Technical motto of Congress
Competitiveness and cooperation of the railway industry – the best approach to achieve a global priority for railway transportation.
| Theme No. | Name of theme |
| 1 | Improved Wheel-Rail Interactions |
| 2 | Fatigue Life of Wheelsets and their Parts |
| 3 | Production Technologies and Logistics, Surface Treatment |
| 4 | NDT-Technologies |
| 5 | Improving Noise Performance |
| 6 | LCC and Maintenance Processes |
MAIN SECTION
| Authors | Company | Title | Theme No. | Main/ Parallel Section | Speaker | |
| MONDAY 24th SEP, 10:30-12:00 a.m. | ||||||
| 1 | C.P. Lonsdale S.L. Dedmon J.M. Pilch |
Standard Steel, LLC Burnham, PA, USA |
Wheel rim residual stress research using finite element analysis computer simulations. | 1 | M | C.P. Lonsdale |
| T.M. Rusin | Rusin Consulting Corp. Hasbrouck Heights, NJ, USA |
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| 2 | B.Darabi | Azad University Central Tehran Branch Engineering Faculty, Tehran Iran |
An experimental study of contact geometry effects on rolling contact fatigue in Iranian railway tracks. | 1 | M | B. Darabi |
| D. Faraji | Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran | |||||
| 3 | B. Volf | 73552, Bohumín 4, Bezruèova 285 Czech Republic | Deformation resistence, wear and defects of rolling contact surfaces of railway wheels. | 1 | M | B. Volf |
| 4 | T. Kato M. Yamamoto E. Nakayama |
Corporate Research & Development Laboratories, Sumitomo Metals Industries, Ltd, Amagasaki, Japan | Evaluation of rolling contact fatigue property at martensite white layer in railway wheel steel. | 1 | M | T. Kato |
| A. Sugeta | Dept.of Mech.System Eng. Hiroshima Univ., Higashi-Hiroshima Japan |
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| T. Makita | Dept. of Mech. Eng., College of Indust. Tech.; Amagasaki, Japan | |||||
| Y. Motoyashiki | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency The Institute of Space & Astronautical Science, Sagamihara, Japan | |||||
| MONDAY 24th SEP, 1:30-3:00 p.m. | ||||||
| 5 | K. Shimbo Y. Takeshita T. Fujimura |
Osaka Steel Works, Sumitomo Metals Industries, Ltd, Osaka Japan | Fundamental investigation of high impact wheel. | 1 | M | T. Kato |
| T. Kato | Corporate Research & Development Laboratories, Sumitomo Metals Industries, Ltd, Amagasaki, Japan | |||||
| 6 | M. Sitarz K. Chruzik A. Manka |
Department of Railway Engineering Silesian University of Technology Katowice, Poland |
Influence of mechanical properties of ER7 steel on the stress distribution in monoblock wheels. (Braking taken into account) | 1 | M | A. Manka |
| 7 | T. Vernersson | CHARMEC, Chalmers University of Technology / Epsilon HighTech Göteborg, Sweden |
Temperatures at railway tread braking – a parametric study. | 1 | M | T. Vernersson |
| R. Lundén | Chalmers Applied Mechanics CHARMEC, Göteborg, Sweden |
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| 8 | L. Boronkai B. Kämpfer F.J. Weber |
Siemens Transportation Systems GmbH & Co KG, Eggenbergerstr 3 A-8021 Graz, Austria |
Application of multibody simulation for optimal wheelset design. | 1 | M | F.J. Weber |
| MONDAY 24th SEP, 3:30-5:00 p.m. | ||||||
| 9 | F.C. Robles Hernandez | Transportation Technology Center Inc. Pueblo, CO 81003, USA |
Investigation of the effect of defects on wheel fatigue performance life. | 1 | M | Daniel H. Stone |
| V. S. Sura L. Liu Y. Liu S. Mahadevan |
Vanderbilt University, Box 1831-B Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA |
