STUDY OF A LIGHTER BRAKE SLIPPER. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE OF A LIGHTER BRAKE SLIPPER

The results of extensive tests indicate that at the moment the only material which can be considered for the manufacture of a lighter brake slipper is steel. A prototype is presented and is referred to as the ORE brake slipper. It is shown that, compared with the current weights of brake slippers, a reduction of about 25% can be obtained. This report provides the Administrations with the possibility of selecting the most suitable design characteristics.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Restrictions on the use of this document are contained in the explanatory material.
• Corporate Authors:

  International Union of Railways

  Office of Research and Experiments
  Utrecht,   Netherlands 
• Publication Date: 1970-10

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 19 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Classification yards; Yard operations
• Old TRIS Terms: Question d91; Track skates
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00052895
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Report/Paper Numbers: D91/RP 2/E Final Rpt.
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 23 1976 12:00AM