Overview
Keynote Speech: Andy Doherty, Director of Rail Systems Engineering, Network Rail
The Interaction between wheel and rail is a key driver of railway cost. Wheel reprofiling and replacement are major financial and availability factors. Any misunderstandings will lead to excessive and expensive remedial work, so in-depth knowledge of the subject is vital to everyone managing the system.
This seminar is the perfect platform to help you apply the best maintenance strategies; you will gain essential knowledge and benefit from the practical experience of others.
Attending will help you:
- Reduce wheel / rail costs
- Update your knowledge of wheel / rail damage mechanisms
- Improve wheel / rail initial design
- Learn what initiatives can improve performance during service life
- More closely monitor the state of health of the wheel / rail interface
- Understand what tools are available to help decision-making
- Make better decisions
- Better predict the impact of changes to the other parts of the wheel / rail system
- Increase knowledge of rolling-contact fatigue
- Learn lessons from the London Underground
- Learn best practice in wheel lathe and fleet management
- Optimise the turning of wheels
- Meet, greet and network with key industry players