What made of wheelsets of the mining electric locomotive?

Date:2021-08-02

Mining electric locomotive can be divided into mining battery locomotive,mining trolley locomotive, below is the introduction of how the wheelsets is composed of, the wheelsets funtion and the material of them.

Mining electric locomotive wheelsets composition:

The mining electric locomotive wheelsets consists of two wheels press-fitted on a shaft. 

The function of mining electric battery locomotive wheelsets:

Because the wheelset not only has to bear the full weight of the mining electric locomotive, the mining electric locomotive has to act on the track to generate traction and braking force through the wheelsets, and during operation, the wheelset also directly bears the impact force caused by the track joints, turnouts and uneven lines. The curve is also subject to centrifugal force. Therefore, the working conditions of the wheelsets are extremely bad. 

The material of mining trolley locomotive wheelsets:

The axle is forged and processed with high-quality axle steel. The wheel is assembled by hot-pressing the wheel center and the tyre. The wheel center is made of cast iron or cast steel, and the tyre is rolled with high-quality steel. When the tyre is worn out, it can be replaced without scrapping the entire wheel set. There are also integral wheels on some small mining electric locomotives.

Above is all the introduction of the mining electric locomotive wheelsets, i hope you will found it be useful.