摘要 |
A surface conditioning (1) device for railway track rails (2) and/or railway vehicle wheels (7), the device comprising: a DC power supply (3); a supply of gas (9); a plasma delivery head (13) connected to receive DC power from said power supply (3) and gas from said gas supply (9); and an igniter (6) for igniting said gas in said plasma delivery head (13): wherein, in use, plasma is generated within said delivery head (13) by ignition of said gas in said delivery head (13), and plasma with gas is blown from the delivery head onto a railway track rail (2) and/or railway vehicle wheel (7), thereby to condition said rail (2) and/or wheel (7). |