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| Daniel H. Stone | Hunter Holliday Consulting, Pueblo CO, USA | |||||
| 10 | R. Gallo D. Sala F. Lombardo S. Cervello |
Lucchini Sidermeccanica SpA Via G. Paglia 45, 24065 Lovere, Italy |
Simulation of dynamic loads on resilient wheel during critical service condition. | 1 | M | R. Gallo |
| 11 | A. Bhattacharyya B. Roy R.S.Tewari |
The steel Authority of India, Ltd. Durgapur Steel, Plant, India |
Determination of the energy required to reverse the residual stresses in the rim of a coach wheel. | 2 | M | Daniel H. Stone |
| D.H. Stone | Hunter Holiday Consulting 503 N.Main St. Suite 546 Pueblo, CO, 81003, USA |
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| J.Hannafious B.Rajkumar |
TTCI Pueblo, CO, USA | |||||
| 12 | M. Ishida T. Ban S. Fukagai |
Railway Technical Research Institute Tokyo, Japan | Friction moderating system for wheel/rail interface to reduce wear and prevent corrugations in sharp curves. | 1 | M | M. Ishida |
| M. Ogata | East Japan Railway Company Tokyo, Japan |
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| TUESDAY 25th SEP, 8:30-10:00 a.m. | ||||||
| 13 | M.J.M.M. Steenbergen | Delft University of Technology Delft, Netherlands |
Wheel-rail impact due to wheel flats: Theory, detection and standardization. | 1 | M | M.J.M.M. Steenbergen |
| 14 | M. Diener | Laboratory for Nanometallurgy, ETH Zurich; Zurich, Switzerland |
Development of testing methodologies according to fracture mechanics criteria applied to railways solid wheels. | 2 | M | M. Diener |
| A. Ghidini R. Forcella J. Schneider |
Lucchini Sidermeccanica, Lovere Italy |
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| 15 | S. Beretta M. Carboni A. Lo Conte |
Department of Mechanical Engineering Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy | Impact of corrosion upon fatigue properties of A1N steel. | 2 | M | S. Beretta |
| 16 | F. Cocheteux J. Benabes F. Bumbieler |
SNCF Agence d’Essai Ferroviaire 21 avenue Salvador Allende France 94407 Vitry-sur-Seine Cedex, France |
A new method to estimate the wheel life in MULTI-AXIAL fatigue under service loads. | 2 | M | F. Cocheteux |
| T. Palin-Luc N. Saintier |
ENSAM, Université Bordeaux 1 Laboratoire Matériaux Endommagement Fiabilité et Ingeniérie des Procédés (EA2727) Esplanade des Arts et Métiers 33405 Talence Cedex, France | |||||
| TUESDAY 25th SEP, 10:30-12:00 a.m. | ||||||
| 17 | M. Luke I. Varfolomeyev |
Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials, Freiburg, Germany | Specification of inspection intervals for railway axles based on fracture mechanics methodology. | 2 | M | M. Luke |
| K. Lütkepohl A. Esderts |
Institute for Plant Engineering an Fatigue Analysis Technical University Clausthal, Germany | |||||
| 18 | F. Bumbieler | SNCF : Agence d’Essai Ferroviaire 21 avenue Salvador Allende - 94407 Vitry-sur-Seine (France) |
Fretting-Fatigue phenomenon on TGV axles: Initiation and propagation aspects. | 2 | M | F. Bumbieler F. Demilly |
| F. Demilly Y. Flament |
VALDUNES BP 12 59125 Trith Saint Léger (France) | |||||
| K. Kubiak S. Fouvry |
Laboratoire de Tribologie et Dynamique des Systemes 36 avenue Guy de Collonge - 69134 ECULLY France | |||||
| 19 | P. Feraud | SNCF: Agence d’Essai Ferroviaire 21 avenue Salvador Allende - F - 94407 Vitry-sur-Seine | Influence of corrosion on the behaviour of wheelsets in service. | 2 | M | P. Feraud |
| J.J. Viet | SNCF: Direction des Audits de Sécurité 20, rue de Rome F- 75008 Paris | |||||
