TRACTIVE EFFORT SYSTEM AND METHOD

TRACTIVE EFFORT SYSTEM AND METHOD

A system is provided for use with a wheeled vehicle. The system includes a media reservoir capable of holding a tractive material that includes particulates; a nozzle in fluid communication with the media reservoir; and a media valve in fluid communication with the media reservoir and the nozzle. Th...

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Hauptverfasser: GARULE, Milind Bharat, KUMAR, Anubhav, KUMAR, Ajith Kuttannnair, MALONE, Matthew John, WORDEN, Bret Dwayne, COYNE, Jennifer Lynn, TAMBE, Nikhil Subhashchandra
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:
LOCOMOTIVES
MOTOR RAILCARS
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
RAILWAYS
TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:A system is provided for use with a wheeled vehicle. The system includes a media reservoir capable of holding a tractive material that includes particulates; a nozzle in fluid communication with the media reservoir; and a media valve in fluid communication with the media reservoir and the nozzle. The media valve is controllable between a first state in which the tractive material flows through the media valve and to the nozzle, and a second state in which the tractive material is prevented from flowing to the nozzle. In the first state, the nozzle receives the tractive material from the media reservoir and directs the tractive material to a contact surface such that the tractive material impacts the contact surface that is spaced from a wheel/surface interface. The system can modify the adhesion or the traction capability of the contact surface with regard to a subsequently contacting wheel.