WheelSaver™

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Mike Tatera Plant Manager

1920 Downs Drive
Chicago
60185
United States of America - United States
Phone: +1 630 818 1926
mike.tatera@anchorbrakeshoe.com

WheelSaver™

WheelSaver™s protect wheels and track

WheelSaver™ tread conditioning brake shoes extend wheel and rail life
Repair wheels and reduce kips
Increase safety – semi-metallic friction material increases wheel-to-rail adhesion
Provide a stable coefficient of friction in all service environments
Protect wheels with 100% tread conditioning material contact when rigging sags
Limit wheel tread defects – eliminate metal pick-up and tread grooves
Cost less per braking mile – lab testing has shown that WheelSaver™s last longer than composition shoes

WheelSaver™brake shoes are Engineered to Outperform (E2O) all others

WheelSaver™ repairs wheels and reduces kips

E2O extends wheel and rail life
E2O improves wheel-to-rail adhesion

WheelSaver™’s 100% tread conditioning material protects wheels

E2O maintains continual contact when rigging sags
E2O runs cooler

WheelSaver™’s semi-metallic friction material increases safety

E2O maintains consistent stopping power, low heat fade
E2O won’t groove tread, no metal pick up

WheelSavers™ prolong the life of wheels and track.

Brochures & Downloads

WheelSaver™ Product Bulletin

[PDF, 270.2 KB]

WheelSaver™ Brake Shoes Railcar Pocket Guide

[PDF, 605 KB]

BEFORE: Large surface defect like the one shown on the R2 wheel (at left) increases kip forces, causing track and wheel damage. AFTER: During 55 days in service, WheelSaver™ repaired the tread defect on the R2 wheel (at right).

Metal from wheels and rails transfers to composite shoes. WheelSaver™’s unique semi-metallic friction material is incapable of metal pick-up and will not groove the tread surface.

Keep your bottom line from taking a beating. Each of the eight wheels on a 143-ton railcar exerts an average of 17.875 tons of pressure on the top of the rail over an area smaller than the size of a dime. One wheel with a flat spot can increase that pressure by more than 300% of additional force each time the flat spot impacts the rail.

WheelSaver™ brake shoes reduce rail-destroying forces by repairing flat spots, protecting the top of the rail.

WheelSaver™ Tread Conditioning Freight Brake Shoes