Concluding report on an optimised brake rigging for wagons fitted with composite brake blocks (K)
STANDARD published on 1.7.2011
Designation standards: UIC B126/RP39-1ed.
Publication date standards: 1.7.2011
The number of pages: 172
Approximate weight : 547 g (1.21 lbs)
Country: International technical standard
Category: Technical standards UIC
The use of K blocks results in significantly reduced brake forces, enabling the mechanical brake rigging to be redimensioned.
Investigation of this new brake rigging is based on ORE standard drawings of a Y25 bogie and the associated central brake rigging.
Work consisted of determining the load spectrum and redesigning/redimensioning all the brake rigging components, from the cylinder lever to the brake block holder. The potential for weight
savings represents a key factor in determining whether it is economically viable to develop a 45 kN brake rigging.
Following its construction, the 45 kN brake rigging was service-tested.
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