| M. Diener | ETH Zürich : Laboratorium für Nanometallurgie, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10 CH-8093 Zürich | |||||
| M. Grab | Deutsche Bahn, DB Systemtechnik (TZF 25) Pionierstrabe 10 D-32423 Minden | |||||
| 20 | V. Vampola M. Novosad |
Bonatrans Group, a.s.Technical Section, Revoluèní 1234, Bohumín Czech Republic | Influence of hardened surface on fatigue properties. | 2 | M | V. Vampola |
| TUESDAY 25th SEP, 1:30-3:00 p.m. | ||||||
| 21 | A. Brinkmann T. Gerlach A. Hövels |
Gutehoffnungshütte Radsatz GmbH Gartenstraße 40, 46145 Oberhausen Germany |
A modulary structurised design and dimensioning procedure of the development of independent wheel axles for low floor rail vehicles. | 2 | M | T. Gerlach |
| M. Mongold | Siemens Transportation Systems GmbH&Co KG, Graz, Austria | |||||
| 22 | Z. Knésl L. Kunz P. Hutaø L. Náhlík |
Institute of Physics of Materials Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno Czech Republic |
Model analysis of fatigue crack growth during EN 13262 wheel standard testing. | 2 | M | P. Matušek |
| P. Matušek | BONATRANS a.s., Bohumín Czech Republic |
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| 23 | S. Cervello D. Ongaro |
Lucchini Sidermeccanica SpA, Lovere Italy | Fretting fatigue in railway axles. New design approaches. |
2 | M | S. Cervello |
| 24 | S. Kalay K. Koch B. Smith G. Garcia |
TTCI, Pueblo, Colorado, USA | Wheel and axle research for North American heavy haul operations. | 2 | M | S. Kalay |
| TUESDAY 25th SEP, 3:30-5:00 p.m. | ||||||
| 25 | S.I. Gubenko Y. Proidak |
JSC-NTRP- National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine Dniepropetrovsk Ukraine |
Influence of some types of microdistructions nearby non-metallic inclusions on reserve of strenght margin of railway wheels. | 3 | M | A.V. Shramko Y. Proidak |
| A.V. Shramko A.I. Kozlovskyy L. Chuprina |
JSC-NTRP-Institute of Development Dniepropetrovsk, Ukraine |
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| M.V. Is'kov | KLW-Wheelco S.A. Switzerland, Lugano |
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| 26 | J. M. Galbraith C. Lonsdale |
Standard Steel, LLC Burnham, PA | Application of rapid inclusion identification and analysis to railway wheel steel microcleanliness. | 3 | M | J. M. Galbraith |
| R.J. Fruehan H. Matsuura |
U. S. Steel Materials Science and Engineering Dept., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA | |||||
| G.S. Casuccio M.S. Potter |
RJ Lee Group Inc. Monroeville, PA | |||||
| 27 | A. Ghidini R. Forcella J. Schneider |
Lucchini Sidermeccanica Italy |
Fracture mechanics applied to the railways solid wheels manufacturing process. | 3 | M | A. Ghidini |
| M. Diener | Laboratory for Nanometallurgy, ETH Zurich; Zurich, Switzerland |
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| R. Roberti | Universita di Brescia, Italy | |||||
| 28 | Shri D. Rai J. Singh |
Research & Development Centre for Iron and Steel, Steel Authority of India Limited, Ranchi-834002, India | Development of new steel for wheel application. | 3 | M | Shri D. Rai |
| WEDNESDAY 26th SEP, 8:30-10:00 a.m. | ||||||
| 29 | E.V. Gorb L.V. Chupryna V.A. Kravchenko E.N. Kopaev V.M. Tzicalov |
Joint Stock Company, Nizhnedneprovskiy Tube-rolling Plant Dniepropetrovsk, Ukraine | Development of technological process and production of higher wear- resistant solid rolled railway wheels at JSC “Interpipe Nizhnedneprovsky Tube-Rolling Plant”. Results of performance tests. | 3 | M | V.A. Kravchenko |
| 30 | A. Brinkmann T. Kasprzyk |
