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LOAD-EMPTY BRAKE [1 record]

Record 1 1993-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Railroad Maintenance
  • Braking Devices (Mechanical Components)
DEF

Device used on cars carrying heavy tonnage so that the brake cylinder pressure in empty cars is not as great as in loaded cars, otherwise the braking force applied to loaded cars would cause the wheels of empty cars to slide.

OBS

empty-loaded device (air brake)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entretien (Équipement ferroviaire)
  • Freins (Composants mécaniques)
DEF

Dispositif employé sur les wagons transportant de lourds tonnages pour que la pression au cylindre de frein des wagons vides ne soit pas aussi grande que sur les wagons chargés; sans ce dispositif, l'effort de freinage convenant aux wagons chargés provoquerait l'enrayage des roues des wagons vides.

CONT

Véhicules équipés d'un dispositif de freinage auto-variable et progressif en fonction de la charge d'autres véhicules - comportant le dispositif vide-chargé (à 2 ou 3 positions) - ne comportant pas de dispositif vide-chargé (notamment les voitures)

OBS

dispositif vide-chargé (frein à air)

OBS

dispositif vide-chargé : terme uniformisé par le CN.

Spanish

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