Practical application of turnout grinding

Turnouts are a critical element of railway infrastructure, not only due to their essential role for creating a network of tracks, but also their much higher installation and maintenance costs. Grinding is well recognised as a long term cost effective maintenance task. Therefore grinding of turnouts is a highly important activity, however the peculiarities of the turnout design make grinding them a unique challenge. This paper outlines the engineering approach adopted by Speno Australia to address this challenge, incorporating the machine design and construction, grinding stone selection, process optimisation and practical application.

• Record URL:
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• Authors:
  • Thomas S
• Conference:
  • CORE 2016, Maintaining the Momentum, Conference on Railway Excellence, Melbourne, Victoria, 16-18 May 2016
• Publication Date: 2016

Media Info

• Pagination: 8p. ; PDF
• Monograph Title: Maintaining the momentum: CORE 2016: conference on railway excellence, 16-18 May 2016, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction management; Rail (Railroads)
• ATRI Terms: Maintenance method; Railway track
• Subject Areas: Construction; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01636867
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: May 30 2017 3:29PM