EURAXLES
EURAXLES: Minimizing the risk of fatigue failure of railway axles
| Coordinatore | UNION DES INDUSTRIES FERROVIAIRES EUROPEENNES - UNIFE
Organization address
address: Avenue Louise 221 - bte11 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Belgium [BE] |
| Totale costo | 4˙721˙150 € |
| EC contributo | 2˙899˙998 € |
| Programma | FP7-TRANSPORT
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Transport (including Aeronautics) |
| Code Call | FP7-SST-2010-RTD-1 |
| Funding Scheme | CP-FP |
| Anno di inizio | 2010 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2010-11-01 - 2014-04-30 |
Partecipanti
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| 1 |
UNION DES INDUSTRIES FERROVIAIRES EUROPEENNES - UNIFE
Organization address
address: Avenue Louise 221 - bte11 contact info |
BE (BRUXELLES) | coordinator | 296˙343.00 |
| 2 |
SOCIETE NATIONALE DES CHEMINS DE FER FRANCAIS
Organization address
address: PLACE AUX ETOILES 2 contact info |
FR (ST DENIS) | participant | 277˙860.00 |
| 3 |
POLITECNICO DI MILANO
Organization address
address: PIAZZA LEONARDO DA VINCI 32 contact info |
IT (MILANO) | participant | 231˙776.00 |
| 4 |
LUCCHINI RS SPA
Organization address
address: Via Oberdan 6/a contact info |
IT (Brescia) | participant | 185˙599.00 |
| 5 |
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V
Organization address
address: Hansastrasse 27C contact info |
DE (MUENCHEN) | participant | 184˙013.00 |
| 6 |
Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, S.A.
Organization address
city: Beasain contact info |
ES (Beasain) | participant | 179˙070.00 |
| 7 |
DEUTSCHE BAHN AG
Organization address
address: Potsdamer Platz 2 contact info |
DE (BERLIN) | participant | 162˙160.00 |
| 8 |
Radsatzfabrik Ilsenburg GmbH
Organization address
address: Schmiedestrasse 16/17 contact info |
DE (Ilsenburg) | participant | 161˙063.00 |
| 9 |
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI UDINE
Organization address
address: VIA PALLADIO 8 contact info |
IT (UDINE) | participant | 136˙912.00 |
| 10 |
Bonatrans Group a.s.
Organization address
address: BOHUMIN REVOLUCNI 1234 contact info |
CZ (Bohumin) | participant | 130˙067.00 |
| 11 |
GUTEHOFFNUNGSHUTTE RADSATZ GMBH
Organization address
address: GARTENSTRASSE 40 contact info |
DE (OBERHAUSEN) | participant | 129˙087.00 |
| 12 |
ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DE CHIMIE DE LILLE
Organization address
address: "Cite Scientifique, Avenue Dimitri Mendeleiev" contact info |
FR (VILLENEUVE D'ASCQ) | participant | 126˙337.00 |
| 13 |
VALDUNES SAS
Organization address
address: RUE GUSTAVE DELORY contact info |
FR (TRITH SAINT LEGER) | participant | 116˙310.00 |
| 14 |
UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID
Organization address
address: CALLE MADRID 126 contact info |
ES (GETAFE (MADRID)) | participant | 99˙067.00 |
| 15 |
Kurt Salmon France SAS
Organization address
address: AVENUE CHARLES DE GAULLES 159 contact info |
FR (NEUILLY SUR SEINE) | participant | 91˙619.00 |
| 16 |
Renfe Operadora
Organization address
address: Avda PIO XII 110 contact info |
ES (Madrid) | participant | 85˙356.00 |
| 17 |
METALOGIC N.V. A.I. TECHNOLOGIES & ENGINEERING
Organization address
address: Technologielaan 11 contact info |
BE (HEVERLEE) | participant | 71˙899.00 |
| 18 |
MER MEC SPA
Organization address
address: VIA OBERDAN 70 contact info |
IT (MONOPOLI) | participant | 66˙091.00 |
| 19 |
UNION INTERNATIONALE DES CHEMINS DE FER
Organization address
address: RUE JEAN REY 16 contact info |
FR (PARIS) | participant | 54˙277.00 |
| 20 |
ANSALDOBREDA S.P.A.
