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Hello sir I want to know to about the WILD of RDSO so please provide me suitable information about the same.

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Wheel Impact Load Detector (WILD) is a Safety System used to identify the defective wheel.

WILD of RDSO

Financial Year-2007-08

Broad Area of Achievement-Safety

Title of Achievement-Wheel Impact Load Detector

Description of Achievement-An automatic system for detection of defects in the wheels of railway vehicles was developed by RDSO along with IIT-Kanpur.

Likely Benefits-Data gathered from the users indicate that WILDs detect defects (reject-able and permissible) in wheels of vehicles in 48% of time when it generates a critical alarm

Current Status of Implementation-15 WILD systems have been installed at different places over Indian Railways. The experience gained from these systems is being used to further improve the overall efficiency, efficacy, understanding and utilization of WILDs

Wheel Impact Load Detector (WILD)

Impact load occurs on rail when a defective portion of wheel falls on rail head.

Impact load is transferred to rail head from wheel through combination of any or all of the following defects like

Wheel having a flat / Out of roundness

Overloaded Axles

Defect in suspension system

Miss-alignment of bogies

Skew in the car body etc