Abstract: A control device for a rail vehicle, the rail vehicle having a braking system with at least one dynamic braking device and at least one further braking device. The control device determines the brake force exerted by the dynamic braking device during braking based on deceleration data, which represent an overall deceleration of the rail vehicle, tractive resistance data, which represent a tractive resistance of the rail vehicle, and braking data, which represent a brake force exerted by the at least one further braking device. Also disclosed is a braking system having the control device, a rail vehicle, and a corresponding method.

Abstract: A connection for an axle-mounted brake disc in a rail vehicle with a connecting element on the coach side, such as a hub, wherein the axle-mounted brake disc has a friction ring and a flange formed on the inner circumference of the friction ring, which flange is fastened to the connecting element. The connection has tabs made from metal sheet distributed around the circumference connected to the flange and the connecting element.

Abstract: A method for determining a braking torque on a braking system for a rail vehicle. The braking system associated with at least one wheel or at least one wheelset includes at least one brake disc for generating a braking force in response to at least one brake signal, at least one brake lining interacting with the brake disc and a brake caliper connected to the brake lining and a brake housing and a securing bracket. The brake caliper is mounted together with a brake housing in at least one first bearing point and a second bearing point, the second bearing point is at a distance from the first bearing point at a predefined bearing distance, a first sensor for providing a first measuring signal and a second sensor for providing a second measuring signal are arranged on the brake housing or between the housing and the bracket.

Abstract: An emergency brake device for a rail vehicle, having an emergency brake control valve device which provides an emergency brake control pressure to a pneumatic brake device of the rail vehicle; and having an emergency brake adjustment device which is capable of adjusting the emergency brake control pressure, which is provided to the pneumatic brake device, as a function of at least a load value of the rail vehicle and a speed value of the rail vehicle. Also disclosed is a brake system for a rail vehicle and to a rail vehicle.

Abstract: A brake lining for a disc brake of a rail vehicle or utility vehicle with a lining plate carrier and a friction lining fastened thereon designed such that at least one reinforcing rib having a greater thickness than the adjacent region is provided at least on that side of the lining carrier plate which faces the friction lining.

Abstract: A magnetic rail brake device includes a magnetic main part and pole shoes with friction surfaces. The friction surfaces of the pole shoes are made of the material of the main part in first regions and of a different material in second regions.

Abstract: A monitor for a brake apparatus of a railway vehicle, wherein the brake apparatus has at least one pressure-actuated brake actuator, upstream of which a control valve device is provided. The monitor performs an estimation of the actuator pressure applied at the brake actuator on the basis of pressure data and actuation data, the pressure data represents at least one pressure present upstream of the control valve device and the actuation data represents an actuation of the control valve device. Further disclosed is a corresponding brake apparatus for a railway vehicle, a railway vehicle and a method for estimating an actuator pressure.

Abstract: A control valve for an oil-injected screw-type compressor, in particular for installation in a vehicle, wherein oil located in a screw-type compressor housing can be supplied in a controlled manner via the control valve to a heat exchanger and/or to a bypass in such a way that cold oil is conducted through a bypass around the heat exchanger and warm oil is conducted through the heat exchanger. A control valve is provided for an oil-injected screw-type compressor and ensures rapid heating of the oil in the screw-type compressor even with a short activation time. The control valve has a control piston that is actuated by a control element and cooperates respectively with a heat exchanger opening disposed in a control valve housing and a bypass opening, and that the control piston controls at least one bypass opening which cooperates with the heat exchanger opening.

Abstract: An air drying device for a rail vehicle, with a first air dryer container, a second air dryer container, and an air supply through which air to be dried can be supplied by a compressor to the air drying device. The air drying device also has an air outlet which is or can be connected to a storage area, wherein the air drying device includes a regeneration line by which air from the storage area can be conducted to the air supply, bypassing the first air dryer container and/or the second air dryer container and/or the air outlet. Also disclosed is a compressed air supply system for a rail vehicle with such an air drying device and a corresponding rail vehicle.

Abstract: A spring brake cylinder having a housing in which a spring store piston which is loaded by at least one spring store spring and which has a piston rod is axially movable, and having an emergency release device with an emergency release actuation device, an emergency release mechanism with a toothed wheel for interrupting the force flow between the spring store piston and piston rod, and a holding device designed for holding the emergency release device in various holding positions, wherein the holding device has a pawl, and the emergency release actuation device has at least one actuation element and a driver for driving the pawl.

