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Abstract

A method for manufacturing a railway wheel with a base material, a more wear-resistant layer at the part of the flange facing the wheel tread, and a layer in the tread which gives a high friction between wheel and rail which is relatively independent of the weather. The method is characterized in that a prefabricated component is manufactured from members of the base material and from the more wear-resistant materials, respectively, which members are given such a shape as to fit closely against each other, and which, after turning or other machining and cleaning from oxide and other impurities, are put together and welded together at the outer surfaces of the component in such a way that admission of air between said members is prevented, the component thereafter being hot-worked to form a finished or near finished wheel blank with a good bond between the different members defining the tread and/or flange regions thereof.

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