WO1998043834A1 - Method for improving the properties of railway wheels and railway wheel - Google Patents
Method for improving the properties of railway wheels and railway wheelInfo
- Publication number
- WO1998043834A1 WO1998043834A1 PCT/SE1998/000586 SE9800586W WO9843834A1 WO 1998043834 A1 WO1998043834 A1 WO 1998043834A1 SE 9800586 W SE9800586 W SE 9800586W WO 9843834 A1 WO9843834 A1 WO 9843834A1
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- Prior art keywords
- base material
- surface layer
- railway
- wheel
- completing
- Prior art date
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- XEEYBQQBJWHFJM-UHFFFAOYSA-N Iron Chemical compound [Fe] XEEYBQQBJWHFJM-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims description 6
- PXHVJJICTQNCMI-UHFFFAOYSA-N Nickel Chemical compound [Ni] PXHVJJICTQNCMI-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims description 6
- 239000000919 ceramic Substances 0.000 claims description 6
- 238000002844 melting Methods 0.000 claims description 6
- 230000008018 melting Effects 0.000 claims description 6
- 229910052751 metal Inorganic materials 0.000 claims description 6
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- 229910017052 cobalt Inorganic materials 0.000 claims description 3
- GUTLYIVDDKVIGB-UHFFFAOYSA-N cobalt atom Chemical compound [Co] GUTLYIVDDKVIGB-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims description 3
- 229910052742 iron Inorganic materials 0.000 claims description 3
- 238000003754 machining Methods 0.000 claims description 3
- 229910001092 metal group alloy Inorganic materials 0.000 claims description 3
- 239000007769 metal material Substances 0.000 claims description 3
- UNASZPQZIFZUSI-UHFFFAOYSA-N methylidyneniobium Chemical compound [Nb]#C UNASZPQZIFZUSI-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims description 3
- NFFIWVVINABMKP-UHFFFAOYSA-N methylidynetantalum Chemical compound [Ta]#C NFFIWVVINABMKP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims description 3
- 239000000203 mixture Substances 0.000 claims description 3
- 229910052759 nickel Inorganic materials 0.000 claims description 3
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- 238000005096 rolling process Methods 0.000 claims description 3
- 238000004381 surface treatment Methods 0.000 claims description 3
- 229910003468 tantalcarbide Inorganic materials 0.000 claims description 3
- MTPVUVINMAGMJL-UHFFFAOYSA-N trimethyl(1,1,2,2,2-pentafluoroethyl)silane Chemical compound C[Si](C)(C)C(F)(F)C(F)(F)F MTPVUVINMAGMJL-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims description 3
- 229910052720 vanadium Inorganic materials 0.000 claims description 3
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- UONOETXJSWQNOL-UHFFFAOYSA-N tungsten carbide Chemical compound [W+]#[C-] UONOETXJSWQNOL-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims 2
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Classifications
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60B—VEHICLE WHEELS; CASTORS; AXLES FOR WHEELS OR CASTORS; INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION
- B60B17/00—Wheels characterised by rail-engaging elements
- B60B17/0006—Construction of wheel bodies, e.g. disc wheels
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23P—METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; COMBINED OPERATIONS; UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS
- B23P6/00—Restoring or reconditioning objects
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
- C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
- C21D9/00—Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articles; Furnaces therefor
- C21D9/34—Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articles; Furnaces therefor for tyres; for rims
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
- B23K35/00—Rods, electrodes, materials, or media, for use in soldering, welding, or cutting
- B23K35/22—Rods, electrodes, materials, or media, for use in soldering, welding, or cutting characterised by the composition or nature of the material
- B23K35/24—Selection of soldering or welding materials proper
- B23K35/32—Selection of soldering or welding materials proper with the principal constituent melting at more than 1550 degrees C
- B23K35/327—Selection of soldering or welding materials proper with the principal constituent melting at more than 1550 degrees C comprising refractory compounds, e.g. carbides
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
- C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
- C21D1/00—General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering
- C21D1/06—Surface hardening
- C21D1/09—Surface hardening by direct application of electrical or wave energy; by particle radiation
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a method for improving the properties of railway wheels.
- the invention also relates to a railway wheel.
- the object of the present invention is to provide a method which improves the properties of railway wheels regarding inter alia surface fatigue and when they are brought to high rolling speeds and heavy loads and when they are exposed to air and rain pollutions. This is arri- ved at according to the invention by providing the initially defined method with the characterizing steps primarily of subsequent claim 1.
- fig. 1 is a perspective view of a part of a railway wheel from which base material portions which might crack or have cracked have been removed by turning;
- fig. 2 is the same view of the railway wheel as in fig. 1, said wheel being completed with surface layers ;
- fig. 3 is the same view of the railway wheel as in fig. 1, said wheel being completed with a surface layer having another location than in fig. 2;
- fig. 4 is the same view of the railway wheel as in fig. 1, said wheel being completed with a surface layer having another location than in fig. 2 and 3;
- fig. 5 is a section through the railway wheel of fig. 1 during application of a completing surface layer.
