Case Study
Control and Motor Drive Testing on a Bascule-Type Railroad Drawbridge
Application Note Situation When a major railroad requested help in appraising the opera- tional safety of an electrically powered, 100 year-old railroad drawbridge, technician Paul Visocky faced an unusual challenge. The bridge in question spans a busy waterway. As part of their predictive maintenance program, railroad management wanted to confirm the baseline performance parameters of the bridge operating mechanism. Control and Motor Drive Te