DETERMINING THE REMAINING SERVICE LIFE OF A VEHICLE COMPONENT
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Abstract
Method for determining the remaining service life of a component of a vehicle, in particular a railway vehicle, operated on at least one predefined track section of a track network, wherein the remaining service life is determined for a vehicle component of the vehicle mechanically stressed by the interaction between the vehicle and the track section, after a usage interval of the at least one track section, wherein the remaining service life of the vehicle component is determined from a prior loss of service life preset at the beginning of the usage interval for the vehicle component and from a current loss of service life of the vehicle component associated with the usage interval, and wherein the current loss of service life is determined using an actual measured usage of the at least one track section by the vehicle and a relative loss of service life related to the actual usage of the at least one track section, wherein the relative loss of service life has been determined in advance for the at least one track section and at least the type of the vehicle.
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76 Claims
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39. A method for determining the remaining service life of a component of a vehicle operated on at least one predefined track section of a track network, wherein:
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the remaining service life is determined for a vehicle component of the vehicle mechanically stressed by the interaction between the vehicle and the track section, after a usage interval of the at least one track section, wherein the remaining service life of the vehicle component is determined from a prior loss of service life preset at the beginning of the usage interval for the vehicle component and from a current loss of service life of the vehicle component associated with the usage interval, wherein the current loss of service life is determined using an actual captured usage of the at least one track section by the vehicle and a relative loss of service life related to the actual usage of the at least one track section, wherein the relative loss of service life has been determined in advance for the at least one track section and at least the type of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A system for determining the remaining service life of a vehicle component of a vehicle operated on at least one predefined track section of a track network, with a data-processing device, which is designed
to determine remaining service life data, which are representative of the remaining service life of a vehicle component of the vehicle mechanically stressed by the interaction between the vehicle and the track section, after a usage interval of the at least one track section, wherein the remaining service life data of the vehicle component are determined from initial loss of service life data and current loss of service life data, which are stored in the data-processing device, wherein the initial loss of service life data are representative of a prior loss of service life preset at the beginning of the usage interval for the vehicle component and the current loss of service life data are representative of a current loss of service life of the vehicle component associated with the usage interval, wherein the data-processing device is designed to determine the current loss of service life using usage data and relative loss of service life data, which in each case are stored in the data-processing device, wherein the usage data are representative of a previously captured actual usage of the at least one track section by the vehicle, the relative loss of service life data are representative of a relative loss of service life related to the actual usage of the at least one track section and the relative loss of service life data have been determined in advance for the at least one track section and at least the type of the vehicle.
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