The Results of Brake Tests of the DPKr-3 Diesel Train

Abstract

EN: SC "Ukrzaliznytsia" purchased the first of three planned regional three-car (two main motor cars and one intermediate) diesel train DPKr-3 manufactured by PJSC “Kryukovsky railway car building works”. To confirm the declared characteristics and safety indicators of the DPKr-3 diesel train, specialists department of Cars of Dnipro National University of Railway Transport named after Academician V. Lazaryan conducted complex certification tests, which confirmed the compliance of the stated parameters. One of the points of the Terms of Reference was to determine the brake pressure of the linings per 100 weight of the train in terms of cast iron brake pads. For this purpose, according to the methodology adopted in the territory of the former CIS, force sensors, which were installed in the tick mechanisms instead of the brake linings, measured the magnitudes of the forces of pressing the brake linings on the disks. However, during the tests it was found out that the current standards for calculating the provision of train brakes cannot be applied to modern rolling stock. It is recommended for rolling stock where the use of brake pads, and even more cast iron, is not provided by the design, to develop normative documents that would determine the standards for brakes by the results of calculations and tests.