WHEELSET OF DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: railway transport.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to lubrication of wheelset flanges of diesel locomotives. Proposed wheelset contains wheel axle, axle boxes with lubricant furnished with thrust bearings, and shock absorbers spring-loaded relative to stops. Disks with shafts are rigidly secured on races of thrust bearings pointed to end faces of wheelset axle. Bladed wheels arranged inside stops are rigidly installed on shafts for rotation together with disks and races of thrust bearings. Walls of stops are provided with axial and radial channels to pass lubricant to pipelines with check valves secured on axle box housing. Other ends of pipelines are in contact through air gaps with flanges of wheels of diesel locomotive wheelset.

EFFECT: increased service life of wheelset flanges.

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