Gutehoffnungshütte Radsatz GmbH Gartenstraße 40, 46145 Oberhausen Germany | Innovative wheel - sets for modern low - floor light rail vehicles. | 3 | M | A. Brinkmann |
| 31 | F. Murawa | Bochumer Verein Verkehrstechnik GmbH, D-44793, Bochum | Possibilities for increasing the stress resistance of wheelset axles. | 3 | M | F. Murawa |
| 32 | R. Fajkoš R. Zima |
Bonatrans Group a.s. Revoluèní 1234, 735 94, Bohumín Czech Republic |
Model research of the factors forming the quality of wheelsets press fitted joints of rail vehicles. | 3 | M | R. Fajkoš |
| K. Karwala | Institute of Rail Vehicles Cracow University of Technology Poland |
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| WEDNESDAY 26th SEP, 10:30-12:00 a.m. | ||||||
| 33 | J. M. Cookson P.J. Mutton |
Institute of Railway Technology Department of Mechanical Engineering, Monash University Clayton, Victoria, Australia | Validation, calibration and application of ultrasonic residual stress measurement systems to railway wheels. | 4 | M | J. M. Cookson P.J. Mutton |
| M.R. Lynch | BHP Billiton Iron Ore Pty Ltd Port Hedland, Western Australia |
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| 34 | B. Kopec | ŽDB Group a.s. Bonatrans Group a.s., Bohumín Czech Republic |
Effect of the Widmanstätten structure in the railway axles on attenuation of ultrasound. | 4 | M | B. Kopec |
| 35 | F. Gott | GE Inspection Technologies Lewistown, PA, USA |
High - volume inspection of new and re - profiled rail wheels using phased array ultrasonic technology. | 4 | M | F. Gott |
| 36 | J. Wacker | GHH Radsatz Service GmbH Oberhausen, Germany | LMT- Laser Measurement Technique and other modules for monitoring of wheel conditions at pass time. | 4 | M | J. Wacker |
| M. Hoffmann | LAQ Lasertechnik, Kassel, Germany | |||||
| THURSDAY 27th SEP, 8:30-10:00 a.m. | ||||||
| 37 | J. Doèekal B. Skrbek |
Technical University of Liberec Liberec, Czech Republic |
Non-destructive structuroscopy of brake and clutch disks. | 4 | M | J. Doèekal |
| 38 | H. Freudenberg H. Bauer |
Becorit GmbH, Rumplerstr. 6 – 10 D-45659 Recklinghausen, Germany |
Development of a laboratory test method evaluating the effect of composite brake blocks on the transition resistance of track circuits. | 4 | M | H. Freudenberg |
| V. Staudt | Ruhr-Universität-Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany | |||||
| S.H. Dörsch | DB : Deutsche Bahn, DB Systemtechnik, Weserglacis 2 D-32423 Minden, Germany |
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| C. Rode | SNCF: Agence d’Essai Ferroviaire 21 avenue Salvador Allende - France 94407 Vitry-sur-Seine | |||||
| J.J. Viet | SNCF: Direction des Audits de Sécurité 20, rue de Rome - France 75008 Paris | |||||
| H. J. Geissler | UIC: Union Internationale des Chemins de fer (UIC)- International Union of Railways 16, rue Jean Rey F- 75015 Paris |
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| 39 | T. Boháè M. Šedinka |
Bonatrans Group a.s., Revoluèní 1234, CZ 735 94 Bohumín, Czech Republic | Measurement, analysis and improving noise properties of railway wheelsets. | 5 | M | T. Boháè |
| J. Smutný L. Pazdera |
Technical University in Brno, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Institute of Railway Building and Construction Veveøí 95, 662 37 Brno Czech Republic |
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| L. Pešek | Institute of Termomechanics, Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, Dolejškova 5, 182 00 Prague 8, Czech Republic | |||||
