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Railway - and Wheel Applications
IGRALUB offers wheel and rail lubrications systems from one source. This guarantees one contact person, compliant systems and lubricants that are effective, efficient and environmentally friendly. We provide support throughout all phases of a project, from problem identification and analysis to planning, engineering, after-sales and maintenance.
MONITORING OF VEHICLES AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Life-cycle-cost (LCC) considerations need a consistent monitoring.
IGRALUB offers reliable systems for this application. The monitoring systems developed and installed for this purpose are for railway infrastructure as well as for vehicles. The systems operate through wireless communication between the vehicle and a base server. From there, the data can be processed and displayed via a special web application.
This vehicle and infrastructure management system makes it easier to check the current status and the efficiency of implemented measures.
• Ongoing documentation of the current status to check the efficiency of implemented maintenance measures
• Information at your fingertips for internal and external validation
• Long and mid-term optimization for LCC considerations
• Independence of measurements, increase internal Know-How
• Today’s technology allows for constant infrastructure and vehicle driven data collection and analysis.
This vehicle and infrastructure management system makes it easier to check the current status and the efficiency of implemented measures.
• Ongoing documentation of the current status to check the efficiency of implemented maintenance measures
• Information at your fingertips for internal and external validation
• Long and mid-term optimization for LCC considerations
• Independence of measurements, increase internal Know-How
• Today’s technology allows for constant infrastructure and vehicle driven data collection and analysis.
Fleet monitoring
Setup at neuralgic network knots, wayside monitoring units primarily collect sound and vibrational data of passing vehicles.
Infrastructure monitoring
Train borne monitoring units installed in regular vehicles record noise, vibrational data and pantograph impacts. A few regular vehicles collect much more statistically robust data in considerable shorter time than dedicated measuring vehicles can do.
Infra dashboard – collected data from reference vehicles
• A few clicks to filter for problematic spots or regions of the network with suspicious characteristics.
• Comparisons between months helps to track the efficiency of implemented measures.
• Comparisons between months helps to track the efficiency of implemented measures.
Fleet dashboard – parameters by vehicle
• A fast way to spot vehicles which are above average.
• Sound files of all vehicles passing the location.
• Sound files of all vehicles passing the location.
Unit installed on bogie.
Rail vehicle
Wayside cabinet to record data
Server
Lubrication systems
IGRALUB offers wheel and rail lubrications systems from one source. This guarantees one contact person, compliant systems and lubricants that are effective, efficient and environmentally friendly. We provide support throughout all phases of a project, from problem identification and analysis to planning, engineering, after-sales and maintenance.
– At a specific time and for a specific duration (hours / daily use)
– In a controlled quantity. These three functions are the minimum requirements for a successful lubrication system. Two main groups of systems are currently offered on the market: stationary and mobile lubrication systems.
Two main groups of systems are currently offered on the market: stationary and mobile lubrication systems.
Lubrication systems must guarantee that the application of the lubricant is placed:
– At a specific location(inner or outer rail in a curve, top-of-rail/rail sides)– At a specific time and for a specific duration (hours / daily use)
– In a controlled quantity. These three functions are the minimum requirements for a successful lubrication system. Two main groups of systems are currently offered on the market: stationary and mobile lubrication systems.
Two main groups of systems are currently offered on the market: stationary and mobile lubrication systems.
Mobile lubrication systems for railhead and wheel flange
The spraying systems are installed in the trains, which are controlled by high-end GPS computers and spray the special lubricants from IGRALUB directly onto the rail head. When the pre-programmed position is reached, the computer detects this and sends a signal to the spraying device.
With this technology, a complete coverage of the track can be achieved with relatively low investment costs.
With this technology, a complete coverage of the track can be achieved with relatively low investment costs.
Wheel flange nozzle
Mobile Spray System
Railhead spray nozzle
control
GPS control for mobile spray systems
TOR is an independent electronic control. Because of location detection signals (GPS, control systems) TOR recognizes specified lubrication points before curves and rail points that are registered on a card, and passed on corresponding signals (direction, braking, speed, weather, time, etc.),are defined in spray commands. TOR meets the requirements for the treatment of the rail head and is successfully used for the rail head conditioning.
Manual control
The command to spray the rail head is given manually by means of a pushbutton in the driver’s cab. This set-up is recommended for small railways and mountain railways.
TOR Controller
Manual control
Spray signal indication board
Stationary lubrication systems
Stationary rail lubrication systems for punctual and efficient use.
Stationary high-end rail lubrication systems fulfil all criteria which are a prerequisite for lubrication systems. They are used to protect critical track sections in the network against wear and to effectively prevent noise.
They consist of high-quality individual components and are very simple and modular in design. This allows a tailor-made, customer-specific design with low costs and highest quality at the same time.
The exact dosing of the smallest quantities of the biodegradable lubricant (0.25ccm per lubrication point!) enables highly efficient lubrication with the most economical discharge quantities.
The Swiss hi-tech lubricants from IGRALUB are specially designed for these systems.
They consist of high-quality individual components and are very simple and modular in design. This allows a tailor-made, customer-specific design with low costs and highest quality at the same time.
The exact dosing of the smallest quantities of the biodegradable lubricant (0.25ccm per lubrication point!) enables highly efficient lubrication with the most economical discharge quantities.
The Swiss hi-tech lubricants from IGRALUB are specially designed for these systems.
