Online train wheel fault detection device

• US 10,005,479 B2
• Filed: 03/27/2014
• Issued: 06/26/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nanjing TYCHO Information Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Nanjing TYCHO Information Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Shi, Zhengying, Sun, Zhilin, Guo, Qichang, Huang, Mingquan
• Primary Examiner(s): Smith, Jason C
• Application Number:
  US14/903,552
• Publication Number:
  US 20160159378A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,552 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B61K 9/12 Measuring or surveying wheel-rims measuring techniques G01
• CPC Class Codes: B61L 27/57 for vehicles or trains, e.g. trackside supervision of train conditions

Abstract

The present invention discloses an online fault detection device for train wheels, including: base rails 1, working rails 2, guard rails 3, and transducer detectors 4. A section is cut off from each of the symmetrically arranged base rails 1; a section of the working rail 2 transitions into and is attached to an outer side of the base rail 1 for bearing a train wheel; a section of the guard rail 3 transitions into and is attached to a position near an inner side of the base rail 1 for preventing a wheel rim from derailment; transducer detectors 4 and sensors thereof are placed in the space between working rail and guard rail; and the transducer detectors 4 perform automated detection by connecting to a data collection and processing system such as an external computer. With the present invention, good detection effects, low cost, and quick detection of a fault can be achieved.

Claims

1. An online fault detection device for train wheels, comprising:

a pair of base rails, a pair of working rails, a pair of guard rails, and a plurality of transducer detector, wherein the base rails, the working rails, and the guard rails are symmetrically arranged;

wherein a section in each of the symmetrically arranged base rails is cut off;

a section of the working rail transitions into and is attached to an outer side of the base rail for bearing a train wheel;

a section of the guard rail transitions into and is attached to an inner side of the base rail for preventing a wheel rim from derailment; and

a plurality of the transducer detectors and sensors thereof are disposed in spaces of the spliced working rail and guard rail.

2. The online fault detection device for train wheels according to claim 1, wherein a length of a fault detection area formed between the working rail and the guard rail that are spliced to the cut-off of the base rail is greater than or equal to one to two times of a circumference of the train wheel.

3. The online fault detection device of a train wheel according to claim 1, wherein a rail surface of the guard rails is elevated above a rail surface of the base rails and a rail surface of the working rails.

4. The online fault detection rail device of train wheels according to claim 1, wherein a distance (W) between two inner surfaces of the symmetrically arranged working rails is less than a distance (W1) between the outer surfaces of a pair of train wheels, and an distance (W2) between the outer surfaces of the symmetrically arranged guard rails is less than a distance (W3) of the inner surface of the train wheels.

5. The online fault detection rail device of train wheels according to claim 1, wherein the base rails and the working rails are transitionally connected, and two end portions of the base rails and the working rails for transitional connections are cut;

and the base rails and the guard rails are transitionally connected, and a portion of the guard rails close to the base rails is cut.

6. The online fault detection rail device of a train wheel according to claim 1, wherein the working rails and the guard rails are all made by processing common rails.

7. The online fault detection device of a train wheel according to claim 2, wherein a rail surface of the guard rails is elevated above a rail surface of the base rails and a rail surface of the working rails.

8. The online fault detection rail device of train wheels according to claim 2, wherein a distance (W) between two inner surfaces of the symmetrically arranged working rails is less than a distance (W1) between the outer surfaces of a pair of train wheels, and an distance (W2) between the outer surfaces of the symmetrically arranged guard rails is less than a distance (W3) of the inner surface of the train wheels.

9. The online fault detection rail device of train wheels according to claim 2, wherein the base rails and the working rails are transitionally connected, and two end portions of the base rails and the working rails for transitional connections are cut;

and the base rails and the guard rails are transitionally connected, and a portion of the guard rails close to the base rails is cut.

10. The online fault detection rail device of a train wheel according to claim 2, wherein the working rails and the guard rails are all made from processing common rails.