Bogie-Mounted Brake System is a modular braking system developed for use in freight wagons. The system is designed to meet Indian Railways specification. This system shall fit on new wagons and can be retro-fitted on existing fleet wagons having maximum axle load of 22.9 tons.
Salient Features
- • Improved braking efficiency
- • Reduced weight
- • Less number of parts
- • Uniform brake shoe and wheel wear
- • Increased reliability
- • Easy maintenance
- • In-built automatic slack Adjustment
- • Easy brake shoe replacement
- • In-built automatic slack adjustment
- • Brake release and application indication
- • No manual intervention (until worn-out condition)
- • Adaptable braking based on “Full Load” and “Empty Load” Conditions.
Applications
- • All types of railway freight wagons having maximum axle load of 22.9 tons such as BOBRN, BOBRNHSM1, BOXN, BOXNH1, BCN, BCNA, etc.
- • Primary & Secondary Brake Beams
- • Brake Cylinder with Slack Adjuster having two variants - with Handbrakeand without Handbrake
- • Escort Ratio Valve which performs as a Automatic Pressure Modulation (APM) Device
- • Rigging arrangement for hand brake system
- • Bell Crank Levers for load transfer
- • Piping arrangements
Sub systems