Introduction to New Technologies of Locomotives

Author: Li Xiaocun, Zhang Zhongfang, Editors
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: In recent years, the world railway industry has made significant advancements in high-speed technology, heavy-load technology, management technology, safety technology, and information technology. Accelerating the technological progress of China's railway industry and achieving railway modernization hinges on science and technology, with education as its foundation. Improving the quality of railway professional technicians is directly related to the progress of China's railway modernization. For this purpose, the authors have compiled this book to reflect the level of modern scientific and technological development and the characteristics of technological progress in railway enterprises. The book balances the systematicity of theoretical frameworks with the applicability for professional selection, providing assistance to railway locomotive technicians in understanding and grasping the dynamics of domestic and international technological developments in their field, as well as learning advanced technologies, theories, and methods. The book also introduces microcomputer control systems for locomotives and theories of traffic safety, with a particular focus on the detailed explanation of the Train Operation Monitoring and Recording Device (TOMRD), a critical traffic safety equipment widely used on locomotives in recent years for functions such as safe operation and preventing overspeeding signals. Additionally, the book provides in-depth coverage of various inspection methods in locomotive maintenance, theories of locomotive faults and component failure, as well as the formulation of locomotive maintenance systems.