PUBLICATIONS

20° International Wheelset Congress (IWC) – Chicago, USA – May, 2023

• Limoset: the Lucchini RS innovative low-floor wheelset solution for Durmazlar Panorama vehicles
  

  Irene Marazzi₁, Abdullah Bocan₂, Dariusz Kaczyński₃
  1) Lucchini RS S.p.A. Lovere, Italy;
  2) DURMARAY – DURMAZLAR, Bursa, Turkey;
  3) MPK, Olsztyn, Poland

 

• The GREEN ID
  

  Moira Trimarco
  Lucchini RS S.p.A. Lovere, Italy

 

• Integrated driving wheelset solutions: the successful cooperation between OMSI and Lucchini RS Group
  

  Francesco Rosso₁, Diego Ortolani₁, Alberto Ronchi₂
  1) OMSI Trasmissioni S.p.A, Roè Volciano, Italy;
  2) Lucchini RS S.p.A. Lovere, Italy

 

• Development and Testing of a New Active Steering System for Light Rail Transportation
  

  Tom Morris₁, Stefan Heinrich₁, Alberto Ronchi₂, Steven Cervello₂
  1) Traila AG i.Gr, Zürich, Switzerland;
  2) Lucchini RS S.p.A. Lovere, Italy

 

• Next Generation Train (NGT): Cooperation between DLR and Lucchini RS Group for innovative railway vehicles
  

   

  David Krüger₁, Andreas Heckmann₁, Alberto Ronchi₂, Steven Cervello₂
  1) Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Stuttgart/Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany;
  2) Lucchini RS S.p.A. Lovere, Italy

 

AIM – La Metallurgia Italiana – Genova, Italy – June, 2022

• Optimised choices for heat treatment of railway wheels in compliance with safety and environmental criteria

  Andrea Ghidini₁, Danilo Petta₂, Stefano Cantini₁
  1) Lucchini RS S.p.A. Lovere, Italy;
  2) Gearchem S.r.l. Castello D’argile, Italy

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International Journal of Fatigue – August, 2020

• Improving fatigue resistance of railway axles by cold rolling: Process optimisation and new experimental evidences

  Daniele Regazzi₁, Stefano Cantini₁, Steven Cervello₁, Stefano Foletti₂, Amir Pourheidar₂, Stefano Beretta₂
  1) Lucchini RS S.p.A. Lovere, Italy;
  2) Politecnico di Milano, Dpt. Mechanical Engineering, Milan, Italy

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SAHHA Conference – Johannesburg, South Africa – April, 2020

• Optimization of in-service UT inspections intervals based on wheelset loads monitoring – SMARTSET®

  Stefano Cantini, Steven Cervello
  Lucchini RS S.p.A. Lovere, Italy

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Ingegneria Ferroviaria – March, 2020

• Considerations about microstructure of solid wheels with traces of bainite

  Andrea Ghidini₁, Markus Diener₂, Angelo Mazzù₃, Nicola Zani₃, Candida Petrogalli₃, Michela Faccoli₃
  1) Lucchini RS S.p.A. Lovere, Italy;
  2) Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Dept. Materials, Zurich, Switzerland;
  3) University of Brescia, Dpt. Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Brescia, Italy

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19° International Wheelset Congress (IWC) – Venezia, Italy – June, 2019

• Lucchini RS solutions for the optimization of noise emissions for freight cars wheels

  Pietro Brescianini, Alberto Ronchi, Irene Marazzi, Jürgen Schneider
  Lucchini RS S.p.A. Lovere, Italy

 

• Wheel Web Temperature During Brake Application – Determination of Wheel Heat Flow and Wheel Thermo-Mechanical analysesWheel Web Temperature During Brake Application – Determination of Wheel Heat Flow and Wheel Thermo-Mechanical analyses

  Martin Schmid₁, André Birke₁, Lenz Pittroff₁, Carlos Vazquez Corte₁, Marc-Gregory Elstorpff₁, Alberto Ronchi₂, Steven Cervello₂
  1) Knorr-Bremse Systeme für Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH Munich, Germany;
  2) Lucchini RS S.p.A. Lovere, Italy

 

• Design integration of the gearbox in the wheelset

  Nico Savels, Alberto Ronchi, Stefano Cantini
  LucchiniRS SpA, Lovere, Italy

 

• Design of new wheelsets for an old Maintenance of Way equipment

  Martino Vergata₁, Antonio Vigliotti₁, Alberto Ronchi₂
  1) RFI S.p.A. Catanzaro, Italy;
  2) Lucchini RS S.p.A. Lovere, Italy

 

• LiMoSet – Innovative wheelset solution for low-floor LRVs

  Alberto Ronchi₁, Grzegorz Chojnacki₂
  1) Lucchini RS S.p.A. Lovere, Italy;
  2) PESA Bydgoszcz S.A., Bydgoszcz, Poland

 

• Application of EN-based design for non-European scenarios: the case of Lucchini RS and JR-West

