METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SPEED CONTROL OF RAILWAY TRANSPORT FACILITIES

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SPEED CONTROL OF RAILWAY TRANSPORT FACILITIES A method for speed control of railway transport facilities and a device to accomplish said method are used for deceleration and acceleration of transport vehicles in shunting yards. In the process of said speed control a pressure element is introduced into an annular space cavity in a wheel, which cavity is formed by the disk, hub and inner circular surface in the wheel rim, and is positioned in the inner or outer side of said wheel, said pressure element applies force action to any point, located within one of the two inner circular wheel rim surface regions, disposed at both sides of an imaginary plane passing through the axle of said wheel and through the wheel-to-rail con tact point. The pressure element has a shape designed to provide free entrance of said element into said annular cavity, which pressure element is mounted on a carriage being movable along the track. This enables not to limit the value of said pressure element force, acting on the wheel, to the weight of a wagon.