Drive-by wheel profile wear check improves vehicle uptime, maintenance planning and wheel safety.

Berlin, Germany, 22 September , 2004 - SAB WABCO today launches its laser measurement technology at Innotrans 2004, a new way of keeping track and even be ahead of maintenance demands which will maximize uptime.

Unique in the rail industry, it offers numerous benefits to operators:
· Greater vehicle uptime
· Optimised wheel maintenance planning
· Better and more cost-effective allocation of skilled labour
· Lifetime documentation of wheel wear and maintenance

Cost-effective wheel maintenance is all about accurately predicting wear and tear. The new technology, named "Laser Measurement Technology" (LMT) performs a highly precise "drive-by" measurement of each wheel's profile, enabling accurate prediction of when maintenance or replacement will be needed. Until now, time-consuming manual measurement of each individual wheel has been...