Rail, Rail Anchors, Fasteners and Sleepers

A. Rawie
Heavy type buffer will stack the end of the track panels to increase concourse area.	Temporary track closures to protect sensitive areas can be catered for with sliding folding buffer stops.	Light, medium and heavy buffer stops combined with either elastomeric or hydraulic cylinders.
Combined buffer stop/loading ramps for rubber typed vehicles for distribution and Ro Ro centres.

Abetong
The Abetong Long Line Method is based on a 24-hour production cycle which features curing in the moulds prior to demoulding and destressing.	TRAKSLAB, a cost-effective grade crossing system for easy installation and maintenance.	Abetong concrete railway sleepers are produced under licence and by partly owned companies at 34 factories all over the world.
Research and development is essential for Abetong's development of concrete railway sleeper production and design methods.

Advanced Track Products
The Egg is specifically designed to reduce ground-borne vibration - the cause of secondary noise in buildings neighbouring transit tracks.	The Trackmaster track fastener is intended to provide transit and commuter rail systems with a greater range of options and a fail-safe track fastener design.	The Loadmaster, for 20t axle service, is an outgrowth of the track fastener, designed by ATP for the East Rail project in Hong Kong.
Plinth-mounted Acoustical Loadmasters provide excellent track stability, durability, drainage and access.	ATP's ballast mats provide excellent reduction of ground-borne vibrations and reduce ballast degradation.

Austrak
Austrak has grown to become a leader in the design and manufacture of pre-stressed concrete railway sleepers (ties) and turnout bearers.	Austrak has patented a railway sleeper design system to replace existing timber railway ties with low-profile concrete sleepers.	Austrak’ s commitment to working in partnership with its clients underpins its ability to remain at the forefront of railway sleeper and rail product manufacturing - guaranteeing enhanced value and service.
Austrak specialises in the rapid deployment of factories, and has a proven track record of doing so in remote and inhospitable areas.	Austrak is a vertically integrated company with the in-house expertise to design, construct, commission and operate railway sleeper production plants.

BASF Construction Chemicals
Bordeaux Tramway System. More than 1,000t of MASTERFLOW® cementitious grouts, fixing and bedding systems were supplied in 2004.	Hong Kong KCR West Rail Permanent Way. More than 200,000ls of MASTERFLOW® epoxy anchoring and fixing grout were supplied.	MASTERFLOW® 153RG for Translohr Guided Vehicle system in Padua, Italy, 2004.
Jubilee Line Extension, London Underground. UGC International supplied MEYCO sprayed concrete accelerators, MEYCO sprayed concrete equipment and complete site support.	MASTERFLOW® 155RG installation on Valencia Tran Via project during 2004.

Cemex Rail Products
Cemex Rail Products offers a comprehensive package of sleeper design, manufacture and unrivalled delivery service by both road and rail - their factory being strategically positioned on a line-side site close to the West Coast Main Line and within a stone’s throw of the UK’s main motorways.	The position of Cemex Rail Products' factory ensures the fast loading of trains - an overhead crane, capable of handling 56 sleepers at a time, can load 2,500 sleepers in less than 4 hours.	By using Cemex’s computerised measurement systems, the bearers in turnouts and crossovers can be produced in standard size units with the stock items being bought back into the secondary processing facility to be measured, plotted and drilled by a computer operated CNC rig.
Use of the CNC rig ensures that bearer fixings can be positioned to very tight tolerances. The rig also allows data to be programmed in to make allowance for creep and elastic shortening of the bearers.

