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Phototube sensor for active pantographs

Last updated on 20 September 2013 3:49

In this paper a new measurement system able to detect the losses of contact between the pantograph and the contact line has been studied and set up. The measurement system uses photomultiplier tubes, consisting of a photocathode and a series of electrodes in an evacuated glass enclosure. The aim is...

Author(s): Balestrino Aldo;Bruno Ottorino;Landi Alberto;Papi Mauro;Sani Luca;Violi Angelo Giuseppe

Organisation(s): Dipartimento di Sistemi Elettrici e Automazione ; Ferrovie dello Stato ;

1999

Italy

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