WELDING RAILWAY TRACKS FOR INDUSTRIAL TRANSPORT

The Kommunarsk Steel Works has 200 km of intensively used industrial track where axle loadings are over 55 tons and the layout includes steep grades and sharp curves. While trains operate at only 25 km/hr, the trackage has been welded into 100-m lengths by a portable electric machine. Welds have been examined; the metallurgy of the joints and weld effects are described. Track maintenance has been reduced.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Translation of Automaticheskaya Svarka, N8, 1976, pp 48-49.
• Corporate Authors:

  Welding Institute

  Abingdon Hall
  Cambridge CB1 6AL,   England 
• Authors:
  • Shekhter, Sya
  • Pyatkov, YuN
  • Yusimov, S I
• Publication Date: 1976-8

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 36-37
• Serial:
  • Automatic Welding
  • Volume: 29
  • Issue Number: 8

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Industrial railroads; Maintenance of way; Rail (Railroads); Railroad tracks; Steel plants; Technology; Welded rail; Welding
• Geographic Terms: Russia (Federation)
• Old TRIS Terms: Rail welding
• Subject Areas: Finance; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00157675
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 4 1977 12:00AM