Durable Wood Products
DWP recognizes the global demand in the railroad industry for superior quality crossties, sleepers, switch-ties and bridge timbers.	We provide a wide range of Turada™ railroad ties including crossties, switch ties and bridge ties.	Turada™ ties have a Class A fire rating according to ASTM E84, and have been tested under laboratory conditions for strength, hardness and spike insertion.
We are constantly expanding our production facilities in South America to offer a wide range of quality wood products and reliable services to our worldwide channels of distribution.	In addition to our Turada™ tie products, we are also the producers of structural timbers, sleepers, lumber, pilings, posts and roofing shingles.

edilon)(sedra
The Edilon Corkelast Embedded Rail System is an ideal solution for stations. Shown is the Atocha main station, Madrid, Spain.	The Edilon Corkelast Embedded Rail System for the Munich Tramway provides a smooth ride for tram passengers, low noise & vibration emission and access for emergency vehicles.	In the Pragal Tunnel, Lisbon, Portugal 2 km of Edilon Corkelast Embedded rail were installed end 1998. The system allows for easy access of emergency and maintenance vehicles.
Over 170 km of the Edilon Corkelast Embedded Block System for the Metro Madrid in stations and running tunnels. The system has proven its reliability for more than 30 years.	A slipform paver constructing a reinforced concrete slab with integrated troughs for the Dutch HSL track. The rails are embedded with Edilon Corkelast.

Engipress
Pre-stressed sleeper set for 1 in 12 turnout.	Engipress produces various types of sleepers, including sleepers for main lines, 1 in 8 ½ and 1 in 12 turnouts, 1 in 8 ½ scissors crossovers, derailing switches, level crossings, rail expansion joints, bridge approaches and guard rails.	Main line sleepers for the prestigious Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) project.
Engipress sleepers are manufactured using the Short Stress Bench method.	Sleepers are de-moulded using de-moulding tackle. The de-moulded sleepers are then put into sleeper-carrying trolleys.

Impragnierwerk Wulknitz
Impregnating plant in the background.	Ready reinforced sleepers.	Sleepers treatment plant.
View on the storage with work siding in Wülknitz.	Sleeper pile for drying.

INFRASET
INFRASET are at the forefront of railway sleeper development.	The use of high strength concrete provides an excellent electrical resistance required to ensure reliable and safe track circuiting.	Concrete sleepers are produced to strictly laid down procedures so that the company and the customer are assured of a quality product.
In addition to pre-stressed concrete sleepers, INFRASET also produces maintenance-free electricity distribution poles, purpose-made to customer specifications.

Lumara Timber Sydney
The timber Lumara supplies has been used by the railway industry since Australia’s founding.	Lumara’s crossing timbers can be tailor made to fulfil any railway requirement.	Lumara’s bridge and crossing timbers are made from tough, durable eucalyptus trees.
All Lumara’s timber is sourced from sustainable, renewable forests and conform to stringent Australian Forestry Standards.

NORD-LOCK
The NORD-LOCK washer.	The NORD-LOCK principle.	Test diagram for M8, frequency 40Hz.
Ultradynamics' hydraulic retarders are at set distances along the track to bring the train to the correct speed for that part of the marshalling yard.	High-speed switch drivers on ICE tracks are secured with NORD-LOCK washers.

P-TEC
P-TEC supplies the design and calculations for all types of pre-stressed concrete sleepers.	P-TEC provides sleepers for various systems and rail fastenings.	Direct demoulded sleepers.
Long line production system for track and turnout sleepers.	P-TEC plans and builds factories from the initial concept to the technical implementation.

Pandrol Rail Fastenings
The PANDROL FASTCLIP rail fastening is a pre-assembled system, developed in response to the growing need for fast, efficient track installation and reduced maintenance costs. It offers new benefits such as captive components throughout service life and highly mechanised application with minimal labour.	PANDROL VIPA has been developed to attenuate vibration and secondary noise through a two-part resilient pad system.	FASTCLIP FD is a simplified system for railways operating low or medium density operations, on rail sections of 50kg or below and at speeds generally less than 120km/hr.
VANGUARD is a revolutionary new way of supporting rail in slab, viaduct and tunnel applications. With exceptionally low stiffness characteristics, the vibration attenuation and gauge control performance is expected to be outstanding.	PANDROL e-PLUS utilises the in 'e' clip assemblies the two piece insulator concept developed for FASTCLIP. Its unique feature is a toe insulator which ‘rolls’ on the rail base as the rail moves laterally.

