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METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING OUT-OF-ROUNDNESS DEVIATIONS AND DIAMETERS OF ROLLING STOCK WHEELSCM Patents

Apparatus and process for measuring the unroundness and diameter of railway wheels in which a rolling rail is provided on which rolls a railway wheel to be measured, and a guard-rail centers the wheel during the measurement process. Several light sources project light beams at the periphery of the wheel at different transverse locations, such that the light beams continuously intersect the flange and rolling band of the wheel. The images produced by the light beams pass through filters to video cameras which store the images, and sends them to a computer which can process the images and determine unroundness and wheel diameter. The measurement process is initiated by a trigger system which detects the presence of a wheel on the rail and activates the measuring equipment when the wheel is at the beginning of a measuring zone and deactivates the equipment when the wheel is at the end of the measuring zone. The invention is applicable to the repair and maintenance of railway wheels.

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CategoríaInvención

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Updated at
05/11/2026
Numero publicacion
EP.0985904.A2
Fecha publicacion
15/03/2000
Anio publicacion
2000

En detalle

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1. An installation for measuring the unroundness and diameter of railway wheels using artificial vision, characterized in that it comprises for each side of a railway line: a rolling rail (2) over which the railway wheel (1) passes, to be measured at a speed of 5 to 10 km/h; a guard-rail (8) to center said wheel (1) during the measurement process; several compact light sources (3) to project compact light beams (9) over the wheel (1), such that they continuously interfere with the flange and rolling band of the wheel; an opaque filter (4) over which the images produced by said compact light beam (9) are projected; a video camera (5) to capture the images projected over the opaque filter (4); a computer (6) connected to the video camera (5) and destined to file the images captured by the latter and process them later on; and a trigger system (7) to detect the presence of a wheel (1) and to activate or deactivate the measuring equipment. 2. An installation according to claim 1, characterized in that the video camera (5) is designed to obtain and store between 50 and 76 images per second. 3. An installation according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the measurement length (L) is equal or less than that of the bogie wheelbase, preferably 200 mm less than said wheelbase. 4. An installation according to claims 1 to 3, characterized in that it comprises four compact light sources (3). 5. An installation according to claims 1 to 4, characterized in that said compact light sources (3) are cylindrical lasers. 6. A process for measuring the unroundness and diameter of railway wheels in which the installation of claims 1 to 5 is used, characterized in that the measurement equipment is activated with the trigger system (7); several compact light beams (9) are projected, preferably four beams, from the compact light sources (3) over the wheel (1) to be measured, such that said beams continuouly interfere with the wheel flange and rolling band; the images generated by the compact light beams (9) are projected over the opaque filter (4); the images projected over the opaque filter (4) are captured with the video camera (5), filing the images in said camera; and the video camera (5) images are fed to a computer (6), where they are filed for later processing.

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Inventores
Gomez Jose Luis LopezJose Luis Lopez GomezRevuelta Angel Luis SanchezAngel Luis Sanchez RevueltaCarlos Javier Gomez GomezGomez Carlos Javier GomezLopez Gomez, Jose LuisLopez Gomez Jose LuisSanchez Revuelta Angel LuisSanchez Revuelta, Angel LuisGomez Gomez, Carlos JavierGomez Gomez Carlos JavierLuopes Hesei LuiceHesei Luice LuopesGemaice Anher Loues Santches ReveltaRevelta Gemaice Anher Loues SaJos� Luis L�Pez G�MezAngel Luis S�Nchez RevueltaCarlos Javier G�Mez G�MezGomez Gomez Carlos XavierGomez Gomez, Carlos XavierLopez Gomez, José LuisRophez Gomez, Jose LouisRophez Gomez Jose LouisSanches Revelta Anghel LouisSanches Revelta, Anghel LouisGomes Gomez Carlos HavierGomes Gomez, Carlos HavierRevuelta Luis SanchezLuis Sanchez RevueltaLopez Gomez José Luis
Solicitantes
Talgo PatentesPatentes Talgo S.A.Patents Talgo S.A.Pantentes Talgo S.A.Patenies Talgo S.A.
Clasificacion ipc
B61K 9/ 12 A IG01B 11/ 08 A IG01B 11/ 24 A IG01B 11/ 30 A IG01M 17/ 10 A I
Clasificacion cpc
2F065/AA262F065/AA482F065/BB152F065/CC122F065/FF012F065/FF022F065/FF042F065/GG042F065/HH042F065/HH152F065/JJ032F065/JJ142F065/JJ192F065/JJ262F065/MM032F065/QQ232F065/QQ262F065/QQ42G01B11/08&HG01B11/24&RG01B11/30&101BG01M17/02&AG01M17/10356/635356/639
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