A

PRESENTATION ON
INDIAN RAILWAYS CENTER BUFFER COUPLER

Submited to

Mr. Sulabh nalwaya Submited by

raj
th

Rahul

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
RAILWAY COUPLING
TYPES OF COUPLING
BUFFERS AND CHAIN
LINK AND PIN
CENTER BUFFER COUPLER(CBC)
LIST OF PARTS
ADVANTAGES
APPLICATIONS

INTRODUCTION
INDIAN RAILWAYS

"Lifeline of the Nation

Owned and operated by the Government
of India through theMinistry of Railways.
Indian Railways is the world's
ninth largest commercial or utility
employer
India's first train run between Bombay
andThane.

RAILWAY COUPLING

A coupling (or a coupler) is a mechanism

for connecting rolling stock in a train.
The design of the coupler is standard,
and is almost as important as the track
gauge, since flexibility and convenience
are maximised if all rolling stock can be
coupled together.

TYPES OF COUPLING
1.
2.
3.

BUFFERS AND CHAIN

LINK AND PIN
CENTER BUFFER COUPLER
etc.

BUFFERS AND CHAIN

The vehicles are coupled by hand using a

hook and links with aturnbucklethat
draws the vehicles together.
Vehicles havebuffers, one at each corner
on the ends, which are pulled together
and compressed by the coupling device.
This arrangement limits the slack in
trains and lessens shocks.

Buffer And Chain Coupler

LINK AND PIN

Principle - The system suffered from a

lack of standardisation regarding size and
height of the links, and the size and
height of the pockets.

CENTER BUFFER COUPLER(CBC)

CBC overcome some of the limitations of

the screw couplers -- limited draft load
and energy absorption capacity, lack of
anti-climbing feature, etc. CBC would also
reduce the inter-coach distance.
All new freight stock and container rake
wagons, have CBC.
A locking pin indicates whether the CBC
portion is properly coupled or not.

CENTER BUFFER COUPLER

LIST OF PARTS

1Coupling head
2Coupling shaft
3Front end of the coupling shaft
4Rear end of the coupling shaft
5Frame
6(Shear-off) section
7First partial piece
8Second partial piece40
9Overload safety device
10Fixed bolt
11Overload bolt
12Guide
13Round hole
14Long-hole
15Front shaft part
16Rear shaft part
17Connecting bolt
18Locking device
19Energy dissipation element
20Axial direction
21Lever
22Impact bow

ADVANTAGES

Shock absorbent .
Resist the climbing of wagons in an
accident.
Less wobble in wagons.
Long life as compare to traditional
coupler.

APPLICATIONS

High-sided bogie open wagon.

High speed trains.
Contairner carrier wagon
Rajdhani express
Shatabdi express

Query

Thank You.