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2011
Journal Article
Titel
On quiet wheels through Berlin's underground
Abstract
Many Berliners still have clear memories from last winter of the massive technical problems experienced by the city's S-Bahn - the municipal rail system operated by the German national railroad the Deutsche Bahn. At times only half the trains were running; the rest had to be taken out of service for safety reasons. For operators of railway vehicles in particular, it is important to know the condition of their trains so as to be able to plan their maintenance and repair in advance. In the innovation cluster »Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul - MRO«, Fraunhofer IPK collaborated with experts for railway vehicles from Berlin's Technische Universität in the development of a novel monitoring system that identifies wheel damage early and reliably while the trains are in operation.