Failure analysis of supporting machines of motor driven rolling stock (MDRS) for its diagnostics

Actual situation, when the rolling stock is maintained for appropriate condition due to the schedule-based preventive repair, suggests large resources costs on carrying out the planned repairs irrespectively of the actual condition of any MDRS-section unit. At the same time, the covert nature of defect nucleation and fault development leads to MDRS sections unscheduled decommissioning and additional costs.

An above-mentioned problems solving can be reached by means of an on-board condition monitoring system, making a real-time assessment of the each unit condition and giving information about the expediency of further operation. The efficiency of such a system consists in its continuous operation, i.e. the period of diagnosis, which is much smaller than fault development period in critical (emergency) condition, which gives an opportunity to carry out a condition-monitored operation of the machinery, avoiding the resource-intensive schedule-based preventive repair system.

The failures distribution analysis by the main groups of MDRS equipment shows a relatively high percentage of auxiliary machines faults in operation, it is about 10% and 20% of the detections during the repair and maintenance. The continuous condition monitoring of the auxiliary machines allows to minimize the costs for carrying out the schedule-based repair arrangement and to maximize its resource. In this case, the repair should be conducted only on those units, which are really in need of it in the required amount.

Tsurpal A.E. Failure analysis of supporting machines of motor driven rolling stock (MDRS) for its diagnostics // Science, education, business (“Nauka, obrazovanie, biznes”). - 2011. - pp.222-223

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