PLASTWIL
The SB-W1 elastic rail-fastening system consists of an SB3/3 cast iron anchor, SB4 spring clip for rails, WKW60 electro-insulating hold-down pad, PWE shaped cushion, concrete sleeper and a rail.	The new PWE cushion is characterised by its high absorption of dynamic loads (over 50%) and resistance to repeated loads; this is related to the change of static and dynamic rigidity.	An electro-insulating pad used to fix a rail to a sleeper.
The dowel – an element of a screw joint fixing a rail to a sleeper.	Our systems may be used in ballast track structure on pre-tensioned prestressed concrete sleepers of all types, and in tracks of all categories.

Primix
Our hybrid crossties are made with recycled plastic, rubber and steel and they do not contain the toxic chemicals found in traditional railroad ties.	Our hybrid crossties are made with recycled plastic, rubber and steel and they do not contain the toxic chemicals found in traditional railroad ties.	Primix unites the benefits of wooden ties with the strengths of concrete and steel in one hybrid composite tie.

Royal Forging
Royal supplies a wide range of elastic fastenings including E clips, PR clips, W clamps and Nabla type clips.	Royal manufactures various types of rail pads and insulators / liners.	Royal manufactures spikes including screw / coach spikes, single and double shank spikes and track / dog spikes.
Royal supplies rail anchors, steel sleepers, fish plates / rail joints and base / tie plates for modern rail networks.	Royal is equipped with state-of-the-art in house testing equipment and laboratories.

Shanghai Suyu Railway Fasteners
We supply crew spikes, track spikes, track bolts, clip bolts, and all other kinds of bolts according to your requirements.	We develop all kinds of high quality and competitively priced rail clips for our customers.	Rail clamps and fastenings are some of our main products; we can produce various kinds of forging rail clamps to meet our customers' requirements.
Along with railway fasteners, plastic dowels and pads are also within our production range.	We also can supply all kinds of fishplates, shoulders and rail anchors.

Sika
In Erfurt, Germany continuous undersealing of rails with Icosit® KC 340 reduced vibration by 40%.	In 1986, the baseplates of the lawn track in Fellbach, Germany were supported by Icosit® KC 330, resulting in an extremely quiet and aesthetically attractive system.	The baseplates of the crossover of the Heathrow Express in London were undersealed with Icosit® KC 330 in situ for maximum precision and riding comfort.
In Memphis, Tennessee, the very basic suspension of heritage trolleys necessitated maximum vibration absorption through an embedded rail design with Icosit® KC 330.	In Tuen Mun, Hongkong, the light rail vehicles have run on vibration-absorbing Icosit® KC 330 since 1987.

Sroubarna Kyjov
Sroubarna's Kyjov hot-formed rail fastener facility. Our manufacturing programme includes the production of screw spikes, T-head bolts, bolts for track and nuts.	Hot-formed screw spikes are produced with wood screw or trapezoidal thread and in 4.6, 5.6 and 8.8 property classes. Our screw spikes follow the UC 864-1 technical and delivery condition and are used to fasten concrete or wood sleepers.	T-head bolts are produced with cold-formed threads and in 4.6, 5.6 and 8.8 property classes. T-head bolts conform to the UIC 864-2V standard. We produce bolts for track with metrical thread.
Our production portfolio covers hexagonal and square nuts in either black or bright modification, and with metric or Whithworth thread. Sizes of nuts range from M16 to M36 and from grades 4 to 10.	Sroubarna Kyjov possesses highly productive machines. Due to our R&D we are able to produce tools and develop unique machinery used in hot-forming production.

