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Yusuke SATO, Takefumi SHIMADA
The wear of contact wire is normally measured by electric inspection cars for the management of overhead contact line system. However, this method requires much time to cross-check the data with worn-out part.@To detect the wear limit of contact wire more conveniently, therefore, we are developing a method to detect the steel-core placed at the wear limit position of contact wire. We have manufactured a prototype detecting device for this purpose which is applicable to CS contact wires and confirmed that it can detect steel exposed in a CS contact wire as a result of field tests.
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