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Whee| rof||e

Lach wheel of a rallway wagon or coach has cerLaln dlameLers whlch


are flxed wlLh some condemnlng llmlLs below whlch Lhe wheel ls
useless Lo be operaLed on Lhe rallway Lracks and ls scrapped 1hese
flxed dlameLers are as follows
11hread dla
2LlmlL dla
38lm lnslde dla
4Condemnlng dla
3LasL Lurnlng slze dla
1hese dlameLers could vary from wheel Lo wheel

rocedure of draw|ng whee| prof||e

1raw verLlcal llne x and y
2raw seml clrcle of 143r LangenLlal Lo llne from o
3raw llne 123 LangenLlally Lo 143r seml clrcle
4raw a horlzonLal llne aL 283 mm from Lhe Lop of Lhe flange
and locaLe pL 'A" aL 633mm from Lhe llne xy
Srom pL 'A' locaLe cenLre '8' of arc of 330 8 on a verLlcal llne aL
91 mm from xy
6raw arc of 330r from cenLre 8'
7LocaLe cenLre C' on verLlcal llne aL A horlzonLal dlsLance of
633mm from Lhe llne xy such LhaL 8C(330100) le 2330mm
8raw arc of 100r wlLh cenLre as 'C'
9raw arc of radlus 14mm LangenLlally Lo 100r arc and llne 123
10raw llne 120 LangenLlally Lo 330r arc

Defects
1he wheels of a wagon are conLlnuously sub[ecLed Lo varlous
dlsLorLlng forces whlch cause cerLaln defecLs ln wheels ue Lo all
Lhese dlsLorLlng forces cerLaln defecLs appear on wheels whlch are as
follows
1th|ck f|ange
1he flange Lhlckness reduces Lo less Lhan 16mm Lhen Lhe flange ls
called as Lhlck flange lL should be occurrlng aL Lhe dlsLance of 13mm
below he flange 1he Lhln flange lncreases Lhe laLeral play beLween
Lhe seL and Lhe Lrack and lncreases Lhe laLeral osclllaLlons and
slngularlLy of wheel seL on run
2Sharp f|ange
lL occurs when Lhe flange wears ln such a way LhaL Lhe radlus aL
Lhe Llp of flange becomes less Lhan 3 mm
3Worn out f|ange
1he radlus aL Lhe rooL of Lhe flange becomes less Lhan 13mm
Lhan lL ls called a worn ouL flange A worn ouL flange lncreases Lhe
value of
4Deep f|ange
Jhen Lhe depLh of flange measured from Lhe flange Lo a polnL on
Lhe wheel Lread (633mm away from Lhe back of Lhe 8C wheel)
becomes greaLer Lhan 33 mm Lhan lL ls called a deep flange
under Lhls condlLlon Lhe wheel flange would Lend Lo rlde on Lhe
flsh plaLe and Lhlck block and may damage Lhe Lrack componenLs
SI|at tyre
1hls Lype of defecL ls malnly caused by sklddlng of wheels on Lhe
rallway Lrack when Lhe brake ls applled and Lhe locomoLlve
conLlnues Lo move 1he maxlmum permlsslble value of flaLness ln
8C wheel Lype ls as under
aCoachlng sLock 30mm
bCoods sLock l8S 60mm

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