Patent ID: 9416498
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: B23C,B23P,B23Q,B24B,E01B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method of profiling a running surface comprising at least a running edge and a driving surface of a rail laid in a track, comprising driving on a track with a processing vehicle, laterally moving into contact with the running edge or an inner side face of the rail to be machined facing the track center with at least a first copying probe element mounted on the processing vehicle and displaceable in the horizontal direction transversely to the rail and machining the running edge or the driving surface of the rail with a machining unit having a machining tool driven in rotation for removing material which is displaceable and coupled with the first copying probe element at least in the horizontal direction, wherein during use of the processing vehicle in the region of a switch or a track crossing in specific part-sections of the track, either 1) a second copying probe element is temporarily placed in contact with 2) after displacing the first copying probe element it is placed in contact with the outer side face of the rail to be machined; and in these part-sections, the machining tool is, in the horizontal direction, coupled with the displaced first copying probe element; and copying probe elements with a width in the horizontal direction transversely to the rail of at most 35 mm are used.