Tread Conditioning Brake Shoes

WheelSaver™

WheelSavers protect wheels and track

• WheelSaver tread conditioning brake shoes extend wheel and rail life
• Repair wheels and reduce kips
• Increase safety – semi-metallic friction material increases wheel-to-rail adhesion
• Provide a stable coefficient of friction in all service environments
• Protect wheels with 100% tread conditioning material contact when rigging sags
• Limit wheel tread defects – eliminate metal pick-up and tread grooves
• Cost less per braking mile – lab testing has shown that WheelSavers last longer than composition shoes

WheelSaver brake shoes are Engineered to Outperform (E₂O) all others

WheelSaver repairs wheels and reduces kips

• E₂O extends wheel and rail life
• E₂O improves wheel-to-rail adhesion

WheelSaver’s 100% tread conditioning material protects wheels

• E₂O maintains continual contact when rigging sags
• E₂O runs cooler

WheelSaver’s semi-metallic friction material increases safety

• E₂O maintains consistent stopping power, low heat fade
• E₂O won’t groove tread, no metal pick up

WheelSavers prolong the life of wheels and track.

BEFORE: Large surface defect like the one shown on the R2 wheel (at left) increases kip forces, causing track and wheel damage. AFTER: During 55 days in service, WheelSaver repaired the tread defect on the R2 wheel (at right).

Metal from wheels and rails transfers to composite shoes. WheelSaver’s unique semi-metallic friction material is incapable of metal pick-up and will not groove the tread surface.

Keep your bottom line from taking a beating

Each of the eight wheels on a 143-ton railcar exerts an average of 17.875 tons of pressure on the top of the rail over an area smaller than the size of a dime. One wheel with a flat spot can increase that pressure by more than 300% of additional force each time the flat spot impacts the rail.

WheelSaver brake shoes reduce rail-destroying forces by repairing flat spots, protecting the top of the rail.

WheelSaver Tread Conditioning Freight Brake Shoes

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