A track maintenance machine, with a sensor for identifying an A-point of a chord, having a frame, axles, and wheels operatively connected to the axles and configured to support the machine on a track. A workhead is arranged between the axles. A B-point is placed at the workhead at a predetermined height above the track, and a C-point placed at a rear end of the at a predetermined height above the track. A sensor is arranged at a forward end of the frame at a predetermined height above the track. The sensor scans forward of the machine to identify an A-point; acquire track data for the A-point; and transmit the data to a machine control system. The machine control system is configured to calculate a chord by combining the track data for the A-point with the C-point to calculate operation data for the workhead at the B-point.


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    Title :

    Track maintenance machine and measurement method for a track maintenance machine


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    Publication date :

    2025-07-22


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B61L Leiten des Eisenbahnverkehrs , GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC / E01B PERMANENT WAY , Gleisoberbau / B61K Andere Hilfseinrichtungen für Eisenbahnen , OTHER AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT FOR RAILWAYS



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