Abstract: Wheel-mounted brake disks which are arranged on both sides of a wheel base of a railway wheel and are fastened by through bolts, the bolt head of every through bolt lying in a countersink of one wheel-mounted brake disk and a nut screwed onto the through bolt lying in a countersink of the other wheel-mounted brake disk, each resting either directly or indirectly on the bottom of the countersink. The wheel-mounted brake disks are designed so that every countersink has an undercut portion that extends down to the bottom.

Abstract: A method for predicting the temperature (Tin,p) of a wheel bearing of a vehicle wheel for a future moment (t+?tp) in relation to a present moment (t) or for a future time interval (t, t+?tp) in relation to a present moment (t), on the basis of a course of the temperature (Tin) of the wheel bearing in a past time interval (t??tb, t) in relation to the present moment (t), the predicted temperature (Tin,p) of the wheel bearing being determined from the sum of the temperature (Tin) of the wheel bearing at the present moment (t) and a corrective value (?TP) which is determined according to a change in at least one driving condition, such as the speed (?vtrain), and a change in the temperature (?Tb) of the wheel bearing within the past time interval (t??tb, t).

Abstract: A rail wheel with a wheel body and wheel brake discs connected thereto with fastening elements on both sides is designed in such a way that at least in the respective contact regions of the wheel brake discs a mechanically and thermally highly resilient intermediate layer is arranged on the wheel body.

Abstract: A brake device of a railway vehicle, having at least one operating brake cylinder having at least one operating brake piston actuated by a pressurizing medium, the piston actuating an operating brake piston rod coaxial to the brake cylinder axis, and having a parking brake device having a pivotally supported actuating lever, the rotary motion thereof being transmitted to a shaft rotationally supported by at least one shaft bearing on a housing, wherein the rotary motion of the shaft induced by the actuating lever can be converted to a linear motion parallel to the brake cylinder axis of at least one support roller rotationally supported by a support roller bearing on a rotary axis disposed parallel to the shaft, in that at least one cam having an operating cam face and rotationally fixed to the shaft is provided, the cam interacting with a radially outer support roller surface of the support roller during a tightening or releasing stroke of the parking brake device, wherein the linear motion of the support ro

Abstract: A method for monitoring the state of a bogie of a railway vehicle having at least one wheel set, wherein the wheels of the wheel set are rigidly connected by an axle and have an approximately conical wheel profile, and signals corresponding to a sinusoidal run of the wheel set of the bogie based on the conical wheel profile of the wheels are filtered out of signals provided by sensors disposed on the bogie. The frequency of the sinusoidal run is determined relative to boundary conditions, such as the prevailing vehicle speed, and compared to a save value or range of values for the frequency of the sinusoidal run typical for the prevailing boundary conditions, wherein the deviation of the measured frequency from the saved value or range of values for the frequency is monitored.

Abstract: An arrangement for a switching function unit for Ethernet having a number of active components of the Ethernet which are combined by a switching function unit to form a functional unit; and at least three mutually independent power supplies for supplying power to the active components, wherein a first of the at least three power supplies is a local power supply for the switching function unit, a second of the at least three power supplies is a first extraneous power supply via Ethernet for the switching function unit, and a third of the at least three power supplies is a second extraneous power supply via Ethernet for the switching function unit.

Abstract: A device for monitoring the lining thickness of a brake lining of a friction brake of a vehicle is disclosed, wherein the brake lining interacts with a friction partner, such as a brake disk. The brake lining is equipped with at least one passive transponder of an RFID system, wherein the passive transponder is changed and/or destroyed once the brake lining has reached a defined wear threshold as a result of contact with the friction partner or with an element that is guided by the friction partner, such that the transponder transmits a signal that differs from an expected signal, or no signal, to a reading unit of the RFID system after being illuminated by the reading unit.

Abstract: A control device for a brake system of a rail vehicle, the brake system having at least one first brake device and a second brake device, which devices can be actuated by an actuating force during a braking process. The first brake device and the second brake device are adhesion-type brake devices. The control device is capable of receiving and/or generating a loss of adhesion signal, which identifies insufficient adhesion for the first and/or second brake device, and is also designed, during a braking process, to actuate the first and/or second brake device with an increased actuating force if a loss of adhesion signal is present. Also disclosed is a brake system for a rail vehicle having a control device of this type, a corresponding rail vehicle and a method for controlling the brake system of a rail vehicle using a control device.

Abstract: A valve arrangement controls brake devices and auxiliary devices of a pneumatic brake system of a vehicle, and includes pneumatic control valves which are detachably arranged on at least one common support module containing compressed air channels, for carrying out braking functions or auxiliary braking functions of the brake system. The valve arrangement also includes several adjacently arranged block-shaped support modules having at least the same height and depth measurements and including channel sections forming common longitudinal channels when all of the support modules are adjacently arranged in a row. At least one unit hole receives a control valve embodied as a cartridge valve and arranged on a front side of each support module to enable switching the compressed air flow between inner channels.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatic brake cylinder including a piston for transferring the pneumatic pressure to a brake, a pressure chamber defined by the piston and part of the inner wall of the brake cylinder, and a sealing ring sealing a gap between the piston and the inner wall of the brake cylinder. According to the invention, the sealing ring is vulcanised onto the piston.

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 brake control device for a braking system of a rail vehicle, wherein the brake control device is connected or connectible to a vibration-sensitive sensor device for receiving vibration data. The brake control device is designed to identify at least one periodic signal from the vibration data and to store vibration data-based comparative data, and to carry out a state analysis of the rail vehicle based on the comparative data and/or the at least one periodic signal. Also disclosed is a corresponding braking system, a rail vehicle and a method for carrying out a state analysis of the rail vehicle.

Abstract: A sound suppressor device for an air drying unit of a compressed-air supply system having a sound suppressor housing on which is arranged an inlet opening for the supply of condensate-laden compressed air to be discharged from the air drying unit and at least one outlet opening for the discharge of the condensate-laden compressed air to the outside, wherein the inlet opening issues into at least one pre-chamber of the sound suppressor housing, which pre-chamber issues into post-chambers which are connected in parallel and which are arranged around a heating rod arranged centrally in the sound suppressor housing.

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: 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 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 method for monitoring a wheel mounted on a bogie of a rail vehicle. The method includes detecting a deformation of a brake for braking the wheel in a wheel circumferential direction of the wheel and checking the plausibility of the detected deformation based on a comparison with a target alignment.

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 control device for a brake system for a rail vehicle, the brake system having at least one adhesion-type friction brake device. The brake control device receives brake actuation data, which are assigned to the at least one adhesion-type friction brake device, from a brake actuation sensor device of the brake system. The brake control device receives brake action data, which are assigned to the at least one adhesion-type friction brake device, from a brake action sensor device of the brake system, and to cause the adhesion-type friction brake device to effect a braking process, and to monitor and assign brake actuation data and brake action data to each other during a braking process. Also disclosed is a brake system, a rail vehicle and a method for operating a brake system.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatic brake cylinder including a piston for transferring the pneumatic pressure to a brake, and a device for automatic adjustment in the event of wear of the brake linings, the device comprising a spindle, an adjusting nut, and a control sleeve that can be engaged with the adjusting nut. According to the invention, the control sleeve is embodied as a composite part including a metallic coupling ring and a sliding sleeve of a plastic material.