Heavy freight
Increased availability for heavily used rail tracks
Under sleeper pads
Under ballast mats
Baseplate pads
Rail pads
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Case studies
Getzner products and services are used successfully in the heavy freight sector throughout the world.
Challenges
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Heavy traffic route with axle load over 33 metric tons
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Increased wear on superstructure components
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Repeated periods of closure due to high maintenance requirements
„Modifying the stiffness enables the maintenance costs for a section of track to be considerably reduced. Getzner offers various solutions to this end. On the MRS track, the Getzner materials provide the superstructure with the required level of elasticity. In addition, it is clear that the rail pads do an exceptional job of withstanding the extremely high loads.“Antonio Merheb, Technical Manager at MRS Logistica S.A.
Challenges
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Axle load of 30 t
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High frequency, high tonnage
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Above-average amounts of wear on high-grade rail steels and sleepers
„Trafikverket knew that under sleeper pads help significantly to protect the ballast. But no-one had ever tested whether this solution would work as efficiently and on this scale north of the arctic circle before. The ideal load distribution within the track was required. This was the goal behind the attempt to reduce the stress between ballast and sleeper by enlarging the area of contact between the sleeper and the ballast. Under sleeper pads, such as those offered by Getzner, are perfect for such a scenario.“
Challenges
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High frequency of trains (100 to 130 trains per day with daily gross tonnage up to 1.3 MGT)
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Destruction of ballast due to exceptionally high loads
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Short tamping intervals
„By conducting comprehensive analyses of the track geometry and maintenance records, we could verify a significant reduction of maintenance costs and numerous positive effects on the track were witnessed since the introduction of Getzner USPs.“Quanxian Wang, Senior Engineer of the Taiyuan Railway Bureau
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Case Study Long-term Test of Rail Pads on a Heavy Traffic Route, Brazil EN
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