WOLAXIM

Whole Life Rail Axle Assessment and Improvement

 Coordinatore TWI LIMITED 

 Organization address address: Granta Park, Great Abington
city: CAMBRIDGE
postcode: CB21 6AL

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: David
Cognome: Hamper
Email: send email
Telefono: +44 1223 899000
Fax: +44 1223 890952

 Nazionalità Coordinatore United Kingdom [UK]
 Sito del progetto http://www.wolaxim.eu
 Totale costo 1˙495˙431 €
 EC contributo 1˙157˙590 €
 Programma FP7-SME
Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs
 Code Call FP7-SME-2010-1
 Funding Scheme BSG-SME
 Anno di inizio 2010
 Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) 2010-11-01   -   2012-12-31

 Partecipanti

# participant  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    TWI LIMITED

 Organization address address: Granta Park, Great Abington
city: CAMBRIDGE
postcode: CB21 6AL

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: David
Cognome: Hamper
Email: send email
Telefono: +44 1223 899000
Fax: +44 1223 890952

UK (CAMBRIDGE) coordinator 78˙896.40
2    APPLIED INSPECTION LTD

 Organization address address: Old Colliery Lane Heath road, Holmewood
city: Chesterfield
postcode: S42 5rb

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: James
Cognome: Bailey
Email: send email
Telefono: 441284000000
Fax: 441284000000

UK (Chesterfield) participant 315˙493.70
3    CGM CIGIEMME S.R.L.

 Organization address address: VIA ADDA 21
city: OPERA (MILANO)
postcode: 20090

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Giorgio
Cognome: Savasta
Email: send email
Telefono: 390258000000
Fax: 390258000000

IT (OPERA (MILANO)) participant 230˙047.50
4    BTD BURO FUR TECHNISCHE DIAGNOSTIK GMBH & CO.KG

 Organization address address: WENDSEEUFER 31
city: BRANDENBURG
postcode: 14774

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Wolfgang
Cognome: Spruch
Email: send email
Telefono: +49 3381 403308
Fax: +49 3381 403363

DE (BRANDENBURG) participant 208˙158.70
5    "RCP CONSULT, GESELLSCHAFT FUER PLANUNG, BERATUNG UND ANALYSE TECHNISCHER OBJEKT MBH"

 Organization address address: Isamninger Str. 75
city: Munich
postcode: 81675

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Stephan
Cognome: Gollwitzer
Email: send email
Telefono: +49 89 28 52 52
Fax: +49 89 28 51 70

DE (Munich) participant 202˙777.50
6    BUNDESANSTALT FUER MATERIALFORSCHUNG UND -PRUEFUNG

 Organization address address: Unter den Eichen 87
city: BERLIN
postcode: 12205

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Eva-Maria
Cognome: Müller
Email: send email
Telefono: +49 30 8104 2257
Fax: +49 30 8104 2207

DE (BERLIN) participant 48˙000.00
7    POLITECNICO DI MILANO

 Organization address address: PIAZZA LEONARDO DA VINCI 32
city: MILANO
postcode: 20133

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Simonetta
Cognome: Danesi
Email: send email
Telefono: +39 02 2399 8200
Fax: +33 02 2333 8202

IT (MILANO) participant 36˙000.00
8    AZIENDA TRASPORTI MILANESI

 Organization address address: FORO BUONAPARTE 61
city: MILANO
postcode: 20121

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Marino
Cognome: Galasso
Email: send email
Telefono: 390248000000

IT (MILANO) participant 19˙216.60
9    Lucchini UK Limited

 Organization address address: ASHBURTON PARK WHEEL FORGE WAY
city: Manchester
postcode: M17 1EH

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Sean
Cognome: Barson
Email: send email
Telefono: +44 161 8860314
Fax: +44 161 8722895

UK (Manchester) participant 18˙999.60

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railway    train    initiate    inspection    speed    before    detection    designed    service    crack    corrosion    trains    place    axles    surface   

 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Axles for railway trains are carefully engineered and high value items that are designed to last 20 years or more. There is however a current trend for axles to be withdrawn from service before this because of corrosion on the surface long before their design lives. The decision to withdraw from service is taken without the full knowledge of the way in which the failure will result from corrosion, as this requires a crack to initiate and the mechanism for this is unknown. Cracks in axles can also initiate from ballast strikes and electrical faults. The failure rate is about 2 axles per year in the UK. If these withdrawals take place while a train is in-service there is a consequent significant cost associated while the train is out of service for additional maintenance. Inspection of the axles for cracking takes place at intervals set by knowledge of crack growth rates and inspection sensitivities. The most sensitive inspection methods are surface inspection methods designed for crack detection (such as MPI, eddy current and ACFM) and these do not typically attempt to measure the corrosion. However inspection of axles while the train is in service is still required and this is inconvenient and costly for the train operators. WOLAXIM aims to provide three new and better methods of crack detection and corrosion assessment for railway axle inspection. One method is for the exposed body of the axles (intended primarily for freight wagon or passenger trailing axles) and can be carried out automatically as the vehicles pass an inspection station that could be installed in carriage sidings or marshalling yards. A second method is specifically for the hollow axles of high speed trains and aims to improve the speed of the inspection and improve crack detection reliability. This could be deployed while the train is in depot overnight and without dismantling of the wheelset. The third method is to improve the measurement of corrosion and therefore the sentencing of corro'

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