B3.2 - Robust Sensor System for Condition Monitoring of Lubricated Rail Vehicle Components
- Event
- SMSI 2023
2023-05-08 - 2023-05-11
Nürnberg - Band
- Lectures
- Chapter
- B3 - Sensor Systems
- Author(s)
- K. Dubek, N. Dörr, C. Schneidhofer - AC2T research GmbH, Wiener Neustadt (Austria), U. Schmid - Vienna University of Technology, Vienna (Austria)
- Pages
- 102 - 103
- DOI
- 10.5162/SMSI2023/B3.2
- ISBN
- 978-3-9819376-8-8
- Price
- free
Abstract
Sensor systems for monitoring lubricated components must provide a high-level of robustness against various environmental impacts like temperature, humidity, and vibrational load to operate reliably over a long-term period. Therefore, a lab-to-field development environment was established to mimic the influence of these factors under controlled laboratory conditions. The sensor-based monitoring of water in grease-lubricated axle box bearings on wheelsets for railway application is presented to account for water content as critical lubricant parameter, as water can damage or even destroy bearings.