METHOD OF IDENTIFYING ROLLING STOCK UNIT BY TYPE OF BEARINGS Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC B61K9/06 B61L25/00 

FIELD: transport.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to railway transport. Proposed method of identification in contactless thermal control by IR hardware proceeds from analysis of bearing heating in every rolling stock unit. Availability of cylindrical or taper bearings is decided on by comparing with preset threshold Q_threshol of indicator Q_mean i.e, ratio of mean average excess temperature of bearing assemblies (axle boxes) on even mounted axles to those on odd mounted axles, that is, dT_{threshol even}-to-dT_{mean_even} ratio. In case indicator Q_{mean_}= dT_{mean_even} /K* dT_{mean_even} >Q_threshold, then, for both taper and cylindrical bearings of rolling stock unit automatically set are higher thresholds of axle box overheating registration, while if Q_mean= dT_{mean_even} /K* dT_{mean_even} <Q_threshold, then, for rolling stock cylindrical bearings, set are invariable or decreased said thresholds with due allowance for the fact that numerical values of factor K* are selected from the range of 1.00, 1.05…1.15 and so on depending on quantity of mounted axles in rolling stock units.

EFFECT: higher validity of identification and estimation of serviceability.

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