| 16TH INTERNATIONAL WHEELSET CONGRESS PROGRAMME |
| SUNDAY 14 MARCH 2010 |
| 14h00 - 18h00 |
Registration |
| 18h30 - 21h30 |
Welcome Function |
| MONDAY 15 MARCH 2010 |
| 07h00 - 09h00 |
Registration |
| 09h00 - 10h00 |
Congress Opening |
| 10h00 - 10h45 |
Exhibition Opening and Refreshment Break |
| Time |
Session |
Title |
Presenter, Company, Country |
| 10h45 - 12h50 |
Session 1 - Sub Theme: Design |
| 10h45 - 11h10 |
Session 1.1 |
A
Root Cause of Thermal Mechanical Fatigue Resulting in High Impact Wheels |
Mr. Harry Tournay
Transportation
Technology Center Inc
USA |
| 11h10 - 11h35 |
Session 1.2 |
Numerical
and Experimental Evaluation of Wheel-Rail Load Spectra for Improved Railway
Vehicle Component Design. Experiences from Widem Project |
Mr. Steven
Cervello
Lucchini RS S.p.A.
Italy |
| 11h35 - 12h00 |
Session 1.3 |
Development
and State of the Art Systems for Reducing the Sound Emission Level of Rolling
Noise and Curve Squealing with the Approach LCC- Orientated Economic
Evaluation |
Mr. Thomas
Gerlach
GHH
Radsatz International Holding GmbH
Germany |
| 12h00 - 12h25 |
Session 1.4 |
Wear
of Disc Brakes and Block Brakes - Influence of Design on Modelled Wear for
Repeated Brake Cycles |
Dr. Tore Vernersson
Chalmers
University Of Technology
Sweden |
| 12h25 - 12h50 |
Session 1.5 |
A
Study on the Fatigue Properties of the Plate Area of Japanese Railway Wheels |
Mr. Kentaro Kiriyama
Sumitomo Metal
Industries, Ltd.
Japan |
| 12h50 - 13h50 |
Lunch |
| 13h50 - 15h30 |
Session 2 - Sub Theme: Materials Including Composite Materials |
| 13h50 - 14h15 |
Session 2.1 |
Metallurgical characterization
of advanced wheel steels for freight cars. |
Prof. Markus Diener
Lucchini RS S.p.A.
Italy |
| 14h15 - 14h40 |
Session 2.2 |
Fatigue Crack
Extension Under Large Cyclic Compressive Stress
In Medium Frequency Induction
Hardened Axles |
Dr. Haruo Sakamoto
Ecology Shimanto
Co
Japan |
| 14h40 - 15h05 |
Session 2.3 |
Vertical Split Rim
Wheel Failures |
Mr. Daniel Stone
Hunter Holiday
Consulting
USA |
| 15h05 - 15h30 |
Session 2.4 |
Fracture Toughness
Test in Railway Wheels |
Mr. Domingos
Minicucci
MWL
Brasil Rodas & Eixos Ltda.
Brazil |
| 15h30 - 16h00 |
Refreshment Break |
| 16h00 - 17h40 |
Session 3 - Sub Theme: Alternative Component Development |
| 16h00 - 16h25 |
Session 3.1 |
Syope
Applications for High Speed and Regional Trains: Developments and Feedbacks |
Mr. Steven Cervello
Lucchini RS S.p.A.
Italy |
| 16h25 - 16h50 |
Session 3.2 |
Development
of High Performance Wheel Steels for Heavy Haul Operations in North America |
Mr. Harry Tournay
Transportation
Technology Center, Inc.
USA |
| 16h50 - 17h15 |
Session 3.3 |
Acoustical
Structural Optimisation of Railway Running Gears Considering the Interaction
in the Wheel/Rail Contact with regard to Cost-Effectiveness |
Mr. Christian Klotz
GHH
Radsatz International Holding GmbH
Germany |
| 17h15 - 17h40 |
Session 3.4 |
Worldwide
Application of Cast Steel Wheel Technology for the Global Railroad Industry |
Mr. Cameron Lonsdale
Amsted Rail
USA |
| 19h30 - 23h00 |
Dinner at Moyo, Spier Stellenbosch |
| TUESDAY 16 MARCH
2010 |
| 08h00 - 10h30 |
Session 4 - Sub Theme: Design |
| 08h00 - 08h25 |
Session 4.1 |
Braking
Capacity of Railway Wheels - State of the Art Survey |
Mr. Shahab
Teimourimanesh
Chalmers Applied
Mechanics
Sweden |
| 08h25 - 08h50 |
Session 4.2 |
Numerical
and Experimental Investigation of Wear of Railway Wheels |
Mr. Aitor Landaberea
CAF - Wheelsets
Business Unit
Spain |
| 08h50 - 09h15 |
Session 4.3 |
Re-engineering
Locomotive Wheelset Gearwheel Resilient Bushes |
Mr. Kanak Chhaganlal
Mistry
Transnet Freight
Rail
South Africa |
| 09h15 - 09h40 |
Session 4.4 |
Ten Years of Variable
Gauge System "BRAVA" |
Mr. Urtzi Montalvo
Construcciones
Y Auxiliar De Ferrocarriles S.A.