- FIG. 1 A part of a railway wheel 1 which shall be completed with a surface layer is shown in the drawings.
- the illustrated railway wheel 1 is made of a base material 2, e.g. steel, and is provided with a wheel tread surface 3 and a wheel flange 4.
- reference numerals 5 and 6 refer to those portions of the tread surface 3 which are subjected to high stresses when the railway wheel 1 rolls on the rail.
- Said portions 5, 6 may e.g. consist of such portions of the tread surface which have cracks or are expected to crack due to fatigue of the base material 2, e.g. if the railway wheel 1 is used on high-velocity trains.
- a surface layer 7 and 8 of the base material 2 is removed within said portions 5 and 6.
- the railway wheel 1 may e.g. for this purpose be placed in a rotary device (not shown) for rotation relative to a surface layer processing or machining device, e.g. a turning chisel (not shown).
- a surface layer processing or machining device e.g. a turning chisel (not shown).
- the railway wheel 1 can be placed in another rotary device (not shown) for rotation relative to an assembly 11.
- This assembly 11 is adapted to subject the base material 2 at the recesses 9, 10 to heat radiation, preferably to high-energy radiation in the form of laser radiation 12, for melting said base material 2 in the bottom of the recesses 9, 10.
- the assembly 11 is adapted, while said base material 2 is brought to melt, to simultaneously add to the melt 13 one or more additives 14, 15 of such type that when the melt 13 has cooled, completing surface layers 16, 17 are formed, having other properties than the base material 2.
- This melting and addition of material is carried through such that the completing surface layers 16, 17 are formed of elongated strings 18 which are made by forming said melt 13 and letting it solidify.
- the strings 18 can be located so close to each other that they partly overlap each other (as is shown in fig. 2 and 4) or be located spaced from each other such that the railway wheel 1 in the spaces 19 therebetween has an outer surface 20 of base material 2.
- one completing surface layer 16 can be located on the wheel tread surface 3 close to inner portions of the railway wheel 1 and the other completing surface layer 17 close to the wheel flange 4.
- the width A of the completing surface layer 16 can be chosen such that said width corresponds to about one third of the total width B of the tread surface 3
- the width C of the completing surface layer 17 can be chosen such that this width is less than said width A.
- the completing surface layers 16, 17 can be located at such distance from each other that a space 21 is defined therebetween having an outer surface 20 of base material 2 and this space 21 can be chosen to have a width D which is somewhat less than the width A of the completing surface layer 16.
- the strings 18 can be located such that they extend around the railway wheel 1 (as is shown in fig. 2 or 3 ) or such that they run obliquely relative to the axis of the railway wheel 1 and define an angle 0C of 20 - 90° with said axis (the direction of which is marked with A in fig. 4) .
- Additive or additives 14, 15 is/are added to the melt 13 such that the completing surface layer or layers 16, 17 provide for, inter alia, a) improved resistance to crack formation compared to the base material 2 and/or b) improved resistance to surface fatigue compared to the base material 2 and/or c) improved properties regarding the preservation of the circular shape of the wheel tread surface 3 compared to the base material 2 and/or d) improved resistance to corrosion in comparison with if the railway wheel 1 is made only of the base material 2.
- Such an additive or additives 14, 15 can also be added to the melt 13 that the completing surface layers 16, 17 get electrically conducting properties for obtaining at least a certain electric contact between the railway wheel 1 and a rail in contact therewith, through said completing surface layers 16, 17 even if this electric contact is not as good as the electric contact obtainable with the base material 2.
- the completing surface layers 16, 17 can be located so that the outer surfaces 20 of the base material 2 can get in contact with the rail for providing electric contact between the base material 2 and said rail . Furthermore, the completing surface layers 16, 17 can be located so that the outer surfaces 20 of the base material 2 on at least one of the railway wheels 1 on a railway- waggon will engage the rail when said waggon is driven thereon, so that there will always be electric contact between at least one of the railway wheels 1 and the rail.
- the additive 14, 15 is chosen preferably also with regard to the type of base material 2 for the railway wheel 1 and/or the extent of improvement of said properties you desire. Thus, the additive 14, 15 can be a metal, a metal alloy or a metal mixture and/or at least a ceramic.
- Said metallic material 14 can be e.g. iron, cobalt or nickel and said ceramics 15 can be e.g. tungsten, carbide, titanium carbide, vanadium, niobium carbide or tantalum carbide.
- inventive method and inventive object is not limited to what is described above and shown in the drawings, but may vary within the scope of the following claims.