  Alberto Ronchi₁, Naoki Tanabe₂
  1) Lucchini RS S.p.A. Lovere, Italy;
  2) West Japan Railway Company, Osaka, Japan

 

Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance – April, 2019

• On Mechanical Properties of New Railway Wheel Steels for Desert Environments and Sand Caused Wheel Damage Mechanisms
  

  Michela Faccoli₂, Andrea Ghidini₁, Candida Petrogalli₂
  1) Lucchini RS S.p.A. Lovere, Italy;
  2) University of Brescia, Dpt. Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Brescia, Italy

 

INNOTRANS – Berlin, Germany – October, 2018

• A family of innovative steel grades for one-piece forged-rolled wheels designed for sandy environments
  

  Michela Faccoli₂, Andrea Ghidini₁, Angelo Mazzù₂, Candida Petrogalli₂
  1) Lucchini RS S.p.A. Lovere, Italy;
  2) University of Brescia, Dpt. Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Brescia, Italy

 

11° International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems – Delft, The Netherlands – September, 2018

• Study of wheel/rail material coupling in presence of solid contaminants
  

  Michela Faccoli₂, Andrea Ghidini₁, Angelo Mazzù₂, Nicola Zani₂
  1) Lucchini RS S.p.A. Lovere, Italy;
  2) University of Brescia, Dpt. Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Brescia, Italy

 

Springer Link, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A – June, 2018

• Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Thermal Effects on Railway Wheels for Shoe-Braked High-Speed Train Applications
  

  Michela Faccoli₂, Andrea Ghidini₁, Angelo Mazzù₂
  1) Lucchini RS S.p.A. Lovere, Italy;
  2) University of Brescia, Dpt. Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Brescia, Italy

 

11° IHHA Conference – Cape Town, South Africa – September, 2017

• Narrow gauge freight axles for Heavy Haul applications: comparative evaluation of design solutions according to the European standard EN13103
  

  Alberto Ronchi, Claudio Canova
  Lucchini RS S.p.A. Lovere, Italy

 

7° Convegno Nazionale Sistema Tram – Roma, Italy – June, 2017

• LiMoSet: innovative wheelset for low-floor vehicles
  

  Alberto Ronchi
  Lucchini RS S.p.A. Lovere, Italy

 

Wear – November, 2016

• Advanced ultrasonic ‘‘Probability of Detection’’ curves for designing in-service inspection intervals
  

  Stefano Cantini, Steven Cervello
  Lucchini RS S.p.A. Lovere, Italy

 

18° IWC – Chengdu China – November 2016

• EURAXLES PROJECT Fatigue properties of railway axles: new results of full-scale specimens from EURAXLES project

  Steven Cervello₁, Stefano Beretta₂
  1) Lucchini RS S.p.A. Lovere, Italy
  2) Politecnico di Milano

 

• NDT inspection plan for railway axles based on condition monitoring

  Stefano Cantini₁, Steven Cervello₁, Stefano Beretta₂
  1) Lucchini RS S.p.A. Lovere, Italy
  2) Politecnico di Milano

 

• Innovative design and validation process of resilient wheel for modern urban mobility

  R. Gallo, S. Cervello
  LucchiniRS SpA, Lovere, Italy

 

• Measurements of wheelset loads CRH6 testing campaign

  Jin Xincan₁, Ma Lijun₂, Steven Cervello₃, Andrea Gianni₃, Dimitri Sala₃
  1) BJTU
  2) SIFANG
  3 Lucchini RS S.p.A. Lovere, Italy

 

• Axles design for High Speed applications: past, present and future

  A. Ronchi
  LucchiniRS SpA, Lovere, Italy

 

• Design standards for railway wheels: comparative overview and proposals for harmonization

  A. Ronchi
  LucchiniRS SpA, Lovere, Italy

 

• Chinese High speed return of experience

  A. Gianni₁, S. Cantini₁, Zhang Bin₂, Wang Xudong₃
  1) Engineering Department, LucchiniRS SpA, Lovere, Italy
  2) CARS
  3) ZQ

 

11° WCRR Milano – Milano Italy – June 2016

• In service axle NDT inspection based on an innovative condition monitoring sensor.

  Steven Cervello, Stefano Cantini
  Lucchini RS S.p.A. Lovere, Italy

• Fretting fatigue and non-propagation of surface cracks

  S. Foletti₁, S. Beretta₁, S. Cervello₂
  1) Politecnico di Milano, Dept. Mechanical Engineering. Milano. Italy
  2) Lucchini RS S.p.A. Lovere, Italy

 

International Journal of Fatigue – May, 2016

• Advanced ultrasonic ‘‘Probability of Detection’’ curves for designing in-service inspection intervals
  

  Michele Carboni₂, Stefano Cantini₁
  1) Lucchini RS S.p.A. Lovere, Italy
  2) Politecnico di Milano, Dpt. Mechanical Engineering, Milan, Italy