A surface conditioning (1) device for railway track rails (2) and/or railway vehicle wheels (7), the device comprising: a DC power supply (3); a supply of gas (9); a plasma delivery head (13) connected to receive DC power from said power supply (3) and gas from said gas supply (9); and an igniter (6) for igniting said gas in said plasma delivery head (13): wherein, in use, plasma is generated within said delivery head (13) by ignition of said gas in said delivery head (13), and plasma with gas is blown from the delivery head onto a railway track rail (2) and/or railway vehicle wheel (7), thereby to condition said rail (2) and/or wheel (7).
Surface conditioning of railway tracks or wheels
2022-11-10
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B08B Reinigen allgemein , CLEANING IN GENERAL / B60B VEHICLE WHEELS , Räder für Fahrzeuge / B61C Lokomotiven , LOCOMOTIVES / C23G CLEANING OR DE-GREASING OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY CHEMICAL METHODS OTHER THAN ELECTROLYSIS , Reinigen oder Entfetten metallischer Werkstoffe durch chemische Verfahren, ausgenommen Elektrolyse / E01H STREET CLEANING , Reinigen von Straßen / H05H Plasmatechnik , PLASMA TECHNIQUE |