Handling increased need of maintenance to meet future freight demands: Deterioration and effective maintenance strategies for track system and rail vehicles
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Projektarbete, avancerad nivå
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2022
Författare
Mattsson, Klara
Lee, Jaseung
Ligmajer, Oskar
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Sammanfattning
This report addresses future increased demands of freight on the Swedish railways.
To achieve an increase in total freight, different forms of operations can be utilized
like increasing the axle load, speed, or frequency which are all scenarios that will
be evaluated in the report. The impact caused by those measures will affect both
deterioration and the need for efficient maintenance regarding rail vehicles and track
systems. Different methods of maintenance, both currently used and newly developed
methods are discussed in this report to be able to evaluate how it is possible to
become more efficient. The deterioration that occurs during the operation of freight
trains is described in the report since an understanding is needed to address the
problems and possible solutions. What also plays a vital role in the maintenance
plan is to detect faults efficiently. To get an idea about how all of these issues
are handled in the industry, interviews have been held with professional staff at
four large companies in Sweden. Together with literature studies, this forms the
foundation of this report.
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railway , deterioration , maintenance , track , vehicles , freight