- one or more completing surface layers 16, 17 can be provided on the wheel flange 4, that the railway wheel 1 can be provided with one or more completing surface layers 16, 17 on the wheel flange 4, that said recesses 9, 10 preferably can be filled with completing sur- face layers 16, 17 so that the outer surfaces 22 thereof, eventually after a smoothing surface treatment such as grinding, will be flush with the outer surfaces 20 of adjoining base material 2 and that the portions of the railway wheel 1 to be provided with completing surface layers 16, 17 are preheated.
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- Crystallography & Structural Chemistry (AREA)
- Materials Engineering (AREA)
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Priority Applications (4)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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BR9808634-0A BR9808634A (en) | 1997-04-01 | 1998-03-30 | Method for improving the properties of railroad wheels and railroad wheel |
AU68613/98A AU6861398A (en) | 1997-04-01 | 1998-03-30 | Method for improving the properties of railway wheels and railway wheel |
JP54156398A JP2001517177A (en) | 1997-04-01 | 1998-03-30 | Method of improving characteristics of railway vehicle wheel and railway vehicle wheel |
EP98914206A EP0971825A1 (en) | 1997-04-01 | 1998-03-30 | Method for improving the properties of railway wheels and railway wheel |
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
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SE9701173A SE511411C2 (en) | 1997-04-01 | 1997-04-01 | Procedure for improving the characteristics of railway wheels and railway wheels |
SE9701173-8 | 1997-04-01 |
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WO1998043834A1 true WO1998043834A1 (en) | 1998-10-08 |
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PCT/SE1998/000586 WO1998043834A1 (en) | 1997-04-01 | 1998-03-30 | Method for improving the properties of railway wheels and railway wheel |
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EP (1) | EP0971825A1 (en) |
JP (1) | JP2001517177A (en) |
AU (1) | AU6861398A (en) |
BR (1) | BR9808634A (en) |
SE (1) | SE511411C2 (en) |
WO (1) | WO1998043834A1 (en) |
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EP1002665A1 (en) * | 1998-11-19 | 2000-05-24 | Alstom Holdings | Safety wheel, method of production and bogie equipped with such a wheel |
EP2844420A4 (en) * | 2012-04-30 | 2015-12-16 | Craig Mercier | Method and system for retreading track wheel |
GB2553097A (en) * | 2016-08-18 | 2018-02-28 | Bae Systems Plc | Additive layer manufacturing |
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GB1560256A (en) * | 1976-03-11 | 1980-01-30 | Elaugen Gmbh | Wheel for a rail vehicle |
SE422550B (en) * | 1978-01-10 | 1982-03-15 | Asea Ab | WHEELS FOR RELAYING VEHICLES |
DE3509582C1 (en) * | 1985-03-16 | 1986-02-20 | M.A.N. Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg AG, 8000 München | Metal wheel, in particular a railway wheel |
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- 1998-03-30 EP EP98914206A patent/EP0971825A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1998-03-30 BR BR9808634-0A patent/BR9808634A/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1998-03-30 WO PCT/SE1998/000586 patent/WO1998043834A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1998-03-30 JP JP54156398A patent/JP2001517177A/en active Pending
- 1998-03-30 AU AU68613/98A patent/AU6861398A/en not_active Abandoned
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GB1560256A (en) * | 1976-03-11 | 1980-01-30 | Elaugen Gmbh | Wheel for a rail vehicle |
SE422550B (en) * | 1978-01-10 | 1982-03-15 | Asea Ab | WHEELS FOR RELAYING VEHICLES |
DE3509582C1 (en) * | 1985-03-16 | 1986-02-20 | M.A.N. Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg AG, 8000 München | Metal wheel, in particular a railway wheel |
Cited By (5)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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EP1002665A1 (en) * | 1998-11-19 | 2000-05-24 | Alstom Holdings | Safety wheel, method of production and bogie equipped with such a wheel |
FR2786129A1 (en) * | 1998-11-19 | 2000-05-26 | Alstom Tech | SAFETY WHEEL, MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF SUCH A WHEEL AND BOGIE EQUIPPED WITH SUCH WHEEL |
US6679535B2 (en) | 1998-11-19 | 2004-01-20 | Alstom Holdings | Safety wheel, method of manufacturing such a wheel and bogie equipped with such a wheel |
EP2844420A4 (en) * | 2012-04-30 | 2015-12-16 | Craig Mercier | Method and system for retreading track wheel |
GB2553097A (en) * | 2016-08-18 | 2018-02-28 | Bae Systems Plc | Additive layer manufacturing |
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AU6861398A (en) | 1998-10-22 |
SE9701173L (en) | 1998-10-02 |
JP2001517177A (en) | 2001-10-02 |
SE511411C2 (en) | 1999-09-27 |
EP0971825A1 (en) | 2000-01-19 |
BR9808634A (en) | 2000-05-16 |
SE9701173D0 (en) | 1997-04-01 |
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