Facilities to test wheels, trucks, bearings and brakes

Railway running gear components are the most highly stressed parts of the car. And they are the number one cost item in most railways' rolling stock maintenance programs.

Reducing wear and costs

ST's Wheel, Bearing, and Brake Facility gives you a whole new dimension of analysis and problem-solving to reduce wear and cut costs.

Virtually every part of the highly-stressed running gear system can be mounted on the facility and run up to a wide range of speeds.

The whole array of forces and stresses are imposed on the components and held, or swept, to reproduce the operating environment.

Under these conditions, their limitations and failure modes begin to appear.

Exposing limitations

The facility can reproduce speeds up to 85 miles per hour, axle loads double that of a 125-ton car, angles of attack up to 2 degrees, and a wide range of water, grease and sand contamination.

Used by some of North America's largest rail companies, the facility excels at reducing premature wheel wear and failure due to bearing and brake overheating.

ST's Wheel, Bearing, and Brake Facility: assurance of durability on the rails.

Contacts

General Information:
2320 Lester Road
Ottawa, Ontario K1V 1S2

Telephone: 613-998-9639
Fax: 613-957-0831
Email: inquiries.ST@nrc.gc.ca