Surface Conditioning Of Railway Tracks Or Wheels
AssigneePlasmatrack Limited
InventorsJulian Swan, Matthew Candy
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Abstract
A surface conditioning device for railway track rails and/or railway vehicle wheels includes a DC power supply, a supply of gas, a plasma delivery head connected to receive DC power from the power supply and gas from the gas supply, and an igniter for igniting the gas in the plasma delivery head. In use, plasma is generated within the delivery head by ignition of the gas in the delivery head. Plasma with gas is blown from the delivery head onto a railway track rail and/or railway vehicle wheel, thereby conditioning the rail and/or wheel.
Claims20
1-21. (canceled)
A surface conditioning device for railway track rails and/or railway vehicle wheels, the surface conditioning device comprising:
- a DC power supply;
- a supply of gas;
- a plasma delivery head connected to receive DC power from said power supply and gas from said gas supply;
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- an igniter for igniting said gas in said plasma delivery head;
- wherein plasma is generated within said delivery head by ignition of said gas in said delivery head, and plasma with gas is blown from the delivery head onto a railway track rail and/or railway vehicle wheel, thereby conditioning said rail and/or wheel.
A method of conditioning a railway track rail and/or railway vehicle wheel, the method comprising operating the surface conditioning device of claim 1 to condition a rail or wheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.