Wayside gauge face lubrication is widely used to minimize rail wear. Scientific understanding of this process is limited; however, there have been significant recent improvements in application equipment. In this paper the process is analyzed in terms of a number of interacting sub-processes, and the factors thought to be important for lubricant and application equipment are reviewed. Wheel/rail contact conditions (pressure and temperature) are also identified as significant variables. Grease stability and retentivity are significant factors that affect lubricant performance; however, significant knowledge gaps exist about the factors that influence grease pick up and carry down especially at the extremes of operating temperatures. Laboratory (two-roller rig measurement of retentivity) and field evaluation (rail friction measurements of carry down) gave the same relative ranking for the tested grease samples. Areas for future research in the area are identified.


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    Title :

    Wayside gauge face lubrication: How much do we really understand?


    Contributors:
    Eadie, Donald T (author) / Oldknow, Kevin (author) / Santoro, Marco (author) / Kwan, Gene (author) / Yu, Marcia (author) / Lu, Xin (author)


    Publication date :

    2013-05-01


    Size :

    9 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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