WO2009005705A3 - Acoustic monitoring of railcar running gear and railcars - Google Patents

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WO2009005705A3
WO2009005705A3 PCT/US2008/007991 US2008007991W WO2009005705A3 WO 2009005705 A3 WO2009005705 A3 WO 2009005705A3 US 2008007991 W US2008007991 W US 2008007991W WO 2009005705 A3 WO2009005705 A3 WO 2009005705A3
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Priority to CA2698153A priority patent/CA2698153A1/en
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61K—AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR RAILWAYS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B61K9/00—Railway vehicle profile gauges; Detecting or indicating overheating of components; Apparatus on locomotives or cars to indicate bad track sections; General design of track recording vehicles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61K—AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR RAILWAYS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B61K9/00—Railway vehicle profile gauges; Detecting or indicating overheating of components; Apparatus on locomotives or cars to indicate bad track sections; General design of track recording vehicles
    • B61K9/08—Measuring installations for surveying permanent way
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01H—MEASUREMENT OF MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OR ULTRASONIC, SONIC OR INFRASONIC WAVES
    • G01H1/00—Measuring characteristics of vibrations in solids by using direct conduction to the detector
    • G01H1/04—Measuring characteristics of vibrations in solids by using direct conduction to the detector of vibrations which are transverse to direction of propagation
    • G01H1/06—Frequency

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
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  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Testing Of Devices, Machine Parts, Or Other Structures Thereof (AREA)
  • Electric Propulsion And Braking For Vehicles (AREA)
  • Measurement Of Mechanical Vibrations Or Ultrasonic Waves (AREA)

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Methods and devices are provided for monitoring the condition of the running gear of a railcar utilizing acoustic/motion/vibration sensors mounted on the railcar while the railcar is underway. For some embodiments, utilizing this sensor data, defects in the running gear may be detected, and this information may be used to alert an operator to the defective condition. Operated in conjunction with a GPS or similar location detection device, a plurality of sensors mounted on a plurality of railcars may also be used to identify damaged or worn sections of track.
PCT/US2008/007991 2007-06-27 2008-06-27 Acoustic monitoring of railcar running gear and railcars Ceased WO2009005705A2 (en)

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EP08779801A EP2167363A2 (en) 2007-06-27 2008-06-27 Acoustic monitoring of railcar running gear and railcars
CN200880022479A CN101743159A (en) 2007-06-27 2008-06-27 Acoustic monitoring of railcar running gear and railcars
AU2008271145A AU2008271145A1 (en) 2007-06-27 2008-06-27 Acoustic monitoring of railcar running gear and railcars
CA2698153A CA2698153A1 (en) 2007-06-27 2008-06-27 Acoustic monitoring of railcar running gear and railcars

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