Wheelset maintenance and monitoring: Current practices and strategies
Typ
Projektarbete, avancerad nivå
Project Report, advanced level
Project Report, advanced level
Program
Publicerad
2024
Författare
Cervenka, Jakub
Bergkvist, Herman
Wirdheim, Eskil
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Sammanfattning
Railway wheelsets are a central component of railway vehicles. Maximizing the
lifespan of wheelsets requires proper health monitoring and maintenance strategies.
From a background in deterioration phenomena and the operational conditions
of railway vehicles, this project gives an overview of maintenance and monitoring
within the railway industry. This has been done through interviews with and visits
to multiple industry actors. Practices within monitoring, maintenance, and possible
business plans are highly variable, depending on operating conditions, involved
actors, and the size and uniformity of the fleet. Potential benefits could be achieved
through more cooperation and data sharing between actors, however this brings new
challenges.