• Wheel slide protection and wheel slip protection are railway terms used to describe automatic systems used to detect and prevent wheel-slide during braking...
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  • speed. This applies in particular to traction control, but also to wheel slide protection, registration, train control, door control and so on. These tasks...
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    Slippery rail (redirect from Wheel slip)
    even lock up, causing the train to slide. Modern locomotives and multiple units are equipped with Wheel slide protection to counter slippery rail conditions...
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    Company and by other companies. In the 1930s, the company developed a wheel slide protection system called Decelostat that worked with its air brake. LeTourneau...
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    a wheel slide protection system developed by Westinghouse Air Brake Company that is used in railroad cars to prevent over-braking that causes wheel-slide...
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    has media related to Rail sanding. Friction Sandite Slippery rail Wheel slide protection John B. Collin, Sanding Device for Locomotives, U.S. Patent 271...
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  • Protocol, upper layer of the Wireless Application Protocol stack Wheel slide protection, used on rail vehicles Wireless Short-Packet; see EnOcean World...
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    Emergency brake (train) (category Train protection systems)
    resort, since it may cause damage; even with modern wheel slide protection, a train may develop wheel-flats, and the rails themselves can suffer profile...
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    efficient AC motors. A wheel slide protection (WSP) system had to be retrofitted due to the fleet suffering an epidemic problem of wheel flats. This was largely...
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    Override of any Safety System Horn Door signals Door inter-lock Wheel slide protection (WSP) Tilt, if fitted Speed supervision & Control, if fitted Speed...
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    traction motors can be regulated faster improving the performance of wheel slide protection. For a given direction of travel, current flow through the motor...
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  • Railway applications - Braking - Wheel slide protection EN 15610: Railway applications - Acoustics - Rail and wheel roughness measurement related to noise...
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    installation of an electronic passenger information system, new wheel slide protection equipment and digital traction control to replace the outdated analogue...
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    system of brake blending. In common with the whole Networker fleet, wheel slide protection (WSP) operated on every axle. Under braking conditions a blowdown...
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    disc braking. During braking if wheelslide was detected by the Wheel slide protection (WSP), rheostatic braking was disabled and disc-braking only was...
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  • the driver was expecting. A second recommendation was to inhibit wheel slide protection (WSP) during an emergency brake application – practical tests suggested...
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    led to actual restrictions when leaves are on the rails as the wheel slide protection can not fully compensate the effect. The central power module has...
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    (noted as T6A5/II) is minor revision and only featured improved wheel slide protection, different pantograph and tilt sash windows. Third revision Third...
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  • (TSI) high-speed noise compliance, electromagnetic compatibility, wheel slide protection, coupling compatibility, surge pressure in tunnels, low adhesion...
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    to bring the tram into a complete stop. They are equipped with wheel slide protection. The tram is able to operate without electricity, up to 700 meters...
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    of slide gloves. Most longboarders wear slide gloves and helmets, as these are considered the bare minimum for protection. Additional protection includes...
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    to bring the tram into a complete stop. They are equipped with wheel slide protection. The tram is able to operate without electricity, up to 700 meters...
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    voltage cam switches, quill drive, and a microprocessor-controlled wheel slide protection system. Driver's cab of a DT3 Side shot of a DT3 at Hauptbahnhof...
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    of fire-resistant interior fittings. A microprocessor-controlled wheel slide protection system was also retrofitted. These rebuilt units were designated...
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  • A code wheel is a type of copy protection used on older computer games, often those published in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It evolved from the original...
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    Wheellock (redirect from Wheel-lock)
    A wheellock, wheel-lock, or wheel lock is a friction-wheel mechanism which creates a spark that causes a firearm to fire. It was the next major development...
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    The halo is a driver crash-protection system used in open-wheel racing series, which consists of a curved bar placed above the driver's head to protect...
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    A steering wheel (also called a driving wheel, a hand wheel, or simply wheel) is a type of steering control in vehicles. Steering wheels are used in most...
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    evoking the wheel itself (including a new puzzle board backdrop inspired by the earlier "wagon wheel" design), and a new video wall that can now slide open for...
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    Turning is accomplished by differential steering, in which the left and right wheel pairs are operated at different speeds, and the machine turns by skidding...
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