What is BS EN 13262 about?
BS EN 13262 specifies the characteristics of railway wheels, used for all track gauges.
The requirements defined in BS EN 13262 apply to cylindrical bores. Most requirements also apply to wheels with tapered bores. Specific requirements for tapered bores (e.g., geometrical dimensions, etc.) are defined in the technical specification.
NOTE: BS EN 13262 applies to heavy railway vehicles but may also apply to other applications such as light railway vehicles, trams, or underground systems. Five steel grades, ER6, ER7, ER8, ERS8, and ER9, are defined in this document
NOTE: BS EN 13262 applies to monobloc wheels in vacuum degassed steel, forged and rolled, with surface treated rims, which have already been the subject of extensive commercial applications on a European network or have complied with a technical approval procedure according to EN 13979 – 1: 2019 to validate their design.
Who is BS EN 13262 for?
BS EN 13262 on railway wheels is useful for:
- Railway engineer
- Mechanical engineer
- Manufacturers of railway wheelsets and bogies
Why should you use BS EN 13262?
A train wheel is specially designed for use on railway tracks and the wheel acts as a rolling component, typically pushed onto an axle and mounted directly on a railway carriage or locomotive, or indirectly on a bogie. BS EN 13262 gives characteristics and requirements on wheels manufactured.
Also, gives mechanical characteristics from the tensile testing and hardness characteristics in the wheel rim to calculate the value of the thickness of the wear range.
Overall, BS EN 13262 helps you in the manufacturing of the railway wheels by getting the accuracy in the measurements of the geometry and dimensions of the wheels to guide them along the track ensuring safety, consistency, and reliability.
