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    Accumulation of caoutchuc on tires and tire rail ways

    here you go, That is a picture of a pile found recently, the size of the pile decreased a little due to the temperatures. also keep in mind that the service was increased last year by a few hours...
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    Accumulation of caoutchuc on tires and tire rail ways

    The trains usually starts the breaking process a little far from the station, plus the breaks are not applied on the tire itself. I understand there might be a small grinding of the tires when breaks are applied, but its always the same place. I can view the accumulation of other tires in the...
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    Accumulation of caoutchuc on tires and tire rail ways

    dhengr: well how come it deposits only in one particular place?
  4. kopku7

    Accumulation of caoutchuc on tires and tire rail ways

    Also looking at the camera videos, the pile starts with a small piece of rubber and then the other tires deposes some more small pieces, but my theroy is that it takes one small piece to statrt gathering the rest because there is glue in the rubber and it will stick to the first small piece. the...
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    Accumulation of caoutchuc on tires and tire rail ways

    Thank you for the comments, Its is in the motereal subway, There is no ventilation ducts where they are accumulating, neither there is a problem with the vehicles. i measured the track temperatures a week ago and it was 32 C and the tire surfaces ranged from 45 to 48 degrees C. summer time i...
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    Accumulation of caoutchuc on tires and tire rail ways

    Also to clear things out, i am talking about an underground train system. We have measured the temperature of that place where the piles were found and its the same as the other places humidity is the same in the station. we even installed a camera on that place and u can clearly see how the...
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    Accumulation of caoutchuc on tires and tire rail ways

    Thank you for the comment. We have tried everything, we changed the track where the accumulation happens and the piles were found 3 days after at the same exact place on that tracks. I am not how to attache images on here, can you help6 this would give a clear idea of what i am talking about.
  8. kopku7

    Accumulation of caoutchuc on tires and tire rail ways

    Hi members, I work for a transportation company and we`ve been having a problem of caoutchuc accumulation through out the years. this year in particular, these piles of caoutchuc trippled compared to the number of last year. This accumulation is happining on the guide concrete tracks. i...

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