This European Standard specifies the minimum criteria for system acceptance/type approval of a new wheel
slide protection system and implementation of accepted WSP to specific vehicle applications and route
requirements. This includes the design, testing and quality assessment of the WSP system and its
components.
This European Standard is applicable to wheel slide protection systems for pneumatic braking systems
without taking the type of vehicles and track-gauge into consideration. The general principles of this standard
also apply as a reference for other types of braking systems and other kinds of railway vehicles. The system is
designed to control the sliding of wheels of railway vehicles during braking under degraded adhesion
conditions to prevent wheel damage and to minimize the extension of the stopping distance under degraded
adhesion conditions by optimizing the available adhesion between wheel and rail.
This European Standard does not apply to the following categories of vehicles:
- tramways;
- light railways;
- metros on steel wheels;
- metros on rubber tyred wheels.
Registration number (WIID)
33926
Scope
This European Standard specifies the minimum criteria for system acceptance/type approval of a new wheel
slide protection system and implementation of accepted WSP to specific vehicle applications and route
requirements. This includes the design, testing and quality assessment of the WSP system and its
components.
This European Standard is applicable to wheel slide protection systems for pneumatic braking systems
without taking the type of vehicles and track-gauge into consideration. The general principles of this standard
also apply as a reference for other types of braking systems and other kinds of railway vehicles. The system is
designed to control the sliding of wheels of railway vehicles during braking under degraded adhesion
conditions to prevent wheel damage and to minimize the extension of the stopping distance under degraded
adhesion conditions by optimizing the available adhesion between wheel and rail.
This European Standard does not apply to the following categories of vehicles:
- tramways;
- light railways;
- metros on steel wheels;
- metros on rubber tyred wheels.