Spain |
| 09h40 - 10h05 |
Session 4.5 |
Fracture
Mechanical Investigations on Wheelset Axles |
Prof. Dr. Manuela
Sander
University of
Rostock
Germany |
| 10h05 - 10h30 |
Session 4.6 |
Wheelset
Management System |
Prof. Dr. -Ing. Hans
J. Naumann
NILES-SIMMONS-HEGENSCHEIDT
GmbH
Germany |
| 10h30 - 11h00 |
Refreshment Break |
| 11h00 - 12h40 |
Session 5 - Sub Theme: Diagnostics |
| 11h00 - 11h25 |
Session 5.1 |
Wheel Defect
Prevention |
Mr. Britto Rajkumar
Transportation
Technology Center Inc.
USA |
| 11h25 - 11h50 |
Session 5.2 |
Influence
of Axle Steel and Real Loading of Wheels on Maintenance Rules |
Dr. Wallerand
d'Hardivilliers
SNCF
France |
| 11h50 - 12h15 |
Session 5.3 |
Choosing
Between WM10 and Boiled Linseed Oil Wheel Assembly Lubricants in Order to
Minimise the Cost of Rework and Scraps Due to Misfits Experienced by Using
Either Lubricant on Transnet Wheels |
Mr. Fulufhelo Given
Mabaso
Transnet
South Africa |
| 12h15 - 12h40 |
Session 5.4 |
Estimation
of Inspection Intervals for Railway Axles: Basis and Tools for Damage
Tolerance Assessment |
Dr. Michael Luke
IWM
Germany |
| 12h40 - 13h40 |
Lunch |
| 13h40 - 15h45 |
Session 6 - Sub Theme: Inspections and Servicing |
| 13h40 -14h05 |
Session 6.1 |
Investigation of tread defects generation reasons on the
wheels with improved hardness while operations.
The recommendations developed for the defects reduction. |
Dr. Alexander Babachenko
Iron
And Steel Institute Of Ukrainian National Science Academy
Switzerland |
| 14h05 - 14h30 |
Session 6.2 |
Investigation
of the actual service conditions of the railway wheels and analysis of their
endurance decreasing. |
Dr. Leontiy Muradyan
Dnepropetrovsk
National Univerisity of Railway Transport (Ukraine)
Switzerland |
| 14h30 - 14h55 |
Session 6.3 |
Cooperation
with railway authorities on the way to the effectiveness and reliability of
wheel products |
Mr. Alexander Roslyk
JSC
Interpipe Nizhnedneprovskyy Tube- Rolling Plant
Ukraine |
| 14h55 - 15h20 |
Session 6.4 |
Assessment
of Crack Initiation and Propagation in Press Fits of Railway Axles |
Dr. Igor
Varfolomeev
Fraunhofer
Institute for Mechanics of Materials
Germany |
| 15h20 - 15h45 |
Session 6.5 |
Diagnostic Solutions for Wheelsets and Bogies |
Mr. Milan Soukup
SKF
Railway Business Unit
Czech
Republic |
| 15h45 - 16h15 |
Refreshment Break |
| 16h15 - 18h20 |
Session 7 - Sub Theme: Condition Monitoring |
| 16h15 - 16h40 |
Session 7.1 |
The
Influence of Bogie Misalignment on Wheel Squeal and Flanging Noise on South
Africa's Heavy Haul Iron Ore Export Line |
Dr. Robert Desmond
Frohling
Transnet Freight Rail
South Africa |
| 16h40 - 17h05 |
Session 7.2 |
Prediction
of Wheel Profile Wear and Rolling Contact Fatigue for the Stockholm Commuter
Train |
Ms. Babette Dirks
Royal
Institute of Technology Rail Vehicles
Sweden |
| 17h05 - 17h30 |
Session 7.3 |
Wheelsets - Profile
Dimensions and Tolerances |
Mr. Georg Hettasch
Transnet Freight Rail
South Africa |
| 17h30 - 17h55 |
Session 7.4 |
An
Ultrasonic Flaw Detector for Hollow Axles of Meter-Gauge Railway Cars and
Results of Axle Fatigue Test |
Mr. Kazunari Makino
Transportation
Technology Centre Inc.
