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The eBearing News
September 17, 2000
Timken and Tranergy Form Joint Venture
for Railroad Wheel Friction Management System
copyright © 2000 eBearing Inc.
Friction Management Services has been formed as a joint venture of The Timken Company (Canton, Ohio) and Tranergy
Corporation. Friction Management's direction is to market a new wheel friction management system, TracGlide™ for the
railroad industry. Tranergy patented the technology and Timken brings the market access.
• go to www.TracGlide.com
TracGlide™ is a computerized system which monitors all factors of the train's position, speed, brake status,
track conditions and temperature. Then the system dispenses the calculated friction modifier - making the track
slipperier or stickier - to both rails after the last axle of the locomotive.
The system dispenses friction reducers while the train is moving and friction enhancers under braking. The proprietary
friction modifiers are water-based and dissipate as the rail cars pass over it.
Tranergy's President, Dr. Sudhir Kumar, indicated that the system has been in test for three years under many varying
conditions on major U.S. railroads, demonstrating fuel savings as high as 42%, with over 5% productivity gains. The system
lowers fuel costs, increases productivity, reduces wheel and rail wear and fatigue as well as increasing the "hunting
threshold" which reduces the critical vibration component of rail wheel life and service intervals.
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