| 40 | M. Schwartze | Radsatzfabrik Ilsenburg GmbH (RAFIL), Germany | Low - noise freight waggon wheels with high thermal stress resistance. | 5 | M | M. Schwartze |
| F. Murawa | Bochumer Verein Verkehrstechnik (BVV), Germany | |||||
| THURSDAY 27th SEP, 10:30-12:00 a.m. | ||||||
| 41 | A. Bracciali | Universita degli Studi di Firenze via Santa Marta, 3 - 50139 Firenze Italy | Low Noise Wheel: From design to applications. | 5 | M | S. Cervello |
| S. Cervello | Lucchini Sidermeccanica S.p.A. via G. Paglia 45 – 24065 Lovere (Bg) Italy |
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| A. Lagana | Ferrovie dello Stato S.p.A. Direzione Generale di Gruppo per le Risorse Umane Politiche Ambientali e Sicurezza del Lavoro, Piazza della Croce Rossa 1 – 00161 Roma, Italy |
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| V. Villa | 3M Italia SpA, Milano, Italy | |||||
| 42 | S. Cantini | Lucchini Sidermeccanica, Quality Dept., Lovere (BG), Italy | POD and inspection intervals of high speed railway axles. | 6 | M | S. Cantini |
| S. Beretta M. Carboni |
Politecnico di Milano, Dept. Mech. Eng., Milano, Italy | |||||
| 43 | G. Liefting T. Bontekoe |
Lloyd’s Register Rail Europe Utrecht, The Netherlands |
Improving life cycle performance of wheel tyres. | 6 | M | G. Liefting T. Bontekoe |
| 44 | F. Bumbieler R. Hamam F. Cocheteux |
SNCF : Agence d’Essai Ferroviaire 21 avenue Salvador Allende - France 94407 Vitry-sur-Seine |
Simulation of fatigue cracks propagation in wheels subjected to service loads: Application to the inspection step determination. | 6 | M | F. Bumbieler |
| S. Pommier R. Hamam |
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan Laboratoire de Mécanique et Technologie; Cachan, France | |||||
| 45 | F. Demilly Y. Flament |
VALDUNES BP 12 59125,Trith Saint Léger, France | How to increase the global performance of railway wheelsets? | 6 | M | F. Demilly Y. Flament |
PARALLEL SECTION
| Authors | Company | Title | Theme No. | Main/ Parallel Section | Spekaer | |
| MONDAY 24th SEP, 10:30-12:00 a.m. | ||||||
| 1 | S. Cervello | Lucchini Sidermeccanica SpA, Lovere Italy | The Widem project load measurement campaign on Czech Pendolino train. | 1 | P | S. Cervello |
| E. Dalle Mura | Alstom Ferroviaria, Savigliano, Italy | |||||
| F. Braghin F. Resta |
Politecnico di Milano, Italy | |||||
| P. Kavan | VUZ - Czech Railways - Railway Research Institute, Czech Republic | |||||
| 2 | M. Sitarz A. Manka |
Department of Railway Engineering Silesian University of Technology Katowice, Poland | Investigation of mechanical and thermal stresses in wheel - brake shoe system. | 1 | P | A. Manka |
| 3 | M. Sitarz T. Wojdy³a A. Mañka |
Department of Railway Engineering Silesian University of Technology Katowice, Poland | Influence of design parameters of railway carriage on monoblock wheel stresses. | 1 | P | T. Wojdyla |
| 4 | Z.H. ¯urek M. Sitarz |
Department of Railway Engineering Silesian University of Technology Katowice, Poland |
Evolution of domain structure being the determinant in the mechanical fatigue process of railway wheelset wheel material. | 2 | P | |
| MONDAY 24th SEP, 1:30-3:00 p.m. | ||||||
| 5 | C.P. Lonsdale S.L. Dedmon J.M. Pilch J.M. Galbraith |
Standard Steel, LLC Burnham, PA, USA |
Continuing efforts to improve axle performance in heavy haul service. | 2 | P | S.L. Dedmon |
| G.E. Dahlman | BNSF Railway, Topeka, KS, USA | |||||
| 6 | T. Rusin | Rusin Consulting Corp. Hasbrouck Heights NJ, USA |
FEA Developed, performance based, wheel failure criteria for passenger service. | 2 | P | T. Rusin |
