Wheel for railway vehicle with improved cooling capacity

DRIVE August 27, 2003
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The wheel comprises a rim (2), a hub (3) and a web (4) joining the rim and hub. An annular aluminum cooling element (6) is fixed on an internal surface (2c) of the rim and is directed towards a central part of the wheel passed through by the bearing axis (5). In this way there is a heat exchange surface with the atmosphere projecting relative to the rim.

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