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US 2024/0149367 A1Published application
System and method of forming a wear surface for a wheel of a rail vehicle
AssigneeAmsted Rail Company, Inc.
InventorsRichard Aaron Pilon, John D. Oliver, Patricio Fernando Mendez, Carter Trautmann
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Abstract
A system and a method of forming a wear surface of a wheel of a rail vehicle include depositing one or more alloy powders onto a main body of the wheel, and plasma transfer arc welding the one or more powders to form one or more alloy layers secured to the main body.
Claims20
A method of forming a wear surface of a wheel of a rail vehicle, the method comprising:
- depositing one or more alloy powders onto a main body of the wheel;
- and
- plasma transfer arc welding the one or more powders to form one or more alloy layers secured to the main body.
A wheel of a rail vehicle, comprising:
- a main body;
- and
- a wear surface secured to the main body, wherein the wear surface comprises one or more alloy layers formed of one or more alloy powders plasma transfer arc welded onto the main body.
A method of forming a surface of a component, the method comprising:
- depositing one or more alloy powders onto a base structure of the component;
- and
- plasma transfer arc welding the one or more powders to form one or more alloy layers secured to the base structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.