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ABV Testing Performa For ICF Coaches

The document is a maintenance manual that provides a proforma (form or template) for testing the air brake system on a single coach or rake of coaches. It lists specific checks to perform including brake pipe and feed pipe leakage rates, brake cylinder filling time and pressure, emergency brake application and release, graduated application and release, and passenger alarm and guard's emergency valve tests. It provides the specified parameters for each test and space to record the actual results.

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ABV Testing Performa For ICF Coaches

The document is a maintenance manual that provides a proforma (form or template) for testing the air brake system on a single coach or rake of coaches. It lists specific checks to perform including brake pipe and feed pipe leakage rates, brake cylinder filling time and pressure, emergency brake application and release, graduated application and release, and passenger alarm and guard's emergency valve tests. It provides the specified parameters for each test and space to record the actual results.

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Maintenance Manual for BG coaches of ICF des ign Air Brake System

5. PROFORMA FOR SINGLE CAR TEST

PROFORMA FOR SINGLE CAR TEST

Coach No.:
Type of DV:
BP pressure:
FP pressure:
Check Speci fied Actual
1. Leakage Rate
2
a) Brake pipe 0.2 kg/cm /min (max.)
b) Feed pipe 0.2 kg/cm2/min (max.)
2. a) Brake cylinder filling time (from 0 to 3.6 3 to 5 seconds
2
kg/cm
b) Max. BC pressure 3.8 +/-0.1 kg/cm2
3. Brake cylinder release time (from 3.8 to 0.4 15 to 20 seconds
kg/cm2)
4. Sensitivity and insensitivity
a) Brake application when BP is reduced at the Brake should apply
rate of 0.6 kg/cm2 in 6 seconds
b) Brake application when BP is reduced at the
2
rate of 0.3 kg/cm in 60 seconds Brake should not apply
5. Emergency brake application and release 3.8 +/-0.1kg/cm2
Maximum brake cylinder pressure
Manual release of brake cylinder after emergency Brake cylinder should get
fully released
6. Graduated application and release BP pressure decreases in
a) Application steps and BC pressure
builds up in steps
0.1 kg/cm2 within 5
b) Leakage in BC pressure in 5 minutes after minutes
emergency application BP pressure increases in
c) Release steps and BC pressure
reduces in steps
7. Piston stroke 85 to 130 mm
8. Passenger al arm system 1) Air to exhaust from
Pull the handle PEAV & PEASD
2) Brakes should apply
3) Coach indication light
should glow
Exhaust of air should stop
and indication light should
Reset PEASD extinguish
9. Guard’s emergency valve test 1) BP air to exhaust
a) Operate Guard’s valve handle 2) Brakes should apply
Air exhaust to stop
b) Normalise the handle Gauges should register
c) Testing of BP and FP gauge in guard’s variation in BP and FP
compartment pressure

Chapter 4,,Page 47 of 50
Maintenance Manual for BG coaches of ICF design Air Brake System

PROFORMA FOR RAKE TEST


Coach No.:
Type of DV:
BP pressure:
FP pressure:
Check Specified Actual
1. Leakage Rate
a) Brake pipe 0.2 kg/cm2/min (max.)
b) Feed pipe 0.2 kg/cm2/min (max.)
2. Service Application and Release
Test
a) Brake application when B.P. Brake should apply
pressure reduced to 1.5
Kg/cm2
b) Observe Piston stroke of Piston in applied position
brake cylinder
c) Record the piston stroke

Chapter 4,, Page 50 of 50

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