POWERVE – Portable Weigher
IVM has developed the most innovative static wheel force measuring system on the market. With performances rivaling those of high-accuracy fixed weighing systems, POWERVE® stands out for its ease of use and portability.
This system enhances monitoring frequency in a sustainable manner, enabling shift from periodic to condition-based and predictive maintenance.
Why POWERVE® Matters:
Dynamic Stability: Proper distribution of vertical forces on each wheel is crucial for maintaining the dynamic stability of rolling stock, preventing abnormal wear in wheel/rail interactions.
Safety: Unloaded wheels, particularly on the diagonal of a bogie, can compromise safety by reducing the bogie’s ability to navigate twisted tracks, thus increasing derailment risks.
Even with regular maintenance schedules, issues like abnormal wheel wear or faulty suspensions can lead to unloaded wheels between maintenance cycles. POWERVE® helps detect these issues early, ensuring safety and efficiency in rail operations.
Modular & Scalable
POWERVE® IS THE IDEAL SOLUTION FOR
- Testing & Commissioning of new, maintained or modified rolling stock compliant with the EN 15654-2 and EN 50215
- Workshop or in-field maintenance
- Suspension load adjustment to equalize vertical forces on wheels (leveling)
- Reducing derailments risk, especially on twisted track and at low speed
- Verifying the distribution of traction on driving wheels
- Verifying the distribution after installation of new equipment on the rolling stocks
- Verifying the distribution of the vertical forces due to non-uniform wear of the wheel diameters or faulty suspensions
- Verifying load distribution on cargo railcars
- Post derailment investigations
- Calibration and on-site verification of dynamic weighing systems compliant with the EN 15654-1, according to EN 15654-3
