16th IWC
16th International Wheelset Congress
 
International Wheelset Congress
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