shoe bars

01:49 Sep 1, 2014
English to German translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping
English term or phrase: shoe bars
Hallo Eisenbahnfreunde,

ich habe Probleme mit diesem Satz aus einer Prüfanleitung für ein Schienenfahrzeug:

"Check that cables supporting the shoe bars are not tight". Das Original stammt nicht von einem EN-Muttersprachler, aber "shoe bars" gibt es, ich bin mir nur nicht sicher, wie sie hier heißen.

Könnt ihr mir helfen?

Vielen Dank im Voraus.
lusatia
Germany


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shoe bar
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Explanation:
If I knew exactly what vehicle you are talking of, and if it were a power car for a condustor rail system, I'd grade this with a confidence level of ten, whatever others may say - I do know the subject...

Assuming that IS the case, the "shoe" - 'current collector-shoe' to be all formal and correct - is suspended from a "bar" at the side of the bogie, and the current picked up from the conductor rail passes through these wires to the electric motor.

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