Development of Gauge Change Bogies

Noriaki TOKUDA; Isao OKAMOTO; Toyoshi FUJITA; Eisaku SATO; Hideo NAKAMURA; Tomohiro TOYOOKA; Makoto ISHIGE; Nobuyuki WATANABE

doi:10.2219/rtriqr.44.109

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Development of Gauge Change Bogies

Noriaki TOKUDA, Isao OKAMOTO, Toyoshi FUJITA, Eisaku SATO, Hideo NAKAMURA, Tomohiro TOYOOKA, Makoto ISHIGE, Nobuyuki WATANABE

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Keywords: gauge change bogie, direct drive motor system to mount a motor directly on the side of a wheel, independent wheel system, cardan drive system, wheelset steering system

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2003 Volume 44 Issue 3 Pages 109-113

DOI https://doi.org/10.2219/rtriqr.44.109

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For the gauge-changeable EMUs (free-gauge train), we have been developing two types of new gauge change bogies, types A and B. The type A bogie adopts the direct drive motor system to mount a motor directly on the side of a wheel, independent wheel system, and wheel-set steering system. The type B bogie adopts the cardan drive system. Both bogies can change the wheel gauge between the narrow gauge and standard gauge sections. This paper discusses their construction and mechanism to change the wheel gauge.

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