A rail track measuring device may use a plurality of Hall Effect sensors 2 arranged in horizontal and vertical axes around a rail 3. The arrays act to determine the distance between themselves and the rail by measuring the corresponding magnetic flux density. Due to the curved profile of the rail 3 the values differ, they are sent to a processor (not shown) and software plots the position of the measured values [Fig 3, 1 and 3]. A profile of a train wheel [Figure 3, 2] may be superimposed on the plotted value [Figure 3, 3] to determine contact points between the rail and wheel. It is thus possible to determine if safety warnings should be issued relating to rail wear. Rail head and side wear can also be determined.


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    Title :

    Rail head profiling device


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    Publication date :

    2016-08-17


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B61K Andere Hilfseinrichtungen für Eisenbahnen , OTHER AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT FOR RAILWAYS / G01B MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS , Messen der Länge, der Dicke oder ähnlicher linearer Abmessungen / G01N Untersuchen oder Analysieren von Stoffen durch Bestimmen ihrer chemischen oder physikalischen Eigenschaften , INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES



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