Nordco Inc.

John E Leonard

Ronald M Keenan

Joseph Setaro

David William Giragosian

Paul Sanders Underwood

Phillip Edwards, Ii

Jacob Eisler

Ian Wallace McGrath Gage

A rail flaw detector is configured for locating flaws in rails of a railroad track and for use with a vehicle travelling on the railroad track. The detector includes at least one signal applicator configured for applying ultrasonic signals to the rail and for receiving return signals; a mechanical subsystem connected to the applicator and to the vehicle and configured for maintaining the at least one signal applicator in operational position on the track. A human-machine interface is connected to the at least one signal applicator, is configured to control the detector and to monitor sensed rail condition. In one embodiment, the human-machine interface includes a schematic display of the rail being monitored and at least one touch screen control for controlling the mechanical subsystem and the at least one signal applicator.

Rail flaw detector

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Middlefield, CT, United States of America

John E Leonard