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