Organization address
address: Via Argine, 425 contact info |
IT (NAPOLI) | participant | 39˙576.00 |
| 21 |
ULTRASEN SISTEMAS SL
Organization address
address: CALLE ACACIA 34 contact info |
ES (TORREJON DE ARDOZ) | participant | 31˙537.00 |
| 22 |
TRENITALIA SPA
Organization address
address: Piazza Della Croce Rossa 1 contact info |
IT (ROMA) | participant | 24˙663.00 |
| 23 |
ALSTOM TRANSPORTE SA
Organization address
address: PASEO DE LA CASTELLANA 257 contact info |
ES (MADRID) | participant | 19˙316.00 |
| 24 |
ALSTOM TRANSPORT S.A.
Organization address
address: Avenue Andre Malraux 3 contact info |
FR (LEVALLOIS PERRET) | participant | 0.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'EURAXLES is a 3 year R&D project uniting 23 partners across Europe including 6 axle manufacturers, 4 railway operators/IMs, 2 system integrators, 3 technology suppliers, 5 universities, 2 rail sector associations and 1 consulting firm. The consortium is well-positioned to provide a common R&D approach to axle design, protection, inspection and maintenance which will have an impact on standards, regulations and on the market. EURAXLES aims to develop innovative, safer solutions for railway wheelsets with improved reliability in a cost effective way. The research is summarized below. 1. A design approach will be developed, including a risk analysis method which could offer a simple design route by combining loads with difference occurrences including loading specificity of vehicles and service conditions together with the axles resistances, including new materials and methods in order to predict the ‘failure probability’. 2. New developments will also include (i) improved axle protection against corrosion, including protection of already corroded axles; (ii) improved adhesion of coatings with a study of the roughness influence (adhesion and fatigue behavior); and (iii) new, innovative coating solutions. The new solutions will also aim to fulfill environmental requirements to avoid or limit VOC emissions. 3. New/improved NDT inspection methods will allow the in-service inspection of axles in order to guarantee safe service conditions with a low impact on the vehicle availability. 4. A RAMS/LCC analysis of the solutions will be carried out. The railway transportation system requires a risk analysis of the safety components. Activities will improve design validation and inspection technologies of axles which will optimise costs, safety and environmental compliance to be shown with RAMS/LCC analyses. Results will be disseminated to the different stakeholders and the European standards/regulations for railway axles and wheelsets will be improved across Europe.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
The safety of wheel sets and axles is critical to Europe's rail sector. An EU initiative introduced novel ways of monitoring and maintaining rail wagon axles that will reduce rail-related accidents and help unify European rail standards.
Descrizione progetto (Article)
A broken axle could lead to significant rail catastrophes, causing the loss of lives as well as major economic costs from compensation to repairs.
Overall, the aim of the EU-funded project 'EURAXLES: Minimizing the risk of fatigue failure of railway axles' (http://www.euraxles.eu/ (EURAXLES)) was to reduce railway axle failure to the maximum extent possible.
EURAXLES worked on novel axle design based on new materials and methods to help predict failure probability. It furthered axle protection against corrosion, developed better coatings and improved adhesion of coatings while keeping in mind environmental considerations. In addition, project members worked on assessing new and improved non-destructive testing inspection methods.
Existing axle standards were assessed to determine restrictions for the testing and validation of protective coatings. Focus was also placed on the operating conditions of wheel sets in service.
A benchmark was carried out of existing and promising innovative solutions that might enable reliable inspection without the train needing to stop for several days.
EURAXLES examined the technical aspects involved in implementing axle design solutions, including coated and non-coated surfaces, protection types, coating thickness and corrosion impact. In addition, project members investigated suitable inspection tools, technologies and systems to identify defects in axles in real settings.
The team created a tool to compare different solutions developed during the project and their market uptake. Achievements also included a new online database of axle load measurements to understand real in-service loads, as well as new methodology to analyse axle load.
Lastly, recommendations were formulated for updating European standards and regulations for railway axles and wheel sets.
The innovative design approach and methods of EURAXLES will result in safe and cost-effective railway axles. With about 3.5 million axles currently in operation throughout Europe, threats to rail transport safety should be greatly minimised.