Product Overview
Cracks, grooves, gouges, flats, shells, and other flaws can
occur anywhere on the wheel tread surface, and may not be
visible to physical inspection. Standard wheel profile
measurement systems only capture data on a single slice of
the wheel, while track based accelerometers may not
produce clear signals in slow-speed yard operations.
IEM’s Optical Wheel Flaw 5200 System (OWF-5200)
inspects the complete flange and wheel tread of train
wheels using laser scanning technology. The OWF system
takes a series of images of the entire circumference of
the wheel, providing data to construct a high-resolution
360° 3D model of each passing wheel. IEM’s
custom-trained Artificial Intelligence (AI) models assess
each wheel’s condition to detect flat spots, shelled
tread, lengthwise seams, rolling contact fatigue
cracks, broken rims, and gouges or chips in the
flange