Scientific paper ID 468 : 2010/1

Regarding the safety of traffic, the assembly blocks are the most important assembly block of the railway vehicles. In this article, we shall consider the state of stress of the whelel hub and the axle hub seat, the basic principles of calculations concerning these assembly block and, finally, say something about the factors which affect or determine the quality of the press-fitted assembly block wheel?axle, and the procedure of the control of its quality.