Abstract: A brake control device for a brake system of a rail vehicle, wherein the brake control device detects strain during a braking process on at least one friction brake device actuated during the braking process, the brake control device further stores wear data based on the detected strain in a memory device. Also disclosed is a brake system for a rail vehicle having such a brake control device, a rail vehicle having such a brake system and/or such a brake control device, and a method for operating a brake control device for a brake system of a rail vehicle.

Abstract: A screw-type compressor, in particular for use in a vehicle, wherein the screw-type compressor has an oil sump with a device for damping sloshing of oil. A screw-type compressor is made available in which the device for damping sloshing of oil is improved compared to the prior art. The device for damping sloshing of oil is a barrier device which prevents the oil from rising up a housing wall of the screw-type compressor.

Abstract: A method controls a compressed-air braking device of a rail vehicle in the case of automatic, quick, or emergency braking, said compressed-air braking device having a controlled electropneumatic braking device having brake pressure control, an uncontrolled brake pressure control device for producing an uncontrolled brake pressure, and at least one pneumatic brake actuator. In response to a signal to trigger automatic, quick, or emergency braking, the controlled electropneumatic braking device and the uncontrolled brake pressure control device are activated simultaneously and a first value for the brake pressure produced by the controlled electropneumatic braking device or a first value for a pilot control pressure representing the brake pressure and a second value for the brake pressure produced by the uncontrolled brake pressure control device or a second value for a pilot control pressure representing the brake pressure are compared with each other.

Abstract: A control valve for an indirectly acting compressed-air brake of a rail vehicle includes a pneumatic relay valve for controlling a brake cylinder pressure via a pilot-control circuit for generating a temporally defined pilot-control pressure for the proportional activation of the relay valve, wherein, connected upstream of the pilot-control circuit, there is provided a device for generating the braking and release times of the compressed-air brake, wherein the device for generating uniform braking and release times of the compressed-air brake has mechanisms for realizing a volume flow with constant pressure change for the compressed-air supply and the deaeration of the pilot-control circuit.

Abstract: A brake control device for a brake system of a rail vehicle, wherein the brake control device is designed to control at least one electromagnetic track brake device of the brake system on the basis of rail condition data. Also disclosed is a corresponding brake system, a rail vehicle, and a corresponding method.

Abstract: A swinging-sliding door module for a rail vehicle having at least one swinging-sliding door and a linear guide with a profile rail oriented in the sliding direction of the swinging-sliding door, and a carriage mounted displaceably on the profile rail. The swinging-sliding door module includes a bracket or a plurality of brackets for fastening the swinging-sliding door, which bracket or brackets is/are connected to the at least one carriage or is/are surrounded by the latter. The swinging-sliding door module also has at least one rotary joint which permits rotation of the swinging-sliding door in relation to the profile rail about an axis of rotation oriented substantially horizontally and transversely with respect to the sliding direction and/or about an axis of rotation oriented substantially vertically. Also disclosed is a rail vehicle with a swinging-sliding door module.

Abstract: A device for monitoring and/or indicating an oil level in an oil sump of a screw-type compressor, the oil level fluctuating in different operating states of the screw-type compressor. A device for monitoring and indicating the oil level in a screw-type compressor, the reliability thereof being improved over the prior art and erroneous measurements being excluded. The device is an optical unit which has no mechanically moving parts that can become damaged during the often rough use of the device.

Abstract: A control device for a brake system of a rail vehicle, wherein the brake system includes a friction bracket device which is dependent on frictional engagement. The control device determines a braking effect applied during a braking process on the basis of a brake pressure or brake current and at least one further parameter. Also disclosed are a brake system having such a control device and a method for determining a braking effect.

Abstract: An air supply system having a compressor driven by a motor for producing compressed air, an air drier system for extracting moisture from the compressed air produced, an electronic converter for demand-dependent control of the compressor and analog and/or digital sensors for producing electrical signals, the electrical signals being useful for controlling the electronic converter and for monitoring and controlling the compressor. The electrical signals produced by the sensors are converted in the electronic converter to bus signals that can be provided for evaluation at a bus interface.

Abstract: A crank drive arrangement of a piston compressor with a rolling bearing arranged on a crank pin of a crank shaft and to which a connecting rod is attached via an intermediate ring which interacts with apparatus for securing against rotation in relation to the connecting rod, wherein the apparatus for securing against rotation have a pin arrangement fastened in a play-free manner in the connecting rod by a thread and which comes into engagement in an interlocking manner in the intermediate ring via a play-exhibiting fit.