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Reduce delays, wheel damage and maintenance costs through accurate wheel-rail friction measurement

  • A rivelin Rail portable rail tribometer on track near zermatt, switzerland, measuring friction

    Investigation

    Investigation into the extent, locations and causes of friction anomalies.

  • A worker inspections a traction gel applicator near a sandrover road rail vehicle laying sandite increase traction friction

    Optimisation of rail cleaning and traction enhancers

    Reduce delays, prevent damage and improve safety

  • Friction measurements using portable rail tribometer carried out by Michael Watson, Rivelin Rail co-founder

    Optimisation of top-of-rail products

    Reduce rolling contact fatigue, wear and noise

  • Friction research by university of sheffield

    Research

    Accelerate innovation in friction management

  • Friction management product approvals using rivelin rail portable rail tribometer, on embedded grooved tram track

    Approvals

    Aid adoption of novel friction management products

If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.

Without friction measurements, friction management cannot be optimised. Over £60 million is spent on railway friction management in the UK each year. This includes railhead cleaning, friction enhancing products and lubrication systems.

Despite these costs and effort, friction is not routinely measured. Unreliable visual inspections are often used and the extent of low adhesion, or the effectiveness of new and existing management strategies is not clear.

Trial and error doesn’t cut it elsewhere in the industry; huge performance benefits and cost savings can be made through a smarter, data driven approach. We’re looking towards site specific strategies, rather than current “one size fits all” systems.

Our new rail inspection tool improves the measurements, to improve the management.

Services

  • traction gel being applied to increase friction via sandrover

    Optimisation of friction management

  • leaf layer formation using RSSB university of sheffield protocols

    Low adhesion simulation

  • Boxplot comparing friction coefficients under three rail conditions: dry, wet, and leaf layer; dry has the highest median, leaf layer the lowest.

    Data analysis

  • Rail track with lubricant

    Friction library

  • Rail tribometer testing in our climate chamber.

    Environmental chamber

  • Close-up view of tram or train tracks on a grassy area, with a fence and trees in the background, and pedestrian signs on both sides.

    Rail Inspection

Ben White Rivelin Rail co-founder carrying out a friction inspection using portable rail tribometer

Adhesion Research Group Recommendations for Good Practice in Low Adhesion Testing

The only portable tribometer to be endorsed by the Adhesion Research Group

Included in Rail Safety & Standards Board guidance (low adhesion test, measurements, and protocols)

https://www.raildeliverygroup.com/about-us/publications/13003-managing-low-adhesion-edition-7-0/file.html

https://www.raildeliverygroup.com/media-centre-docman/13005-adhesionmanagement-theapproach-issued-v2-0-final-1/file.html

Endorsements

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Dr Ben White PhD

Co-Founder & CEO

Dr Michael Watson PhD

Co-Founder & CTO

 

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b.white@rivelinrail.com
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