Inspection device for collector head and inspection method of collector head

Abstract

Provided is an inspection device for contact strip that enables proper quality control of a collector head using a split-type contact strip. Disclosed is an inspection device for a collector head having an overhead contact line contact assembly that includes a contact strip, including electrically-conductive strip pieces aligned in a series and in a longitudinal direction, and springs elastically supporting the contact strip. The inspection device for a collector head includes a measurer of rigidity of the overhead contact line contact assembly in a thickness direction of the contact strip at multiple points on an axis parallel to the juxtaposition direction of the strip pieces; and a determiner of an abnormality in the collector head by comparison of measurement data of rigidity distribution at the multiple points based on measurement results from the measurer with reference data of rigidity distribution prepared beforehand.

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