| 7 | S. Bruni P. Belforte L. Mazzola |
Politecnico di Milano - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Milano, Italy | An alternative method for axle calculation in the frame of EN13103/13104. | 2 | P | L. Mazzola |
| 8 | A.I. Kozlovskyy A.V. Shramko |
JSC-NTRP Dniepropetrovsk, Ukraine | Influence of the scheme of hot deformation on the level of metal mechanical properties and the rim of solid rolled railway wheels. | 3 | P | A.V. Shramko Y. Proidak |
| V. Danchenco Y. Proidak A. Milenin |
National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine, Dniepropetrovsk, Ukraine | |||||
| M.V. Is'kov | KLW-Wheelco S.A. Switzerland, Lugano |
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| MONDAY 24th SEP, 3:30-5:00 p.m. | ||||||
| 9 | U. Koppers | SMS Meer GmbH, Wagner Banning Ring Rolling Division, Witten Germany |
State - Of - The - Art wheel production - latest equipment and technology. | 3 | P | U. Koppers |
| 10 | H.J. Naumann | Niles-Simmons-HegenscheidtGmbH Chemnitz, Germany |
RQQ Wheelturn – An innovation in machining of forged railway wheels. | 3 | P | H.J. Naumann |
| 11 | M. Kafka | Kovosvit MAS a.s., Sezimovo Ústí Czech Republic |
Numerically-controled lathes SPH50 and SPH 50D for productive machining of long, heavy shafts. | 3 | P | M. Kafka |
| 12 | A.V. Kushnarev A.A. Kirichkov YU.P. Petrenko |
OAO “NTMK, Nizhniy Tagil, RUSSIA | Status and prospects of wheel production at NTMK. (RUSSIA) | 3 | P | A.V. Kushnarev |
| TUESDAY 25th SEP, 8:30-10:00 a.m. | ||||||
| 13 | A. Yandimirov | PJSC Vyksa Steel Works, Vyksa Nizhegorodsky reg., Russia |
Combination of upset and spread operations in a 49 MH press for blanks made of ingots tapped into cylindrical moulds turned on the internal surface. | 3 | P | A. Yandimirov |
| 14 | Z.H. ¯urek K. Bizoñ |
Silesian University of Technology Faculty of Transport Railway Engineering Department Katowice, Poland | Supplementary magnetic tests for railway wheelsets. | 4 | P | Z.H. ¯urek |
| B. Rockstroh | Fraunhofer Institut, Saarbrücken Germany | |||||
| 15 | D.L. Magnus | KLD Labs, Inc., Huntington Station, New York, USA |
Modern NDT technologies for wheelset applications: Non-contact measurement of wheel wear for maintenance planning and safety. | 4 | P | D.L. Magnus |
| 16 | D. Goodwin | Bombardier Transportation | Inspection of rail axles and wheelsets using Bombardier’s alternating current field measurement (ACFM) method. | 4 | P | D. Goodwin |
| TUESDAY 25th SEP, 10:30-12:00 a.m. | ||||||
| 17 | C. Rocchi G. Patelli |
Lucchini Sidermeccanica Quality Dept., Lovere (BG), Italy |
A new generation UT inspection device for high performance hollow axles. | 4 | P | C. Rocchi |
| C. Gilardoni and cooperators | Gilardoni S.p.A., Italy | |||||
| 18 | E. Féron | Chargé d’affaires, Direction des projets, Transpôle 908 Avenue de la république BP1009, 59701 Marcq en Baroeul France |
Vibration and noise reduction in tramway wheels: application to the Transpole tramway network. (Lille France) |
5 | P | F. Demilly |
| T. Ingouf F. Demilly |
Valdunes, BP12, 59125 Trith Saint Léger, France | |||||
| 19 | J. Skiller | SKF Railway Business Unit Nieuwegein, Netherlands |
Gigabox: Axlebox suspension system offers new opportunities. | 6 | P | J. Skiller |
| V. Gedenk | Contitech Railway Engineering Contitech Air Spring Systems GmbH Hannover, Germany |
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| J. Kubièko | Tatravagónka a.s.; Poprad, Slovakia | |||||
| G. Kuøe | SKF Railway Business Unit, Steyr Austria | |||||














