Rail wheel servicing management
First Claim
1. A system for providing rail wheel truing recommendations based on rail wheel measurements comprising:
- an input device for receiving measured rail wheel dimensions for respective wheels of a rail vehicle;
a processor receiving the measured rail wheel dimensions from the input device;
a memory in communication with the processor for storing a rule base comprising rules for performing rail wheel truing; and
logic executable by the processor for accessing the rule base stored in memory, for identifying wheels requiring truing according to the rules in the rule base and the measured rail wheel dimensions, and for making wheel truing recommendations according to the rules in the rule base.
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Abstract
A system (10) for providing rail wheel truing recommendations based on rail wheel measurements includes an input device (11) for inputting information into the system. The system also includes a processor (12) receiving measured rail wheel dimensions (14) for respective wheels of a rail vehicle from the input device and a memory (16) in communication with the processor for storing a rule base (18) comprising rules for performing rail wheel truing. The system further includes logic (20) executable by the processor for accessing the rule base stored in memory, for identifying wheels requiring truing according to the rules in the rule base, and for making wheel truing recommendations according to the rules in the rule base.
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27 Claims
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1. A system for providing rail wheel truing recommendations based on rail wheel measurements comprising:
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an input device for receiving measured rail wheel dimensions for respective wheels of a rail vehicle;
a processor receiving the measured rail wheel dimensions from the input device;
a memory in communication with the processor for storing a rule base comprising rules for performing rail wheel truing; and
logic executable by the processor for accessing the rule base stored in memory, for identifying wheels requiring truing according to the rules in the rule base and the measured rail wheel dimensions, and for making wheel truing recommendations according to the rules in the rule base. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for automatically providing rail wheel truing recommendations based on rail wheel measurements comprising:
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receiving measured rail wheel dimensions for wheels of a rail vehicle;
automatically identifying ones of the wheels exceeding predetermined dimension limits for the wheels; and
automatically providing wheel truing recommendations for servicing the wheels of the rail vehicle to bring the identified ones of the wheels within the predetermined dimension limits and to maintain the wheels of the rail vehicle within predetermined dimension difference limits among the wheels. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An interactive graphical user interface for automatically providing rail wheel truing recommendations based on rail wheel measurements of a rail vehicle, comprising:
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a wheel condition window for interactively displaying measured wheel dimensions and observed wheel defects for wheels of a rail vehicle and for automatically identifying ones of the wheels exceeding predetermined dimension limits for the wheels; and
a wheel truing window for automatically determining wheel truing recommendations for servicing the wheels of the rail vehicle to bring the identified ones of the wheels within predetermined dimension limits and to maintain the wheels of the rail vehicle within predetermined dimension difference limits among the wheels and for interactively displaying the wheel truing recommendations. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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