AXLEINSPECT
DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL INSPECTION TECHNIQUES FOR TRAIN AXLES
| Coordinatore | TWI LIMITED
Organization address
address: Granta Park, Great Abington contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | United Kingdom [UK] |
| Totale costo | 1˙354˙840 € |
| EC contributo | 1˙027˙400 € |
| Programma | FP7-SME
Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs |
| Code Call | FP7-SME-2011 |
| Funding Scheme | BSG-SME |
| Anno di inizio | 2011 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2011-11-01 - 2013-10-31 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
TWI LIMITED
Organization address
address: Granta Park, Great Abington contact info |
UK (CAMBRIDGE) | coordinator | 93˙885.00 |
| 2 |
PHOENIX INSPECTION SYSTEMS LIMITED
Organization address
address: Dalton House - Hardwick Grange 40 contact info |
UK (WARRINGTON) | participant | 288˙790.00 |
| 3 |
VERMON SA
Organization address
address: RUE DU GENERAL RENAULT 180 contact info |
FR (TOURS CEDEX 1) | participant | 269˙510.00 |
| 4 |
DANOBAT RAILWAY SYSTEMS S COOP
Organization address
address: CL HIRU ERREKA 6 MEKOLALDE B 6 contact info |
ES (BERGARA) | participant | 262˙615.00 |
| 5 |
IDEKO S COOP
Organization address
address: Arriaga Kalea 2 contact info |
ES (ELGOIBAR) | participant | 60˙000.00 |
| 6 |
BALFOUR BEATTY RAIL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Organization address
address: NELSON STREET MIDLAND HOUSE A208 contact info |
UK (DERBY) | participant | 27˙600.00 |
| 7 |
ZACHODNIOPOMORSKI UNIWERSYTET TECHNOLOGICZNY W SZCZECINIE
Organization address
address: AL. PIASTOW 17 contact info |
PL (SZCZECIN) | participant | 25˙000.00 |
| 8 |
DANO-RAIL S COOP
Organization address
address: POL IND ARRIAGA APRAIZ KALEA 1 contact info |
ES (EIGOIBAR) | participant | 0.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'The structural integrity of wheel sets used in rolling stock is of great importance to the rail industry and its customers. A number of rail accidents have been directly related to the failure of train axles, leading to increased demands for their inspection and maintenance. Visual inspection and Magnetic Particle Inspection are the current standard practices used for manual non-destructive testing of axles. However, these processes require removal of the wheelset from the wagon/locomotive bogie and full disassembly in order to facilitate access. Inspection is also carried out by some wagon providers using ultrasonic testing (UT) but its application is also limited to disassembled wheelsets.
An axle on a wheelset can be connected to a number of ancillary components including breaks and bearings. The disassembly (and reassembly) of axles from the wheelsets/wagon bogey is therefore very time consuming and expensive. There is evidence that even partial disassembly and reassembly could introduce future axle reliability problems. To minimise disruption to their train services but ensure continued safety, train operators require frequent and regular inspection methods that allow quick inspection at the depot with the minimum of wheelset and bogie disassembly.
The AxleInspect project aims to develop new inspection techniques based on phased array ultrasonic and electromagnetic techniques suitable for the inspection of both solid and hollow axles. For solid axles, inspection techniques are to be developed that inspect from the end face of the axles using new and novel phased array ultrasonic inspection technology. For hollow axles, probes based on UT and electromagnetic inspection techniques are to be developed, enabling detection of surface breaking cracks that cannot be found by ultrasonic inspection. These new techniques will allow inspection of axles whilst they are still attached to their supporting bogey, allowing minimal wheelset disassembly from the train.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
New high-tech inspection methods for train axles, which can be employed without removing the axles from wagons, promise to facilitate rail maintenance and enhance safety.