Complementing or replacing adhesion
Railway rolling -mechanical aspect of traction
Article REF: TRP3100 V1
Complementing or replacing adhesion
Railway rolling -mechanical aspect of traction

Author : Pierre CHAPAS

Publication date: May 10, 2013 | Lire en français

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4. Complementing or replacing adhesion

4.1 Rack

If the tractive effort required to overcome gravity due to the line profile becomes too great, the adhesion available to the wheel-rail bearing is insufficient and must be supplemented or replaced. The first solution is to fit a rack and pinion pair (figure 23 ).

.Toothed wheel – Rack
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