Considerations Regarding the Extension of the Service Life of Metal Wear Components from Urban Means of Rail Transport

Abstract:

The paper presents proposals for technical solutions based on the interest shown by transport companies in the country to reduce the cost of maintenance of means of transport by increasing the service life of metal components that, in traffic, are subject to a severe process of wear degradation. Specifically, the paper proposes solutions to solve these problems in the case of urban public transport by rail (tram). The results obtained by ISIM Timisoara (implemented at public transport companies in the country) in the field of reintroduction into operation of used metal components from trams are presented. It also presents new, innovative and efficient technical ideas and solutions, from the point of view of the cost / performance ratio and in compliance with the conditions for guaranteeing traffic safety. It is proposed to design and implement a flexible, complex and high-performance automated system for the reconditioning of tram wear components.The implementation of the proposed automated solutions will ensure: significantly increasing the service life of parts subject to wear, reducing the costs of loading with functional layers by increasing productivity, improving part quality due to automation of the loading process, use of constant process parameters, established, controllable during process. Innovative solutions are also proposed for: mobile automated inspection system for determining the degree of wear of tram wheel bandages; method of real-time monitoring of the welding loading process; technical solution to protect the rubber damping elements against overheating and degradation (the solution allows the tires to be reconditioned without removing them from the wheels).Accurate and efficient uses of automated systems, process programming units are specific approaches to the development and modernization of welding and reconditioning technologies by welding.

• Periodical: Engineering Innovations (Volume 2)
• Pages: 31-39
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/p-o0d13z
• Online since: June 2022
• Authors: Radu Cojocaru*, Lia-Nicoleta Botila, Ion Aurel Perianu, Alexandru Adrian Geana
• Keywords: Metal Components Wear, Service Life, Urban Rail Transport Vehicles

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