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Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / Electric Locomotive | | German term or phrase: wegabhängige Spurkranzschmieranlage | "Das Triebfahrzeug ist mit einer wegabhängigen Spurkranzschmieranlage ausgerüstet. Die Anlage schmiert nach einer voreingestellten Wegstrecke die Spurkranzflanken der vorlaufenden Achse."
From a text about an electric locomotive. This bit is to do with the bogie. Wegabhängig can mean path-dependent or stroke-dependent, but I'm wondering if it could mean something like track-dependent in a railway context. Spurkranzschmierung is flange lubrication or wheel flange lubrication, but I'm not sure exactly what you'd call a Spurkranzschmieranlage and the dictionaries aren't much help. TIA for your assistance. |
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +2 distance/mileage-dependent wheel flange lubrication system
Explanation:
According to the linked document "wegabhängig" just means that it applies the lubricant every X meters, as opposed to "zeitabhängige" and "kurvenabhängige" lubrication systems.
Reference: http://www.fuchs-lubritech.com/cms/IMG/pdf_schiene.pdf
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