The sustainable Duratrack railway sleeper has been awarded Type Approval by mainline rail operators V/Line and Metro Trains Melbourne. After successful in-track trials at Wyndham Vale (V/Line) and Richmond Station (MTM), and with other rail companies trialling, this exciting and innovative railway sleeper could point the way to a future of sustainable rail infrastructure.

A railway sleeper or bearer comprises a hole through its depth to facilitate fixing of the sleeper to a pavement such as an asphalt, concrete or polyurethane ballast pavement. A void in the sleeper or bearer may be filled with epoxy resin or a polymer grout and a structural dowel that may be a stainless steel bar. A structural rubber or elastomeric annulus may be fitted into the hole.

Figure 7: Tufflex Sleeper (17) 8. Natural rubber composite Sleeper The use of natural rubber in rubber-asphalt mixtures for road surfaces, bridge bearings, plates for vibration absorbers and blocks for the seismic protection of tall buildings inspired a group of researchers in Thailand to manufacture railway sleepers using it in 2005 (Fig. 8).

The results indicate a reduction of sleeper. stress along the depth of the cross-section of the concrete sleeper against increased. thickness of rubber sleeper pad. Sleeper pad with 1 0mm exhibit ...

Introduction. The traditional materials used to manufacture railway sleepers are timber, concrete and in some cases steel, which are generally designed for 20, 50 and 50 years, respectively [1], [2], [3].Timber was the earliest material used and more than 2.5 billion timber components have been installed worldwide [4].They are adaptable and have excellent dynamic, electrical and sound ...

The Government of Victoria in Australia has announced the installation of railway sleepers made from recycled plastic at Richmond station in Melbourne. The move is part of the government's sustainability efforts and will support the transition to a circular economy. Richmond station was equipped with the first of 200 Duratrack railway ...

Rail Pad. A rail pad, also called rail rubber plate, is designed between the rail tie plate and foot of the rail, made by an elastic polyurethane mat, which is interposed between steel rails and tie sleepers to protect the sleeper top from wearing and impacting. Its defined stiffness is used to increase the elasticity of the superstructure of ...

Timber Railway Sleepers are perfect for raised beds, retaining walls and other garden & landscape purposed. We supply a variety of garden sleepers including treated softwood, fire treated brushwood, hardwood, extra large and brown treated in many sizes. Rapid Nationwide Delivery & Trade Prices.

Railway Spikes. A railway spike or a railroad spike is a large nail with an offset head that can hold rails and baseplate firmly to the tie (sleeper). Railway spikes have various types according to the structure and way of installation. The dog spikes and the screw spikes are two typical types.

About Us Who we are: Founded 2 decades ago, Anyang General International Co., Ltd (AGICO) has been providing railway fastening solutions for worldwide railway road constructions, which mainly supplies rail fasteners, fish joint, rail track and other rail fastening system parts. At present, AGICO is a trust parner of CRCC (China Railway Construction Corporation ), and railway products are ...

Switch or crossing railway sleepers vary in length from 2.60 m. to 5 m. or more; industrial railway sleepers are 1.80 m. to 2 m., and crossings generally 1.30 m. to 2 m. The useful life of a railway sleeper depends upon its resistance to fungi, insects, and mechanical pressure. Protection against decay is obtained by impregnating with chemicals.

Railway Sleepers are green pressure treated to ensure a long, strong life in gardens and courtyards. The chemical used for treatment is green initially, however, when dry, these will turn a golden natural colour, then silvery grey over the years. -Rapid nationwide delivery across the whole UK -Each sleeper weighs between 20-30kg -Each sleeper measures 2.4m x 200mm x 100mm

Plastic sleeper is a kind of railway sleeper made from mixed plastics as the main material. Railway sleeper (railroad ties or crosstie in the US) is a component laying under the track to support railroad rails and transfer the pressure to the ballast. There are mainly four types of railway sleepers according to the materials.Wooden sleeper, concrete sleeper, steel sleeper and plastic sleeper.

process on the surface of the railway sleeper, which results damage in long term period. In reality, contrarily to the simulation, the corners of the crushed stones break off or even the entire grain can split into multiple pieces (Selig and Waters 1994). That phenomenon reduces the magnitude of …

Railway Sleepers Types. Railway sleepers can be mainly divided into 4 types: wooden sleepers, concrete sleepers, steel railroad ties and plastic sleepers in railway. Generally speaking, railway sleeper is traditionally made of wood, but pre-stressed concrete sleeper is also widely used nowadays, especially in Europe and Asia.

