Number: 155
  • Publisher: Wessex Institute of Technology
  • ISSN: 1743-3509
  • Serial URL: http://library.witpress.com/pages/listBooks.asp?tID=2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Railroad safety; Railroad turnouts; Strain gages; Torque; Voltage
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment; I90: Vehicles;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01552126
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9781784660253
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 29 2015 9:20AM