Torque Transducer & Its Application in the Railway Field

The train is recognized as the fast and convenient travel option of all time and over the past decades; it has undergone various significant development for the safety and efficiency. Sensors are the main aspect when it comes to running & ensuring the security of passengers and engineers often work on this. Various things have worked in the field of electrification in recent years and torque transducer has played a great role in this progress.

What Are the Fields Where You Can Measure Torque in Railway Applications?

• Brake Systems
• Wagon Axles
• Current Collectors
• Car Coupling
• Infrastructure

Use of Sensors in Braking Systems

Transducers can measure the load on the axle and regulate the braking force in the brake systems. The brake system of the railway is divided into many stages. Trains have light braking to actual stop and different systems that can cooperate in stopping a train.

 Long ago the passengers used to hang on for keeping their feet on the ground and the transducers installed in the brakes or wheel axles can measure the force acting on mechanics during the braking process & regulate the brake force on the basis of these forces. Due to this, the closed-loop brake controls can be carried out efficiently.

Detecting Malfunctions

 

You can simply use the torque meter in the field of pantograph shaft transducers. The contact force related to pantograph can define the quality of electrical connection. If this is found too weak, there could be a reason that the electrical contact resistance may be too high. A drop in performance can occur due to this reason. If the load is extremely high, thus the malfunction may arise and torque meter can help you with that.

Usually, the rail tracks are electrified and by the year 2025, 70% of lines are to be equipped with conductor rails or overhead lines. Electrified tracks are the future and certainly, they are going to replace the overhead lines.

Wagon coupling is a defect in trains and for this force, the transducer can find the trainloads & warning issue in case of overloading or accidental disconnection.

What are the Application Areas of Torque Transducer?

Applications of force sensors in the railway sector are diverse. Using the transducers in the railway infrastructure is a topic of interest for many and therefore Datum electronics has brought its quality shaft and power measurement equipment like M425 rotary torque sensor, FF425 non-contact flange torque transducer, and RS425 contactless torque transducer.

If we talk about the M425 sensor, it’s made to fit most works where you need to measure rotary torque & power measurements for the drive train. It can provide the customer control over the test with sample rates from 1sps up to 4000sps as a standard.

Ff425 transducer has flange coupling at the end and has various advantages over-torque measurement systems in the market.

RS425 transducer has lightweight and long-term operations with low upkeep and its ideal for keyway shaft. The device is easy to fit in train applications.

These products are highly usable in the railway applications and You can easily check out to Datum Electronics more products for torque and power shaft measurements by visiting the website.