Technical expert opinions on rail vehicles
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Technical expert opinions
Scope of the technical expert opinion
Strength calculations
mechanical analysis using FEM
Stationary testing
detailed functional tests under laboratory conditions
Metallographic and metallurgical testing
assessment of the structure and composition of materials
Shape geometry testing
precise measurements of components
Operational testing
analysis of performance and durability under real conditions
What does the technical expert opinion contain?
A detailed description of the object under examination, including its construction, geometric parameters, materials used and manufacturing technologies.
Assessment of technical condition and suitability for further use.
Identification of potential damage, causes of damage, and possible repair technologies.
Recommendations on how to repair and improve functionality.
Our expert opinions can serve as evidence in court proceedings,
helping to identify the causes of an incident and determine who is responsible.
Technical reviews of rail vehicles
A technical review is an assessment of the condition of a vehicle or its component, issued on the basis of visual inspection and available technical, design and maintenance documentation.
What does the technical review contain?
Assessment of structural and technological solutions.
Assessment of design, manufacturing and operational processes.
Assessment of individual components or the entire vehicle.
Analysis of suitability for use and technological and material solutions.
Specialized consultations
Consultations include technical advice on the design, manufacture, testing, maintenance and operation of rail vehicles and their components.
Examples of completed expert opinions
- Technical expert opinion on the maximum steepness of railway vehicle wheel flanges
- Technical expert opinion determining the causes of a railway accident involving a freight wagon
- Technical expert opinion on the possibility of using undersized bearings in the traction axles of six-axle locomotives
- Expert opinion on damage to grease bearings
- Technical expert opinion on the causes of damage to pantographs on a Flirt traction vehicle
- Technical expert opinion on the causes of overheating of a freight wagon bearing
- Technical expert opinion on the damaged axle of a type 426 coal wagon wheel set in the Eamos series
- Technical expert opinion on damage to the axial bearing in an electric multiple unit
- Technical expert opinion on the causes of freight wagon bearing overheating
- Technical expert opinion on changes in the technical conditions for the execution and acceptance of rail axle hardening
- Technical expert opinion explaining the cause of the blockage of the right axle box and the twisting of the axle pivot of the second wheel set of the first bogie of a coal wagon
- Technical expert opinion approving the use of plastic inserts for steering knuckles
Examples of completed technical reviews
- Technical review on electric traction units equipped with Jacobs bogies
- Technical review on electric traction units equipped with aluminium bodies
- Technical review on planned changes to the documentation for the maintenance system for universal diesel locomotives
- Technical review covering the development of instructions for maintenance, measurement and technical assessment of wheel sets
- Technical review on the technical conditions for the manufacture and acceptance of forgings for railway wheel sets, e.g. 4ANc, GP 200, MD 523, 25ANa, and traction vehicles, e.g. SM 42, ET 21, EP 08.
- Technical review on the possibility of using larger diameter fitted bolts during repairs to the gear wheel assembly of the EP 09 (104e) locomotive
- Technical review covering safety analysis against derailment of the rescue trolley used in emergency situations of the assembly
- Technical review on the interchangeability of various types of bogies for Metro Series 81 vehicles
- Technical review covering the development of measurement and technical assessment instructions for wheel sets with rims for 4ANc running gear systems, intended for passenger carriages.
- Technical review for trolley approval
- Technical review on vehicle ride comfort indicators based on PN-EN 12299:2009
- Technical review covering the determination of the slope coefficient, tilt pole and centre of gravity of rail vehicles
- Technical review on the possibility of approving a locomotive for operation on PKP PLK tracks with a KEG BL 436-15 profile for centre wheel sets
- Vehicle gauge verification
- Technical review on documents related to the introduction of a new railway carriage in Poland
- Technical review on the possibility of using wheel sets in 1XTa trolleys
- Technical review on increasing the speed of a monoblock wheel
- Technical review on the causes of the axle failure on the 2XTa trolley
- Technical review on the technical conditions for the manufacture and acceptance of type 25TN axle boxes
- Final technical review on the design documentation for hydraulic silencers
- Technical review on the detailed analysis of the parameters of a locomotive with undercut flanges on the centre wheel sets
Our expert:
Tomasz Antkowiak
Phone.: +48 609 159 899
Łukasiewicz Research Network – Poznań Institute of Technology, Centre for Modern Mobility, 181 Warszawska Street, 60-055 Poznań, Poland
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