Srubena
ŚRUBENA UNIA is now one of Europe’s leading producers of steel fastening elements such as bolts, nuts, screws, rivets and railway fasteners.	Qualified staff and modern machinery maintain the highest quality standards for our range of 5,000 different types of products.	ŚRUBENA UNIA is widely known as a reliable exporter, supplying wholesalers, the German railway group (DB), and the Swiss and Swedish railroad industries.
We supply a range of hexagonal bolts and nuts to the railway industry.	Our high-tensile railway fasteners are competing with leading European producers offering highest quality and attractive price level.

Thomson Rail Equipment
Thomson's Fastclip machine is a robust and reliable machine which is easy to adjust and operate, and requires just two hydraulic services.	Thomson's FD clipping machine is designed to set and extract Fastclips and FD clips on either one or both rails.	Thomson's universal lifting beams have unique rotating grab heads designed to allow them to be used in pairs to lift track panels or singly for handling rail.
The new Thomson Rail Equipment telescopic rail-lifting beam is the first of its type to enter the UK market.	The ballast plough is ideal for clearing bulk ballast to the sleeper ends.

Tracksure
The three separate components of Tracksure’s device.	The complete Tracksure device.	Tracksure’s device in situ in Rotterdam.
Results of testing on the Tracksure device: the average retained clamp force of a standard nut was 21% whereas the average retained clamp force with the device fitted was 95%.	Tracksure’s MD, Gerhard Dodl (left), with his Rail-Tech® Europe 2007 Innovation Award and Rogier Schulmeister MD of ETS Spoor BV.

TSTG Schienen Technik
TSTG Schienen Technik is one of the few rail producers who are able to supply customers with the longest rails in the world. Today our rail '60 E2' is the standard product in the German high-speed railway system.	We manufacture and deliver individual rails, in lengths up to 120m, just in time to the job site. Our product range contains more than 80 different rail profiles.	With TSTG Schienen Technik you are on the right track to a comprehensive 'round the rail' programme: flat bottom rails, grooved rails, crane rails, rails for switches and crossings, steel sleepers, and services in handling and administration.
All quality parameters are monitored with the utmost care from the pre-material entry, through all stages of production to the final acceptance and despatch.	For the optimum quality testing we maintain a state-of-the-art rail-testing centre with facilities to test rail straightness, surface and internal defects.

voestalpine Schienen GmbH
voestalpine's new high-tech rail rolling mill incorporates a series of world firsts such as Ultra-Flexible Rolling (UFR) technology.	voestalpine Schienen specialises in providing a full range of rail and permanent way solutions including flat bottom rails, 120m rails, vignol rails, grooved rails, tongue rails, turnouts and fastenings.	This quality pentagram of rails summarizes voestalpine's worldwide acknowledged leading position as a customer benefit leader.
HSH® high-polymeric hardening bath – the globally patented HSH® head hardening process, which is a voestalpine Schienen inhouse development.	The new brand logo stands for the values which guide us in our daily work: innovation, reliability and dynamic problem solving.

WALTER-BETON
The WALTER SLEEPER method for the production of sleepers reflects the experience gained during the long-term development of pre-stressed concrete monoblock sleepers in Germany.	The findings of 4 years of research and comparative testing made the German Federal Railways finally decide for the pre-stressed monoblock sleeper to be used in the German track network.	The WALTER System has continuously been accommodated to the very high international standards.
The production of one single sleeper enables the use of a high-strength concrete with large-size aggregates (up to 32mm) and a low factor of cement.

Wirth Rail
Wirth Rail is North and South America's leading supplier for rails for transit systems.	Wirth Rail's rail products include tee, crane, girder, contact, and guard rails.	Wirth Rail has invested in the production of smaller vignole rail profiles for Light-Rail Projects (LRT).
Wirth Rail has worked closely in the development of girder rails for new and existing tramway lines.	Wirth Rail focuses on mass transit projects and provides recommendations and expertise to engineering firms and transit authorities.

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