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RAIL LUBRICATOR [2 records]

Record 1 2012-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Railroad Maintenance
  • Tracks and Roadways (Rail Transport)
CONT

Rail lubricators are used to reduce rail wear from contact forces between the rail gauge face and wheel flanges of travelling vehicles. They deliver a metered quantity of lubricant from a reservoir to a location on the gauge face of the rail head where it is picked up by wheel flanges of passing vehicles.

OBS

rail lubricator: term officially approved by CP Rail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entretien (Équipement ferroviaire)
  • Voies ferrées
DEF

Dispositif permettant, par l'application de graisse, de diminuer les efforts de frottement, qui s'amplifient dans une courbe du fait que les roues intérieures du train parcourent une distance plus courte que les roues extérieures.

OBS

graisseur de rail : terme uniformisé par CP Rail.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Lubrication Technology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Tribologie

Spanish

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