A New Type Alloy-coated Anti-Skid Steel Rail

Abstract

This article is intended to introduce a new type of alloy coated anti-skid steel rail, which is using alloy coating on the rail head to protect the vehicle wheel from sliding on the coated rail. Vehicle wheel can slide on the normal steel rail and the adhesive factor will be weakened down significantly if the steel rail gets wet due to rainy weather or gets contaminated by oil or leaf. The root cause for the adhesive factor weakening is that there is a water or oil film formed between the wheel tread and rail head, keeping the friction force down and the wheel blank run on the rail â‘ . Alloy coating on the rail head can damage the water or oil film to maintain the adhesive level, as well as to increase the friction force on the rail to protect the wheel tread from sliding.