The mechatronic bogie – a novel design
3 November 2005 | By Günther Himmelstein, Bogies Advanced Technology Chief Engineer, Bombardier Transportation
Conventional bogie designs suffer from a fundamental conflict of contradicting requirements: Either they are running stable at high speed, but are by no means track friendly when negotiating curves due to their stiff wheel set guidance, or they are able to smoothly follow curved tracks through radial orientation of the…