Railcar wheel, apparatus and method of manufacture

A process for casting multiple cast metal railroad car wheels simultaneously, comprising steps of:

• providing a casting mold with opposing halves each at least partially filled with sand and that, when positioned together with the sand, define a plurality of cavities each shaped to form a railroad car wheel having a hub section with an axle bore, a tread section with an axially-extending edge flange, and an uninterrupted annular web extending between and supporting the tread section on the hub section;
• providing a fill passage leading into each of the cavities for communicating infed molten metal;
• infeeding molten metal through the fill passages and through a filter into the cavities;
• and
• cooling the molten metal to simultaneously form a plurality of cast metal railroad car wheels.

A process for casting a railroad car wheel comprising steps of:

• providing a V-process casting mold including unbonded sand defining at least one cavity shaped to form a railroad car wheel;
• filling the cavity with molten metal;
• and
• cooling the molten metal to thus form a metal railroad car wheel casting.

A cast metal railroad car wheel comprising:

• a hub section with axle bore;
• a tread section with an axially-extending edge flange;
• and
• an uninterrupted annular web extending between and supporting the tread section on the hub section, the web including opposing disk-shaped surfaces, at least one of the disk-shaped surfaces, when cross-sectioned through the hub and tread sections, defining a cross-sectional shape having a radius of less than 35 millimeters.