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RAIL ENGINEERING PROJECTS

RAIL PARTS DESIGN - FEA - OPTIMIZATION - PROJECT GALLERY

42″ 19E/15E Locomotive wheel (TFR)

42” 19E/15E Locomotive wheel (TFR)

42” Freight Wheel Optimization

34” Tired freight wheel

36” Freight Wheel Optimization

Interchange Tram – Rail Tread Design

Fabricated Three Piece Bogie

Fabricated Three Piece Bogie

Fabricated Three Piece Bogie

Axle Design for 3 Piece Bogie

R&D – Analytical Wheel Development Design

Resilient Wheel Slip Rig

Resilient Wheel Slip Rig

Quenching System for Forged Wheels

Quenching System for Forged Wheels

Rail wheels registered designs

BRAKING SYSTEMS - PROJECT GALLERY

PROJECT LIST

Signed off design of 42″ locomotive wheel for Transnet Freight Rail
Design of a resilient (Tram) wheel (Patent)
Design of a heavy haul bogie (Patent)
Software development for fatigue of rail wheels
Development in:
- Rail noise calculations
- Interchanges wheels between tram and rail
Development on tire wheels web stresses calculations
A new method of web design for reduced mass and increasing loading for rail wheels (IP restriction)
Design and commissioning of a Sand Blasting Unit to replace Phosphate Plant reducing costs and lowering environmental risks (DCD Metpro/CBS)
New method of cooling of wheel thread under prolonged braking (IP restriction)
Braking wear indicator (CBS Naledi)
Rail dynamometer calibration for reliability and repeatability of friction factors results
New resin materials for braking
Slip-Stick noise studies
Analytical method for predicting the braking heat
Optimal shoe brake positioning for less wear, uniform wear and braking in wet environmental conditions