摘要 |
A brake system for a railway vehicle ( 10 ), wherein the axles ( 3, 6 ) of the vehicle are provided with axle speed sensors ( 1, 2, 4, 5 ) adapted to measure the speed of rotation of the respective axle. The output of the axle speed sensor being fed to a data processor ( 7 ), which is provided with local intelligence so as to permit individual control of brake pressure on each axle or, alternatively on each bogie or car. The data processor ( 7 ) communicates, in use, with a brake control unit via a databus ( 18 ), the sensor outputs being processed so that the data can be communicated between the data processor ( 7 ) and further data processors ( 17 ), which further data processors are adapted to process sensor outputs on further axles or bogies.
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