What is BS EN 15654-2 - Measurement of vertical forces on rail wheels about?
BS EN 15654 is a series of European standards on railway applications that discusses the rail wheel vertical forces for safety purposes.
BS EN 15654-2 is the second part of the BS EN 15654 series of documents that applies to the measurement of vertical wheel forces of railway vehicles in maintenance workshops and at manufacturing sites. Also deals with derived quantities that are used to describe the vehicle’s vertical wheel force distribution.
BS EN 15654-2 specifies requirements for assessment supporting the specification, the design and the operation of the measurement process which are made either statically or quasistatically.
Note: BS EN 15654-2 covers:
- Static and quasi-static wheel force measurements of new, modified or maintained rail vehicles in workshops and
- The evaluation of derived quantities such as the vertical wheelset forces, axle loads and other quantities that describe the vertical wheel force distribution of a vehicle.
Note: The commercial weighing of vehicles is not covered by BS EN 15654-2 nor does it define in which cases the wheel forces of a vehicle will be measured.
Who is BS EN 15654-2 - Measurement of vertical forces on rail wheels for?
BS EN 15654-2 on railway application is applicable to:
- Railway engineer
- Mechanical engineer
- Manufacturers of rail wheelset
Why should you use BS EN 15654-2 - Measurement of vertical forces on rail wheels?
The measurement process is the set of operations, devices and procedures, performed on the vehicle to evaluate its vertical wheel forces.
BS EN 15654-2 helps users by providing the description of the vehicle wheel and wheelsets measurement equipment using various measurement methods.
BS EN 15654-2 specifies geometric features that assist you in ensuring that the contact points of the vehicle's wheel treads are in a horizontal plane.
Overall, BS EN 15654-2 guides you through wheel-rail force detection to ensure the dynamic stability of any rolling stock for the safety and comfort of the train running.
In this way, you can get safety equipment for the railway industry, being able to instantly measure the rolling stock's vertical wheel force distribution and detecting potential unbalancing issues.
