What is the material of a train wheel?
What is the material of a train wheel?
How many types of train wheels?
What is the material of each type?
This is a very professional and important issue. The selection of wheel materials for different rail vehicles is crucial for their safe, efficient, and economical operation. Overall, wheel materials have evolved from cast steel to rolled steel and then to alloy steel, while modern high-performance wheels adopt more advanced
microalloying and heat treatment technologies.
Please check below materials list of different types of train wheels.
| wheel types | materials |
| metro wheels | AAR-C,AAR-B,ER7,ER8,ER9,CL60,SSW |
| urban light railway | AAR-C,AAR-B,ER7,ER8,ER9,CL60,SSW |
| wagon wheels | AAR-C,CL60,ER7,ER8,ER9 |
| locomotive wheels | AAR-C,CL60,ER7,ER8,ER9 |
| mining wheels | AAR-C,42CrMo,Bainitic Steel |