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Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / Railway technology | | German term or phrase: drehpfanne | Bild 7 zeigt die Drehpfannen, Anbau für das Drehgestell MD36.
This a presentation from a German company that makes bogies for international railways. The Drehpfanne is part of the bogie or Drehgestell. |
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| | center plate | Explanation:
as it is (1) American (I assume, since you are based in the USA), and (2) part of the bogie itself. This, from the UIC Railway Dictionary.
Most of the postings above refer to the plate on the car underframe itself. |
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Jonathan Whiteley
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22 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1 pivot bearing, center casting / bogie pivot o. pin, upper center casting
Explanation:
is what Ernst suggests for obere Drehpfanne / untere Drehfpanne respectively
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10 hrs confidence: swivel plate
Explanation:
or swivel bearing plate
A big greased bearing plate on the bogie which spreads the weight of the wagon load. Rather like the plate you can see on the back of a big articulated truck (called the tractor unit) when it has no trailer attatched.
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