Measurement bearing, in particular for a wheel set of a rail vehicle

A method for determining the mechanical loads on a measurement bearing in which a measurement bearing is used having

• a rotational axis and at least one first bearing ring, wherein
• the first bearing ring defines a main supporting direction and a circumferential direction extending transversally with respect to the main supporting direction,
• the first bearing ring is designed to take up bearing forces which have at least one force component in the main supporting direction, and during, operation said bearing forces are applied to the first bearing ring via a plurality of rolling bodies, wherein
• by means of a first sensor device, during operation, a sensing variable which represents the bearing forces which are applied to the bearing ring is sensed and output in the form of first measurement signals, wherein the first sensor device is arranged in a first recess of the first bearing ring, and
• by means of a second sensor device, during operation, a sensing variable which represents the bearing forces which are applied to the bearing ring is sensed and output in the form of second measurement signals, wherein the second sensor device is arranged in a second recess of the first bearing ring, and
• the first measurement signals from the first sensor device and the second measurement signals from the second sensor device are used to determine the mechanical loads;
• and
• the first recess and the second recess are arranged a distance apart in the circumferential direction and transversally to the circumferential direction.