Hegenscheidt-mfd Corporation

Firma Wilhelm Hegenscheidt Gesellschaft Mbh

Friedhelm Schneider

Klaus Koepnick

Henrik Wowra

An ultrasonic transducer apparatus includes an emitter for emitting pulsed ultrasonic signals into a railroad wheel to be tested and at least one receiver for receiving the corresponding echo signals from the wheel. Transmission of the ultrasonic signals into the wheel as well as the return transmission of signals from the wheel to the receiver can be carried out in a contacting and/or non-contacting manner. The emitter (2) and the receiver (3) are arranged spaced apart from one another around the circumference of the railroad wheel (1), with a sufficient spacing distance that the receiver (3) is arranged outside of a symmetrical range (4) about the centerline (6) of the emitter (2) in which superposition of the two pulse packets of ultrasonic signals travelling around the wheel can arise.

Ultrasonic transducer apparatus for testing railroad wheels

The feed advance speed, or rather its scalar value, of a turning cutting tool edge is varied for a time duration which is short relative to the time duration required for one full revolution of a work piece. The varying of the scalar value of the feed advance speed takes place at non-periodic timed intervals and at least once for each work piece revolution. Thus, a simple control not requiring any enforced phase relationship between tool movements during different revolutions of the work piece, can be applied to a computer numerically controlled machine tool, such a lathe for truing railroad wheels. A work piece surface is achieved which has at least the quality of conventional work piece surfaces produced with substantially more complicated phase controls for the tool movement. Positive chip fracture is also achieved.

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Wegberg, Germany

Friedhelm Schneider