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The DECIBELL project
consists in the conception and qualification by the International Union of the Railroads (UIC) of a LL sintered material to substitute cast iron brake block on existing freight wagons. The purpose is to decrease the rolling noise. This noise is directly bound to the state of surface of the wheel which is a consequence of the braking of the block. This modification is potentially applicable on 600000 wagons in Europe.
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4/07/2011 - Action 3 : Shuntage
Three LL block grades has been tested on the "SNCF shunt test bench". The 3 materials was rejected du to the bad results. The test procedure foresees 5 samples per material and a part of samples has gotten the conform results. Now the DECIBELL team has worked on two types of investigations :...
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4/07/2011 - Action 3 : Shuntage
Three LL block grades has been tested on the "SNCF shunt test bench". The 3 materials was rejected du to the bad results. The test procedure foresees 5 samples per material and a part of samples has gotten the conform results. Now the DECIBELL team has worked on two types of investigations :...
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4/10/2010 - Action 11 : Communication and dissemination of project's results
This task includes all the communications actions realized to promote the DECIBELL project whether it is in the group Faiveley Transport or to the actors of our business sector and the general public.
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