The hot-stamping of wheels (TM-MF-065)

Last updated on 24 May 2013 3:50
It has long been common practice to hot-stamp wheels with their cast number. However, the impressions made have been relatively shallow and completely removed during the subsequent machining process, rather more extensive information then being cold-stamped on the wheel. When one operator machined one wheel at a time, the risk...
Author(s): Allen R.J.
Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;
1983
United Kingdom
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