Study of modifications in door of BCNHL

WAGON
Master of technology
In railway engineering

Submitted by

Pratap Singh

(18RR60S08)

Under the guidance of

Prof .Mihir Sarangi

Department of mechanical Engineering

IIT KHARAGPUR
Indian Railway freight uses many types of goods wagon.
These include covered wagons for general merchandise, flat
wagons for heavy or bulky etc.
BCNHL wagon is a type of wagon uded for carrying
commodities like cement, fertilizer and food grain
etc. It is an 22.9t wagon. The design significantly increases rake
throughput of bagged commodities compared to existing
BCNA/BCNAHS rakes.
Current problems with existing door of BCNHL WAGON
-Door sheets get bend easily during movement
-water sweepage inside wagon
-large size of doors,tough to handle
Because of so many linkages door does not get completely
closed so there is always some gap between door and sidewall.
Solution-
Single sliding door of stainless steel (Stainless Steel as per
.

Indian Railway Specification Twin pipe Air Brake

arrangement with Single Sliding door )
-In this a door unit (of Stainless Steel) consists of single piece
sliding door with top mounted rollers for sliding, sliding guides
at bottom

Present study
Methodology –collected some failure data of BCNHL WAGON
from workshop,depot,etc
-study of failure data,knowing the causes of failure , analysis of
modifications are made through design changes to
minimize the problems.