FLASH-BUTT WELDING USING MOBILE ON-TRACK MACHINES

Flash-butt welding of rails in the field is somewhat different from welding in a plant where there is no restriction on weight or longitudinal movement of one rail. Using a machine developed in the Soviet Union, a mobile welding has made up to ten welds per hour in Italy and Austria. Careful control of the process is necessary.

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• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Transport Press, Limited

  Dorset House, Stamford Street
  London SE1 9LU,   England 
• Authors:
  • RIESSBERGER, K
• Publication Date: 1977-10

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 388-391
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 133
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Equipment; Maintenance of way; Railroad rails; Technology; Welded rail; Welding
• Geographic Terms: Russia (Federation)
• Old TRIS Terms: Rail welding; Track maintenance equipment; Welding equipment
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00167512
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Railway Gazette International
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 27 1977 12:00AM