A railroad tie, crosstie (American English), railway tie (Canadian English) or railway sleeper (Australian and British English) is a rectangular support for the rails in railroad tracks.Generally laid perpendicular to the rails, ties transfer loads to the track ballast and subgrade, hold the rails upright and keep them spaced to the correct gauge. ...

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The technology developed by Greenrail allows the production of railway sleepers with secondary raw materials, using a blend of rubber collected from ELTs (End of Life Tyres) and plastic from urban waste. The intellectual property of Greenrail's technology is protected on a worldwide scale in more than 70 patent offices in the world.

Railway Sleepers, or railroad ties/crossties or railway ties are specific shaped support structures that are placed beneath rails of a track. These are responsible for keeping overall rigidity of the track structure, transfer and spread (as equally as possible) the load transferred from the rails to the ballast below them as well as maintaining track gauge.

Tire recycling can also produce other useful products such as playground grass, railway sleepers and rubber asphalt. This process also helps to prevent the spread of disease. Used and discarded Tires can provide nesting sites for rodents and mosquitoes. By recycling old Tires, these pests can be eliminated.

The impact strength of railway sleepers with crumb rubber was 60% higher than that of prestressed concrete sleepers. 10 One of the concerns related to the application of rubber concrete sleepers ...

A composite railway sleeper (1; 50; 100) comprising an outer coating shell (2; 51; 101) made of composite plastic material and a shaped structural core (3; 52; 102), made of a material comprising at least concrete contained within said outer coating shell (2; 51; 510; 101), wherein said outer coating shell (2; 51; 510; 101) presents in the upper outer face (2a; 51a; 101a) two distinct and ...

Railway Sleepers Rubber Pads. rubber pad,railway rubber pad, rubber block pad,railroad rubber pad, rubber products, rubber sheets. 1.material:rubber (natural rubber or synthetic rubber,noreclaimed rubber) 2.function,protect tack, sleeper and …

Excepting for iron parts like railway fish plate, rail clip, screw spike, track bolts, there are some plastic and rubber parts in the construction of railway track, such as rail pad, plastic dowel, rail insulator, guide plate.Do you really know these rail fasteners? Let's figure them one by one. Rail pad. Rail pad, also known as rail rubber pad, is used between steel rail and concrete sleeper.

The results obtained after drop weight impact test on railway sleeper is shown in Table 5.As per the draft provisional specification of composite sleeper (), the acceptance criteria after impact test is that only recess should be formed but no crack should appear on the surface of the sleeper.All specimens made with crumb rubber replacement do not show any crack after two blows.

With an expected shelf life of over 40 years, composite sleepers score over wooden sleepers due to usage of recycled materials like HDPE, crammer rubber, glass reinforcement and fillers. Also, these sleepers are not susceptible to rupture, decay or insect infestation and drive down the overall operating costs for Indian Railways besides being ...

The railway sleeper is one of the important foundations of the railway track. It is used to carry the weight of the train and pass it to the rail bed. This paper classifies the railway sleepers according to the materials, describes their performance characteristics, and focuses on the research and analysis of the use of several composite sleepers that have appeared in recent years.

steel sleepers were also commonly used in the construction of railway tracks. Concrete sleepers can be produced from both new and recycled concrete. A railway sleeper is a rectangular support for the rails in railroad tracks. Generally laid perpendicular to the rails, ties transfer loads to the track ballast and subgrade, hold the rails upright ...

Greenrail sleepers are in fact sustainable, as they are made of recycled plastic and rubber collected from End-of-Life Tyres (ELTs). They consist of an outer cover made of a blend of ELTs and recycled plastic, and an inner core of pre-stressed, reinforced concrete.

The production of railway sleepers is one of our company's strengths: the WEGH Group's Railway Structures Business Unit is entirely dedicated to these products, manufactured in different types and for different types of direct and indirect fastening systems (such as, for example, Vossloh, Pandrol and Denik). The models are suitable for both conventional, standard or metric gauge railway ...

Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov CIBv 2013 • Vol. 6 (55) Special Issue No. 1 - 2013 Y SHAPE RAILWAY SLEEPERS FROM FIBER REINFORCED ED URETHANE V.V. UNGUREANU1 A.N. MARIŞ2 Abstract: This paper has as main objective the development of a new type of composite rail sleeper, which satisfies the requirements of sustainability,

The sleepers will last three times longer than traditional railway sleepers and are made from recycled plastic sourced in Australia, including vineyard covers and cotton bale wraps. In a first for Victoria's public transport system, trains travelling through Richmond are now running on railway sleepers made from recycled plastic.