BALLAST COMPACTOR

The windhoff ballast compactor has been designed to follow immediately behind a tamping machine, reprofiling and compacting the ballast to its previous standards. It is self-propelled and has 10 vibratory compacting arms. Eight of these are mounted vertically, two on each side of each rail, while the remaining two are larger side-mounted units for compacting the ballast shoulders. Shoulder compactors are adjustable to suit the cross-section of the ballast, and the static pressure, frequency and intensity of vibration, as well as its duration, can all be regulated to obtain optimum results.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/03735346
• Corporate Authors:

  Temple Press Limited

  161-166 Fleet Street
  Longon EC4,   England 
• Publication Date: 1971-8

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 325
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Compaction; Maintenance of way; Soil compaction; Technology
• Geographic Terms: Germany
• Old TRIS Terms: Track maintenance equipment
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00037803
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 15 1976 12:00AM