USA |
| 17h55 - 18h20 |
Session 7.5 |
RAMS
and LLC - Trends in Railway Industry, Their Practical Application and
Experience of Wheelset Producer |
Mr. Tomas Curda
BONATRANS GROUP a.s.
Czech
Republic |
| |
Free Evening |
| WEDNESDAY 17 MARCH
2010 |
| 08h00 - 10h30 |
Session 8 - Sub Theme: Non Destructive Testing |
| 08h00 - 08h25 |
Session 8.1 |
NDT
Reliability and Inspection Intervals Assessment by Defect Tolerant Approach |
Mr. Stefano Cantini
Lucchini RS S.p.A.
Italy |
| 08h25 - 08h50 |
Session 8.2 |
Predictive
Maintenance for Holed Wheels Determined by Fracture Mechanics |
Mr. Francis Cocheteux
SNCF/AEF
France |
| 08h50 - 09h15 |
Session 8.3 |
Methodology
for the Analysis of Rolling Contact Fatigue of Railways Wheels and Comparison
of Different Steel Grades |
Mr. Francois
Demilly
Valdunes
International
France |
| 09h15 - 09h40 |
Session 8.4 |
Alternative
Method of NDT for Railroad Wheels, Using Phased Array Ultrasonic, and Array
Eddy Current |
Mr. Frank Gott
GE
Inspection Technologies
USA |
| 09h40 - 10h05 |
Session 8.5 |
Automated
Systems for In-Service Non-Destructive Testing of Railroad Wheels and Axles |
Mr. Wolfgang Kappes
Fraunhofer Institute
Germany |
| 10h05 - 10h30 |
Session 8.6 |
A
New Generation of Automated Inspection Systems for High Speed Train Wheelsets |
Mr. Andreas Knam
NDT
Systems and Services AG
Germany |
| 10h30 - 11h00 |
Refreshment Break |
| 11h00 - 13h05 |
Session 9 - Sub Theme: Design and Condition Monitoring |
| 11h00 - 11h25 |
Session 9.1 |
New
Technologies for Reducing Friction and Saving Fuel |
Mr. Alan Buchanan
The Timken Company
USA |
| 11h25 - 11h50 |
Session 9.2 |
Bogie
Design and Wheel/Rail Surface Damage |
Mr. Franz-Josef Weber
Siemens
Austria |
| 11h50 - 12h15 |
Session 9.3 |
European
Standards for Wheelset Design: a Critical Overview |
Mr. Riccardo Gallo
Lucchini RS S.p.A.
Italy |
| 12h15 - 12h40 |
Session 9.4 |
State
of the Art Production of Forged/Rolled Monoblock Railroad Wheels in
Comparison to Conventional Production Methods by the Example of the Italian
Wheel Producer Lucchini Sidermeccanica |
Mr. Martin Gellhaus
SMS Meer GmbH
Germany |
| 12h40 - 13h05 |
Session 9.5 |
Track
Condition Analyser - Assessment of Need for Track Maintenance Based on
Instrumented Wheelset Measurements |
Prof. Jens Nielsen
and Mr. Per Gullers
CHATMEC
Sweden |
| 13h05 - 14h05 |
Lunch |
| 14h05 - 15h45 |
Session 10 - Sub Theme: Alternative Component Development, Materials
Including Composite Materials |
| 14h05 - 14h30 |
Session 10.1 |
Rubber-cushioned
Wheels for Various Requirements |
Mr. Jorg Villman
Radsatzfabrik Ilsenburg
Germany |
| 14h30 - 14h55 |
Session 10.2 |
New Generation of Vacuum
Degassed Equipment for Railroad Area |
Mr. Domingos Minicucci
MWL Brasil
Rodas & Eixos Ltda
Brazil |
| 14h55 - 15h20 |
Session 10.3 |
Factors Forming
the Quality of Wheelsets Press Fitted Joints of Rail Vehicles |
Mr. Rostislav Fajkos
BONATRANS GROUP a.s.
Czech
Republic |
| 15h20 - 15h45 |
Session 10.4 |
Development
of a journal bearing temperature monitoring system for Indian high speed
passenger coaches. |
Mr.Alan Buchanan
The Timken Company
USA |
| 15h45 - 16h05 |
Summary of Chairmen's remarks |
| 16h05 |
Refreshment Break |
| 19h00 for
19h30 |
Gala Dinner |
| THURSDAY 18 MARCH
2010 |
| 10h00 - 16h00 |
Technical Site Visit |
| |
Free Evening |
