Ixthus Instrumentation supply RIFTEK products at RAILTEX 2017

23rd March 2017
Posted By : Anna Flockett
Ixthus Instrumentation supply RIFTEK products at RAILTEX 2017

Laser-based rail measurement instruments for wheel diameter, profile and back-to-back from RIFTEK are now available from Ixthus Instrumentation. With its engineered systems knowledge and range of sensors and transducers, Ixthus Instrumentation designs and supplies complete measurement solutions for displacement, force, torque and vibration.

At RAILTEX 2017, visitors to stand Q55 can view and discuss the range of laser-based rail industry gauging systems from Ixthus´ distribution partner RIFTEK - the pioneering rail and rolling stock measurement specialist.

The range includes portable instruments for maintenance and inspection tasks for wheel diameter and wheel profile, disk brake profile and back to back wheel distance measurement. They feature a choice of display only and/or wireless data transmission plus comprehensive data logging software.

New products at RAILTEX 2017 will include a new version of RIFTEK´s IKP-5 laser wheel profilometer which offers significant improvements over its predecessor. With three times the measurement accuracy (0.03mm) and six times more battery life plus an increased working temperature range, the IKP-5 is available in a choice mounting version to suit standard wheel or low floor trams.

The Bluetooth enabled gauge includes software and an operator PDA with a user-friendly interface. Flexible setting of measured and calculated wheel flange parameters include flange height, thickness and slope; wear parameters, angular profile parameters and much more. All data can be synched to external storage or PC for wheel sets wear data processing and analysis.

The IDK and IDK-BT wheel diameter measurement gauges are designed for convenient and fast in-situ wheel rolling circle diameter measurement - without wheel set roll-out. Using the ´three points´ technique, with no  need for complete wheel coverage, the IDK version includes a numeric  display to show the wheel diameter whilst the IDK-BT gauge features a  Bluetooth interface for transfer of results into the supplied wheel-set  wear database management system.


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