For all HO Tracks with Analog or DCC control

The H0-wheel cleaning unit
- cleans driving and driven wheels of model railroad vehicles
- removes oil and dirt residues from the wheels

therefore you achieve
- clean wheels of engines and all rolling stock
- oil free traction tires
- reliable operation of all model railroad vehicles

The track and cleaning pads of the unit are supplied with track power (analog or digital) and can therefore be driven over. The H0-wheel cleaning unit removes dirt and oil residues from wheels of all model railroad vehicles. The unit is equally suited for engines or other rolling stock and can be integrated into the layout. Complete trains can run across it.

In place of the regular track, two brass rods covered with polishing material are oscillating while a train is passing over them, cleaning not just the driving wheels of an engine but all wheels of a complete train. The brass rods are driven by a 12 Volt DC coreless motor (made in Germany by Faulhaber). The 250 mm (9.84”) long polishing rods are long enough to clean even large diameter wheels, either dry or with cleaning fluid.

Due to the oscillating movement of the cleaning rods, the initially standing engine sinks by its own weight into the felt pad. Setting the throttle to a low speed, the wheels of the standing engine will start to turn. Non-driven wheels (e.g. wagon wheels) will be cleaned while rolling across the oscillating polishing material, either pushed/pulled by hand or by a locomotive. The time consuming manual wheel cleaning chore is no longer necessary. The wheels of your engines and rolling stock remain clean, which results in optimal power transfer between the rails and wheels.

The cleaning unit can be equipped with a system compatible decoder (later upgrade is possible) for DCC operation. Depending on the kind and amount of dirt, the cleaning rods can be outfitted with either self adhesive felt pads or very fine emery cloth. The emery cloth pads (Art.-No. 9308) should not be used on wheels equipped with traction tires. The felt strips may be soaked with grease dissolving fluid for particularly stubborn dirt.

If the cleaning pads need to be changed, simply lift the brass rods (Art.-No.9302) from the unit, peel off the old pads and replace them with new self adhesive ones.

The coreless motor (made in Germany by Faulhaber) requires regulated DC power from 0 to 12 Volts. The power can be taken from regular model railway controllers (please observe the technical instruction of the controller). If DCC is used on your layout, use a loco decoder with high frequency drive to control the motor.

The wheel cleaning unit should be installed in an easily accessible location, possibly in a branch line of the layout. Cut a rectangular opening in the trackbed with the following measurements: length 300 mm (11.81 inch), width 40 mm (1.57 inch), depth 55 mm (2.17 inch) from the top of the rail.