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Repairing of Railway Carriages (1432)
Repairing of Railway Carriages (1432)
ANKUR SINGH
B.Tech- 3rd year
Roll No.:-0921540009
Contents
Introduction to IR
Introduction to Matunga Workshop
Shops visited:
Trolley Repair Shop
Machine Shop
Wheel Shop
LUF
Inspection
Introduction to IR
Indian Railways abbreviated as IR is the central government-owned railway
company of India, which owns and operates most of the country's rail
transport.
Indian Railways has more than 64,215 km(39,901 mi) of track and 7,083
stations. It has the world's fourth largest railway network after those of
United States, Russia and China.
ACTIVITIES TARGET
Drilling machine
Radial drilling machine
Vertical drilling machine
Gang drilling machine
Shaper machine
Planer machine
Milling machine
SHOCK ABSORBER
There are mainly 4 manufacturers of shock absorber in
India.
Escort 900kg/600kg capacity
Gabriel 900kg/600kg capacity
Knorr 900kg/600kg capacity
India auto ltd. 900kg/600kg capacity
AXLE TYPES:
MAIN ACTIVITIES:
•Normal repair
•Re- Discing of wheel
•Re-Axeling of wheel
Roller bearing
Spherical bearings are employed in the railways to
support the axles because
Spherical roller bearing has maximum load carrying
capacity.
ZYGLO TEST:
SKF 0.105-0.296 30
FAG 0.080-0.185 28
NBC 0.080-0.190 28
LUF
The coaches which are entitled for periodical
overhauling(P.O.H) are made to halt at Dadar yard
from where 7 to 8 coaches are taken to Matunga
workshop daily.Once the coach enters the
workshop it is brought to the lifting and under
frame section where entire coach is lifted with the
help of 2 cranes having the capacity of 25 tones
each.Once the coach is lifted the trolley is sent to
the trolley repair shop.An inspection team is
appointed to inspect the amount of corrosion
occurred on the entire coach and then if any
corrosion repair work is required then it is sent to
the heavy corrosion repair shop.
INSPECTION DEPARTMENT
In Railway Workshop every part of the Bogie & the Coach is
inspected for its correctness by Inspection Department.
There are various Inspection Departments:-
EMU Inspection:-
In this department under frame visual inspection of EMU
trains are carried out for its corrosion or cracks at welding
joints of parts like centre pivot, side bearers, head stock,
trough floor.
Main Line Inspection:-
In the department under frame visual inspection of main
line coaches are carried out for its corrosion or cracks at
welding joints of parts like centre pivot, side bearers,
headstock, trough floor, sole bars.
Carpentry Inspection:-
Here in this department interiors of coaches are
checked.
Wheel Inspection:-
Checking of profile, diameter and length.
Ultrasonic test
Hammer test